G1s: Changing hardware

Ok I finally got my Seagate Momentus 7200.2, 200gb hard drive and a 2gb Corsair Value Select 667 DDR2 module to upgrade my new toy.

I have assembled and upgraded countless PCs, so I'm aware of the necessary cautions regarding sensitive electronics.

I removed the battery. Waited a few minutes and then undid the plastic cover and removed module 1 from the G1s. I then replaced it with the Corsair module and put the battery back in and powered the laptop on.

The hard drive made a seek noise, the ASUS LED lit up and then nothing more happened.

I took the battery out again and put the original module back in its original position and tried booting up again. Same deal - dead.

What could I possibly have done and where do I stand with the warranty?

 

After I was at a loss to what happened, I removed the factory hard drive and connected it to my pc via a usb2 external conversion case and it worked fine.

I also got desperate and started mixing and matching ram modules. ie try booting with just 1x1gb then with 1x2gb (corsair). None of the combinations worked.

And to make matters worse, the little eyelet on one of the ram locking pins snapped off half way around the curve! In otherwords about 3mm of metal broke off - no big deal; it still holds the module in place. I don't know how it snapped off as I was being gentle and it's not like my fingers are made out of hammers lol

Thought I'd add that regarding where I stand with the warranty :S

 

If you take out the RAM and put it back in, when it is still on an angle, try seeing if it will go in a little bit further. I have had this happen on countless occasions just from not seating the RAM properly.

 

tumnasgt: I thought about that and did try to fiddle it gently in futher and had no luck. The fact that the securing pins were pefectly positioned within the notches on the ram module suggested to me that it was correctly in place. I will have another play with it tonight.

Should I put the new 2gb in the module closest or furthest from the battery or does it not matter?

 

You should try to get the laptop working again with the original memory, as it is known good. IMO you aren't seating the memory properly.

 

Well thanks for your advice. Both of you were on the money. I was being TOO gentle, and as such hadn't pushed the ram in all the way when it was on an angle.

The new ram works fine. Haven't had a single glitch and now I have 3074mb.

Cheers guys