Satellite A300 - a RAM module will not work

Hello guys,.

6-8 months ago, I had a terrible accident with my laptop, I spilled:(coffe là-dessus.) Initially it has worked very well, but after a few days I just couldn't start it. When I pressed the power button, 'satellite' logo turned on, I could hear the fan but the HARD drive would not start. Tryied to clean and finally he started to :)

Then from time to time (each is approximately 40 days) it does not start and what I've found, is that the RAM slot near the motherboard has a problem. When I remove the RAM from the slot, it works very well (but with 2 GB instead of 3 GB). A few days later, I put the second RAM and reworked for the next 40 days. Even in this way, I was satisfied after what had happened (the accident of coffee).

The problem is that the same thing happened about 1 month ago but still every time I insert the second RAM I get the black screen, fan works and nothing more (with 1 memory it still works). Is it possible that the slot 2 is now dead, after 6 months of a semi-travail condition? Do you know how to clean it? or do something else?

I changed the 2 RAM in both slots and I'm sure that the work of two Ram.

Thank you and I would appreciate your help as I am a student and I use a lot of Matlab (it takes forever with only 2 GB of RAM)

Post edited by: creative1

Hi creative1,.

I think that it s not easy to say which is the main reason for this problem. Theoretically, it could be caused by the coffee that you reversed but it could also be another reason. In my view, that such a precise diagnosis can be done from an authorized service provider.

The memory modules that you are using? Two of the ASP and pre-tested modules?

Modules of RAM, you can test with special software of diagnosis than Memtest86. If the RAM modules are faulty, Memtest86 should acknowledge mistakes. It would be interesting to try.

In the worst cases, the second location of memory is faulty. If the bars of memory work in the first place it seems to be the case :(

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