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Originally Posted by Blossom
Agreed. That is always the worst case scenario. I've never heard of a memory card coming loose but it wasn't properly installed or the PC jarred then I suppose it's possible. 
I don't know who you're guru is but be careful. There are people out there just like cars who will fix one thing and break another to make a buck. I had this happen with my PC in TN. I couldn't get the CPU fan apart to repad the cpu so I took it to a shop to do it for me. When I got it back it was okay for a week then I noticed drive issues so I opened her up and discovered one of the cables had been replaced. So my nice good quality cable to my one of my drives was now a crappy cheap brand. I emailed the guy but he acted like he didn't know what I was talking about. So I say this know the parts of your PC. I guess he didn't expect I can build my own PCs because I'm a woman. Oh and my PC smelled strongly of Nicotine for two weeks. Had to put in dyer sheets to get rid of the smell but it took forever for my PSU to stop smelling like that. |
He said it's not common, but not all that rare either. If one is out of alignment by a millimeter or two it can cause things to not function correctly. I must have jarred the PC when the stuff fell and not realized it. He knew what it was immediately by the sound it was making. He said that particular tone indicates a memory issue. He took all 4 slots out, tested them, snapped them back in, made sure the PC started correctly, and sent me on my way with no charge. He did offer to test everything out more thoroughly if I wanted them to, but didn't think it was necessary.
It's a local company in the next town over from mine. They don't charge for stuff that's a super quick fix like that or when something is their error. And they've always explained what they did. They've not condescending and don't act like any questions are stupid.