Message from @Towelie
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I don't have my HDD yet so I can't check that
if he doesn't have a powercord, how do you expect him to check in windows ?
😄
It'll come in tomorrow
I didn't realise he wasn't using it
Oops
is that a craptop or a desktop ?
Desktop
can you check directly the ram sticks just to be sure they are indeed 2x 2GB ?
The heatsink/cover plate does say do
I'll make a picture
is that compatible with your mobo ?
Yes
what chipset is your mobo just to be sure?
Chipset.. Can you give an example of one
I don't know, p67 is a pretty old one 😄
it's usually in the name of your motherboard
Ohh right
The board is an asus p5q
for example mine is a x99
DDR 2
can't see the freq of those, let me check the reference just to be 100% sure
yeah PC2-8500 it's fine
I was thinking about running an os off a USB to check how it would look like in the system
hmm it's gonna be hard for you to test... it's either a hardware issue with your ram sticks or your mobo (try to change the slots if you have extra ones)
or it could be a firmware issue too but the chances are pretty low
the thing is, DDR2 is pretty anciant now and are expensive for what they do
I saw
But this motherboard doesn't go above that so it's all I have for now
there's several tests like "memcheck" that are provided with most linux distro livecd / usb
you could probably check that but I don't know if that will be of any uses
yeah I know, and if you change your mobo you basically change your whole PC...
my statement was more like if you could buy another ram stick to check if it's the mobo or not
or if you have extra DDR2 compatible sticks arounds (friends or whatever)
but as I said, they are pretty expensive due to their age
I'll do that
I was going to buy more either way
🤞 pray it's not the mobo that was fried 🤞