What Happened?

Masteroid · November 30, 2019

So Basically I had 2x2 RAM sticks.

It beeped and apparently it was a fault with memory.

I thought that one of the RAM Slots on The Mobo went out so I tried all combinations and sure enough one of the RAM Slots didn't work with both sticks installed.

So I ran my PC on 2 GB for a few days and realised I couldn't really do much with 2 gb ram and integrated gfx. So I called up my technician and he came in to check the PC.

The previous night I had basically restored my pc to the "broken" state (inserting both sticks) because of eh "family stigma". Basically undergrad (me) not being smart enough and stuff. So he came in, checks it and it doesn't work, Like expected.

So he grabs the RAM sticks and rubs them with an eraser and both don't work. I told him to insert it one by one and somehow, it didn't work as well. So basically, between the previous night and that day, both RAM sticks died.

Idk why but is there a button in the Mobo to stop the beeping? Because my mobo isn't beeping anymore but not starting either. He takes his own RAM stick out and inserts it into both slots and..It works in both. Welp I was Wrong I guess.

He said that both sticks have burnt out (idk how that happened from the one time I switched on the PC to see if it went back to the broken state).

And he says he'll get a DDR3 4 GB RAM stick (unsure about mhz but my mobo only supports 1333 mhz and 1066 mhz) for 2800 INR (Approx 40$ US) which I am pretty sure is a scam. But again my family not trusting me to buy a 1500 INR (Approx 20$ US) RAM stick online and want to go with his solution.

So my questions are ;

1) Is there a button to turn off the beep codes on the mobo.

2) What could've possibly happened that caused both RAM sticks to burn at the same time the one time I turned on the PC.

3) Any Trusted 4 GB DDR3 1333 mhz RAM stick thats cheaper than his amount.

4) What does rubbing an eraser on the RAM stick do?