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Happy Smoke rose from my comp
Name: kylemartin Date: May 2, 2004 at 21:25:51 Pacific OS: emachine t1150 CPU/Ram: 128mb
Comment:
So i got a gift for my bday that was 256 memory and i turned off my comp and since i took off the case i just put a flash light on the inside and i put the memory in the slot how its suppose to be and when i push the button to turn on my comp it flicked on for a second then shut off and wouldnt boot up no more after pushin the button i dunno what ive done but i saw some smoke and it smelt funny too. so i changed the power cord and it turned on by only the power was on nothin else was startin up. what did/should i do???
Name: Wi-Tiger Date: May 2, 2004 at 21:46:18 Pacific
Reply:
Kyle, it sounds like either you installed your ram in the wrong way or it was not sitting in the slot correctly. At this point take your computer in to a tech to see if your mobo is fried or you just need a new 256 ram stick.
Abort, Retry, Fail?
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Response Number 2
Name: egkenny Date: May 3, 2004 at 01:36:58 Pacific
Reply:
Your computer will support 64MB, 128MB, and 256MB PC100 RAM.
If you computer only supports PC100 then a lot of the newer PC133 RAM will not work with it. This wasn't true a few years ago. Back then most PC133 RAM worked OK in a PC100 machine.
You need to only use RAM that is listed to run on your computer and is PC100.
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Response Number 3
Name: angrymen2001 Date: May 3, 2004 at 04:43:50 Pacific
Reply:
I'm siding with Wi-Tiger on this. Happy smoke? You could try removing the one and see if it starts, but the smoke concerns me.
When all else fails beat the $%!* out of it!!!
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Response Number 4
Name: Badboy Date: May 3, 2004 at 12:39:18 Pacific
Reply:
The literal translation for the Korean word for Marijuana is "Happy Smoke".
hmmmm...a lot of "happy smoke" billowing around jam's house...lol ;)
...there is no spoon...
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Response Number 6
Name: bsewell Date: May 3, 2004 at 20:34:31 Pacific
Reply:
it could be the power supply unit.. how many watts is it?
Ben, Pentium 4 1.7GHz, 512 LB Cache 512 DDR RAM PC2700 ATI Radeon 9200SE 128 DDR RAM Western Digital 80GB 7200 RPM
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Response Number 7
Name: kylemartin Date: May 17, 2004 at 11:38:51 Pacific
Reply:
first off i didnt blow my power supply cause i hear it running, second it still wont start when i take out the new ram and leave the old or if i flip the other rams, third happy smoke is a term used when u basically blow up something with electrical in it, and when u begin to laugh because ur so pissed at what has just happend. it shows up alot when messing with AMPs for cars. thats just a little behind the whole "happy Smoke"
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