windows 7 - Why is computer making noise while gaming after installing new RAM?

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2014-07
  • Maxi Mays

    I looked for an answer for my query on this site but couldn't find any. So here's my problem;

    I'm running a core 2 duo @ 2.6ghz with an ATI 6450-1GB DDR3 on windows 7 32bit. I had 2 GB of memory and decided to upgrade. Yesterday I installed 4gb (2x2) of new transcend ram (ddr2 JM800QLU-2G 800MHZ).

    Now the computer is making a motor like loud noise every time I play a game (e.g. far cry 3, crysis 2 and 3, inversion etc). The computer did make this noise before I installed the new memory, but it wasn't this loud and frequent. Now it just keeps happening while gaming. I am not sure from which component the sound is coming from (its not the fan though, I am sure about that).

    What could be causing it?

    • Answers
  • panhandel

    Make sure you didn't bump any fan shrouds into the range of fan blades in the process of trying to get RAM chips to click into the locked position. Specifically on the graphics card if it tends to be worse when gaming, when more demand/heat is on that card.


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  • Edward Tanguay

    I have a asus p5b mx motherboard and just put in two 2GB pc2-5300u-555 chips. Now when I turn on my computer:

    • keyboard lights flash normally
    • "NO VIDEO INPUT" just floats around the screen
    • I just hear the fan run, no other activity
    • if I click the RESET button, it turns off

    What can I do to get my computer to work with this new memory?


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  • Jeffrey

    I had this behavior after one of my sticks of RAM failed. Remove one at a time, and see if one of the sticks is faulty.

  • NoCarrier

    check to see if perhaps you may have unseated your video card? also try resetting your CMOS to see if this helps.

  • Kevin M

    Is the monitor plugged into the computer securely? Many monitors will show something like this to show that the monitor's working, but the computer isn't.

  • nik

    If you have faulty elements, the POST usually beeps.
    Is your PC speaker disconnected?
    If so, it might help to fix that for future cases.

  • DHayes

    Do you have more info on the memory? It just might not be compatible. The board may be having some issue with its on board video. I'd suggest clearing the BIOS and trying again. Try the memory one at a time, and also with 1 of the old modules. It may help isolate a compatibility issue or just a bad stick.