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Jan. 4th, 2008 11:15 amRight, then, as promised yesterday, here be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Which is to say: has anyone out there in the viewing audience encountered a situation where a stick of RAM just. Plain. Will. NOT. Seat itself correctly in the slot allocated unto it???
What I have done:
--verified multiple times, at multiple authoritative sites, that I bought the correct type of RAM for my computer.
--verified multiple times, with the aid of strong light and magnification, that I have the notch on the RAM lined up correctly with the tab on the slot.
--consulted the manual for my machine.
--Googled "RAM install problem."
--pushed DOWN on the freakin' thing as hard as I feel is safe to do without risking cracking the motherboard or some such goddamned thing.
It goes a *little* ways in, but not far enough so the latches intended to hold it in place can close, and then it just will go no further.
Any ideas for things I might try, short of chucking the sonofabitch off the BRIDGE??
ETA: Hah! Got it! What I did was (a) stomp around for a while, channelling my inner RayK and punching the sofa, and then (b) go back to the blighted machine, take a moment to breathe deeply, allow whatever I've got that passes for chi to flow down into my fingers, and then reach in and push that sonofabitch as hard as humanly possible. And lo, it slowly and begrudgingly slid into place. And now! It is working! And holy WHEEEE, it is fast! Thanks, everyone!
Which is to say: has anyone out there in the viewing audience encountered a situation where a stick of RAM just. Plain. Will. NOT. Seat itself correctly in the slot allocated unto it???
What I have done:
--verified multiple times, at multiple authoritative sites, that I bought the correct type of RAM for my computer.
--verified multiple times, with the aid of strong light and magnification, that I have the notch on the RAM lined up correctly with the tab on the slot.
--consulted the manual for my machine.
--Googled "RAM install problem."
--pushed DOWN on the freakin' thing as hard as I feel is safe to do without risking cracking the motherboard or some such goddamned thing.
It goes a *little* ways in, but not far enough so the latches intended to hold it in place can close, and then it just will go no further.
Any ideas for things I might try, short of chucking the sonofabitch off the BRIDGE??
ETA: Hah! Got it! What I did was (a) stomp around for a while, channelling my inner RayK and punching the sofa, and then (b) go back to the blighted machine, take a moment to breathe deeply, allow whatever I've got that passes for chi to flow down into my fingers, and then reach in and push that sonofabitch as hard as humanly possible. And lo, it slowly and begrudgingly slid into place. And now! It is working! And holy WHEEEE, it is fast! Thanks, everyone!