BMW i5 and 5-Series Forum

Post Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
      06-03-2011, 02:10 AM   #23
just4kickz
boku no namae ha...
United_States
344
Rep
11,023
Posts

Drives: 2006 BS 330i
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: S. Bay Area, CA + Newark, NJ + ChiCity + True Blue

iTrader: (11)

Garage List
2006 E90 330i  [0.00]
lol if its motherboard failure... time to get a new computarrr! good thing computers are hella cheap these days
__________________
looking for a PreLCI Black Sapphire e90 front bumper without license plate holes

"Akimbo shotguns. Broken wrists anyone? And don't give me that 'it's just a game' bull****. Where the **** are my akimbo interventions then?! One scope on each eye mother****er!!"
Appreciate 0
      06-03-2011, 02:13 AM   #24
just4kickz
boku no namae ha...
United_States
344
Rep
11,023
Posts

Drives: 2006 BS 330i
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: S. Bay Area, CA + Newark, NJ + ChiCity + True Blue

iTrader: (11)

Garage List
2006 E90 330i  [0.00]
Quote:
Originally Posted by MadDog View Post
Nope. Some computers need pairs of RAM to work.
i've never come across that... might need a lot of ram to get into windows, but definitely not to get to bios
__________________
looking for a PreLCI Black Sapphire e90 front bumper without license plate holes

"Akimbo shotguns. Broken wrists anyone? And don't give me that 'it's just a game' bull****. Where the **** are my akimbo interventions then?! One scope on each eye mother****er!!"
Appreciate 0
      06-03-2011, 02:39 AM   #25
WWONG
Banned
United_States
113
Rep
1,830
Posts

Drives: 2012 BMW X5 xDrive35d
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Houston, TX

iTrader: (14)

Quote:
Originally Posted by just4kickz View Post
i've never come across that... might need a lot of ram to get into windows, but definitely not to get to bios
RDRAM. Such a bad tech that empty slots required filler 0MB DIMMs.
Appreciate 0
      06-03-2011, 07:47 AM   #26
ABQ325i
Private First Class
ABQ325i's Avatar
United_States
16
Rep
158
Posts

Drives: 08 E60 535i + 06 E90 330i
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Albuquerque

iTrader: (4)

Garage List
2008 535i  [0.00]
2006 330i  [0.00]
It doesn't have an onboard video output too? If it does you will have to remove the video card for that to work.

Would help if we knew make and model of computer. Try unplugging the video, hard drive, DVD Drive, PCI cards, anything plugged into USB other than KBM and minimal memory and start from the there and see what happens. If it boots to BIOS then start adding items until it stops again.

Other than RDRAM another computer which will not start without a pair of memory is the Apple G5 Power Mac, you even have to have them in the right slots.
Appreciate 0
      06-03-2011, 08:47 AM   #27
NYCGP
WTF are you looking at?
NYCGP's Avatar
257
Rep
1,560
Posts

Drives: Bandwagon
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Jungle

iTrader: (0)

Did you try unplugging it for 15 seconds and turning it back on? ....













































__________________
"It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not."
-André Gide
Appreciate 0
      06-03-2011, 09:48 AM   #28
Never-Enough
Banned
United_States
50
Rep
1,038
Posts

Drives: 2007 335xi E90
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: PA

iTrader: (19)

Quote:
Originally Posted by ABQ325i View Post
It doesn't have an onboard video output too? If it does you will have to remove the video card for that to work.

Would help if we knew make and model of computer. Try unplugging the video, hard drive, DVD Drive, PCI cards, anything plugged into USB other than KBM and minimal memory and start from the there and see what happens. If it boots to BIOS then start adding items until it stops again.

Other than RDRAM another computer which will not start without a pair of memory is the Apple G5 Power Mac, you even have to have them in the right slots.
Yea, I'm going to unplug everything & see what happens tonight.
Appreciate 0
      06-03-2011, 10:22 AM   #29
solefald
Nigerian Prince
solefald's Avatar
Vatican City State
400
Rep
2,180
Posts

Drives: '11 F25
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: San Diego, CA

iTrader: (2)

Garage List
'11 BMW F25  [0.00]
Is it a Dell? I've seen shit like that with Dells many times.
Pulling the power plug and letting it sit for 20-30 minutes completely unplugged usually cleared it up.
__________________
Appreciate 0
      06-03-2011, 10:27 AM   #30
import36
Burrito bowl connoisseur
import36's Avatar
United_States
133
Rep
3,501
Posts

Drives: 2015 Nissan GTR Black Edition
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Seven Cities

iTrader: (1)

Quote:
Originally Posted by WWONG View Post
RDRAM. Such a bad tech that empty slots required filler 0MB DIMMs.
bingo. i'm still running an old Dell that uses it.

my guess is RAM. my machine at work went down a few months ago with the same exact symptoms...we thought it was possibly a hard drive failure...but it ended up being the RAM.
Appreciate 0
      06-03-2011, 10:31 AM   #31
007MCoupe
Lieutenant Colonel
007MCoupe's Avatar
United_States
101
Rep
1,546
Posts

Drives: '18 Sakhir M3 ZCP
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: ( ///// )

iTrader: (5)

Here's a list of things you need to troubleshoot:

New Chain/lock combo
PSU
Motherboard
__________________
Appreciate 0
      06-03-2011, 10:45 AM   #32
chinoxs203
Major
chinoxs203's Avatar
United_States
126
Rep
1,368
Posts

Drives: 08 E92 335xi AW
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: CT

iTrader: (7)

have your tried resetting the PRAM or changing the filter?
__________________

FOR SALE:
Dropbox - please
Appreciate 0
Post Reply

Bookmarks

Tags
lol @ u experts

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:18 PM.




g60
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
1Addicts.com, BIMMERPOST.com, E90Post.com, F30Post.com, M3Post.com, ZPost.com, 5Post.com, 6Post.com, 7Post.com, XBimmers.com logo and trademark are properties of BIMMERPOST