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Hi all, I have a bad feeling I have just broken my TR5 and was wondering if anyone can clear something up for me. I have both a 512 and a 256 bits of RAM, but my system was only recognising the 512 it was originally installed with in bank 1. I then switched the 256 into bank 1, with nothing in the other side, and the TR recognised the 256 fine. I was thinking that possibly bank 2 was broken, so I tried putting the 512 in there on its own, but the machine didn’t boot up, so I put the 512 back into bank 1. At this point, I realised that I’d left the battery in during the last bit of changing and the laptop wasn’t booting up or even posting… all it does is have a black screen (doesn’t look like any power going to it), the power light is green, the hard drive is lit for a bit and I can hear it spinning, and the battery light is lit too.

Now I have noticed that the RAM in bank 1 isn’t actually held in place by the clips, but rather, I push it in at 45 degrees then snap it down so it is in place, the RAM can slide out under the clips. I hope I haven’t broken the slots themselves, but rather just blown the RAM… I’ve ordered a new 512 to try out.

Anyone seen this before or have any ideas? I’m going to be really quite annoyed if I’ve broken my machine considering I’ve only just newly fixed it after dropping it a year ago…

Problem solved! Stupid RAM wasn’t seated properly… I think the edges of the card were below the clips so the contacts were lifting off the RAM slot’s contacts. I am now content, though the extra half gig will come in handy as well I think so there is a silver lining!