Damage Caused From Incorrect RAM Installation?

[J|D]

The 1GB stick of RAM I ordered (to go alongside the stock 512MB) arrived today for my latest Rev. 15" Powerbook. I installed it, booted up and some lines of text (can't remember what it said TBH) came up along with 2 or 3 beeps. The screen looked pretty messed up.

I shut it down, looked at the RAM stick and realised that I never pushed it in hard enough (it was early and I was'nt up for long ). So I pushed it all the way in.

Booted back up (was recognised in "About This Mac") and all seemed to be well.

I am however, concerned that I may have caused some kind of damage to the hardware and/or the OS. This is only the second time i've installed RAM, the first time being on my iMac G5 (had no problems with the installation).

Cheers, Jon

 

[BakedBeans]

Perfectly normal! Dont Worry about it J-Boy

If it seats badly it messes around with things, RAM can be a bugger to get in if you are not experienced at it.

 

[FireArse]

I shut it down, looked at the RAM stick and realised that I never pushed it in hard enough (it was early and I was'nt up for long ). So I pushed it all the way in.

I remember doing this on my Athlon 1.4GHz machine a few years back. The mobo beeped, and i was like "hhmmmm, thats not supposed to happen" then i started smelling a burning smell and a resistor burned up on the mobo blowing smoke into the room at uni.

needless to say i needed a new pair of pants cos it was a 512MB stick over 3years ago and i didn't wanna ruin it. i popped it in the wrong way round (i know the notch is off centre)

I stuck it in properly after earthing myself and making sure the thing wasn't still plugged - and wa-hey!! The thing booted up normally, with mem386 running wihtout errors!

RESULT!

As for that burnt resistor, i have no idea what it was for, maybe a over current load - but it did its job and stopped the RAM from screwing up. The same PC with the same RAM and MOBO are in use today with win2k!

 

[AlBDamned]

I remember doing this on my Athlon 1.4GHz machine a few years back. The mobo beeped, and i was like "hhmmmm, thats not supposed to happen" then i started smelling a burning smell and a resistor burned up on the mobo blowing smoke into the room at uni...


RESULT!

As for that burnt resistor, i have no idea what it was for, maybe a over current load - but it did its job and stopped the RAM from screwing up. The same PC with the same RAM and MOBO are in use today with win2k!

And so the moral of that story is (), don't worry J|D, RAM sometimes takes some hard work to get it seated. You'll be fine, I'm sure.

 

[J|D]

Nice one, was a bit worried about my new baby!

Thanks guys

 

[scu]

Same thing happend to me when I placed more ram in my G4. I almost had a heart attack when the computer did not even start up. The same think also takes place when putting in a bad airport card.