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HP doesn't boot after adding RAM

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fiyacash5 Posts 1 Registration date Sunday 21 October 2018 Status Member Last seen 21 October 2018 - Updated on Oct 21, 2018 at 02:12 PM
 fiyacash5 - 21 Oct 2018 à 17:20
Hello, I have an HP 500-223w that I use for for everyday stuff. It never gave me any problems until yesterday. I added 8gb if ram to the 8gb that comes in the system and now it just beeps and won’t start up. I get 5 beeps followed by a pause for a total of 25 beeps. I am unable to access bios. I have removed all ram and tried without the new and old and I am still getting the same beeping sounds. Please help



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xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday 8 October 2008 Status Contributor Last seen 15 June 2019 1,824
21 Oct 2018 à 14:46
it's possible you damaged the RAM socket when you inserted the memory. Since 5 beeps signals a memory problem.

If so the motherboard needs to be replaced.

Good Luck
fiyacash5
21 Oct 2018 à 17:20
Thank you for your response. I believe you are right I have tried everything to get it going again.

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