<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Tom Lichti <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:redpepperracing@gmail.com">redpepperracing@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Brian Wood<<a href="mailto:beww@beww.org">beww@beww.org</a>> wrote:<br>>> I've tried everything. I just returned the RAM and got another brand,<br>
>> same problem. If I don't put any RAM in, when I turn it on I get one<br>
>> long beep, with RAM installed (1 or both slots) I don't get a beep,<br>
>> but the system just comes on for about 1 second and then shuts off.<br>
>> Nothing comes up on the display (tried both VGA and DVI) and there are<br>
>> no beeps.<br>
>><br>
>> The only thing that I can think might be an issue is that I don't have<br>
>> the case yet, it is on back order, could that be the problem, that<br>
>> it's not mounted? I can't see why it would make a difference?<br>
><br>
> Unless they are depending on the chassis to complete some ground paths, but<br>
> that's extremely unlikely, and if it did turn out to be true I'd never buy<br>
> from a vendor who did that.<br>
>This is the IONITX-C that comes with the 19VDC power brick so it's not<br></div>
easy to swap out. I do have a laptop supply that I think will work, I<br>
will try that.<br></blockquote></div><br><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);">I'm also waiting for my case, so set up the machine (IONITX-A which also has the external brick) without a case. I've got 2 sticks of Crucial RAM (2x1GB) and everything is working great. So - doesn't need any special grounding.</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);">I bought the RAM from Newegg - crucial 1GB 240 - PIN 128x64 DDR2 PC2 - 6400 CL6.</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);">I'm really impressed with this little board. It seems really well put together and finished.</span></div>