i pulled one, booted up, no good, tried other socket, booted up, no good
same with other stick
but the computer was dead when i did this, it didnt even try to startup or recognize bios or anything each time i swapped out ram
should i try to get it booted up with each ram swap to test it or is this adequate?

the computer is beat to shit, one side of the screen hinge is broken, the charger quite working, but im dead broke and its my only hope so if it can be cheaply fixed i would love to keep it around until i can afford a new machine

 

still under warranty?

 

hahahahahaha
its 2.5 yrs old
i went in about the screen hinge and they said $85 just to look at it and no warranty coverage at all

should have bought that best buy extended warranty i guess

 

buy a new one

 

yeah its time

 

posting from said laptop right now

wtf, did a good nights sleep revive it?

any real good deals on laptops around?
the cheaper the better h:

 

ive read that xpsp3 has fucked up peoples computers but i dont know that it was as bad as yours
try reinstalling sp2 and not sp3 first if its still very much usable

 

+1

 

it seems semi stable at the moment, but it wont hold the correct time
doesnt this have something to do with some kind of motherboard battery or something?

 

Hard drive failing?

i had similar symptoms with my laptop and the harddrive was shot. It progressively got worse till couldn't find the OS. Hard to say though.