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deecups <deecups@bigone.com> wrote in message
news:9325ui$es8$1@coco.singnet.com.sg...

> More likely he was too gentle. Happens all the time with beginners.

On the other hand he does say the clips come right up.

> Guy Barwood - Dilithium Computing <dilithium@dilithium.com.au> wrote in
> message news:nnV46.4944$l02.10999@news1.sunsh1.vic.optushome.com.au...
> > Not normally, it sounds like you inserted it properly and should have
> > worked.  A DIMM won't go in backwards without breaking something due to
> its
> > off centre notch.
> >
> > Some extreme thoughts are:
> >
> > 1.    The DIMM sockets are a little dodgy and your insertion technique
> > (maybe the side you end up pushing in first etc) causes the socket to
> fail,
> > where as your supplier inserted it differently and snatched it.
> >
> > 2.    Did he use the same DIMM socket as you were?  If not the socket you
> > were using could be dodgy and the one he used is fine.  Most boards now
> can
> > take DIMMs in pretty much any order, but maybe your board with that RAM
> > would only work by the book with it starting in the first bank
> >
> > 3.    Did he do it in front of you?  If not perhaps to save face he
> swapped
> > it for a different module while in the "back room".
> >
> > 4.    Pushing too hard? who knows, maybe you had to be a bit more gentle
> > with your boards sockets, it doesn't take too much force to put them in.
> >
> > Great to hear the problem is resolved anyway.  Make an omelette.
> >
> > --
> >      Guy Barwood BE (Hon) BSC MCP
> >        Dilithium Computing P/L
> >      http://www.dilithium.com.au
> >       dilithium@dilithium.com.au
> >  Ph +61-3-9749-5366 | Fax +61-3-9749-5066
> >                ICQ 1548474
> >
> > "Barry Ward" <baz@powerup.com.au> wrote in message
> news:3a541536@grissom...
> > > I have had 2 very embarassing moments at my local computer parts
> supplier
> > > recently.
> > >
> > > I bought all the bits necessary for a Celeron 700 AOPEN AX3S based
> machine
> > > with 128 meg PC133 RAM.
> > > Installed everything fine -- but couldn't get the RAM to work. Took the
> > RAM
> > > back and got some more -- couldn't get it to work.
> > >
> > > Took the RAM into the supplier and he installed it into his machine and
> it
> > > worked perfectly. I crept out of his office with a lot of egg on my
> face.
> > > Installed it back in my machine -- still it doesn't work!  Take the
> > machine
> > > and all into his shop this time -- he pulls the RAM out and reinstalls
> it
> > .
> > > WORKS PERFECTLY!! --Lots more egg on my face!!
> > >
> > > So what the hell am I doing wrong. I had pushed the RAM into the DIMM
> > > sockets as hard as I could and the end clips were absolutely in place -
> > > completely clicked into the notches in the dimm ends.
> > >
> > > Is there a trick here somewhere?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Barry
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>