I tried to install some RAM today (2 sticks of 512 DDR) somehow, while rushing I managed to put them in backwards - yet the clips still came down easily. I restarted my computer and smelt burning so instantly turned it back off.

I checked and saw my stupid mistake and put them in the right way. But now when I try to turn my computer on it just does 1 long beep, at about 5second intervals, and the monitor doesn't register/turn on.

I have an 1.4AMD, processor, and am not sure which motherboard it is.

I am just about to buy another motherboard as I suspect that this is the easiest way to fix the problem, but is there anything I have have missed that could sort the problem.


I have also tried my old ram (which wasn't in at all at the time of the backwards incident, and still no joy in it working, just the same error noise and lack of monitor).


Thanks.