cf-18 (aussie) RAM upgrade -- It won't turn on

Hi guys, So I put a 1 gig 200 pin chip in place of the 512, put everything back together, slapped the battery back in and it wouldn't fire up. At first I got the battery power led and the WWAN led to light up, but after that, those aren't even lighting up. I tried reinstalling the old chip and still nothing. Did I fry this thing?

Flame away..

thanks.

 

Remove the add-on ram
Try booting while holding F9 or holding F2 and hit F9 to set bios defaults
I wonder if you fully seated the add-on ram module, or if you were trying ddr2 type which is the wrong type as your model needs ddr1 type ram



Alex

 

WR, flame is good for backyard cookout and BBQ ribs... that's not needed here.

What's needed are details (full model number, type of RAM, etc) since not all CF models uses the same RAM modules. We'll kick the little neurons once we know more.

But... if you fried the sucker, don't forget to marinate... it smells better!

 

Thanks for getting back so quick!

I tried re-installing the original chip and still nothing -- not even a battery light. I tried pluggin in and nothing.

I'll just come clean -- I (accidentaly broke the little plastic guide tab thingy off of the chip carriage while trying to force the new chip in, which by the way was a DDR2 instead of DDR1 ( i meant to buy a DDR1 but I wasn't watching what I was ordering and thought it to be a DDR1 when I tried installing it). Anyways, being the meathead that I am thought it'd still work since the pins would line up in the carriage after that piece snaped off. Not so much aparently. I seated it in the newly modified chip holder-thingy, put everything back together and slapped the battery back in and gave it a shot. No dice. Tried reinstalling the old chip and still nothing. Not even a LED flicker or anything.

Did i zap the motherboard or something fun like that? cuz that would be a blast to replace too, seeing as how easy and flawlessly I handled this whole RAM upgrade...

cf-18dhb22ka is the make.


Thanks again guys.

 

WR, you're not the only meathead around here and I almost did the same to my 29mk5. Hope someone more knowledgeable than I will be able to chip in and help you salvage the situation.

That said, I bought an ozzie "for parts only" 18mk3 (CF-18FHB22BA) not too long ago. It arrived in pristine condition, both inside and out, minty stylus + tether, and not dinged up like what Capt and others have received.

Got that sucker for under US$300, plus a new 160gb WD HDD and a set of recovery disks... but that was for Mk2. What screwed the previous owner was a bad 256mb add-on RAM, which he probably didn't suspect... nor did I initially but it's now up and running with maxed out RAM. Battery is good for about 3hrs after a few recalibrate cycles and of course, I'm happy as a pig in mud.

Guess what I wanted to say, is to try another piece of known-good RAM module and see how it goes. Alternatively, since the 18 has 256mb onboard, boot her up without the add-on and if it does, then it's likely you might have a toasted RAM bank.

Ron in SG

 

Thanks for making me not feel so bad! I got home last night and saw that new chip sitting in the blister pack and was in an unusualy motivated mood... so i got my jewelers set out and took the speaker off and went to town. I don't usualy just cowboy-up and rip things apart like that since I work with very delicate equipment at work -- dont know what I was thinking. Anyways, I'm a bit confused in regards to 'add-on' RAM -- is there a second slot somewhere for an additional chip, like two 512mb or is it just the one slot and I've confused myself with the semantics? I put the original chip back in and tried to start it up but it has no sign of life whatsoever. That's why I'm thinking I may have zapped the MB, since I can't even get it to power up.

 

WR, my experience with the 18 is limited to my own unit only so... take what I say with a spoon of salt.

The 18 has built-in/internal/onboard 256mb of memory and it allows RAM upgrade via ONE additional bank/slot (beneath the speaker panel), to install an add-on module/memory stick (which you tried).

You may have fried the RAM bank/slot. Remove that module (RAM/memory stick) and try to boot without it, ie, BLANK SLOT. If it fires up to BIOS, at least you know it isn't the mainboard that's toasted.

Bad/inappropriate RAM can cause non-boot. Again, in my very limited experience.

 

Leave the chip out as your unit has on-board ram

I knew what you did,from your first post

I think it's a goner , unless anyone has a great idea



Alex

 

I killed this sucker. No action on startup without the chip installed.

New MB time?