iMac G5 three beeps on startup

[chiggen]

I recently tried upgrading the ram in my iMac G5 iSight 20" with a 1 gig stick of ddr2. The stick had a heatsink on it which I took off for my limited testing. After I put the ram in and turned on the computer, it beeped three times and showed no video. I think three beeps means a ram issue. I assumed that the stick was bad and took it out. When I powered it on without the stick, it still beeped. reinserting the stick did not help. I have tried multiple smu resets to no avail (Maybe I'm doing it wrong?) and nothing I try seems to do anything. I can't see any damage near the ram slot, nor do I think I would've damaged it when inserting the stick. How can I fix it?

 

[Nixontheknight]

stick probably went bad, get another stick to test with

 

[chiggen]

The issue still happens without the stick in the iMac, so I think it could be worse than that. The iMac has 512 megs of motherboard ram so it should run fine without any sticks of ram in it.

 

[Nixontheknight]

yeah then that means the internal memory went bad

 

[chiggen]

Thanks for your reply. Do you think this could have been caused by the stick of ram? Is it just a coincidence? Is the iMac completely bricked or can I do something about it?

 

[Byrd]

Clean the RAM slots, and open her up and see if the caps have bulged (common failure)