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might of installed ram backwards which burnt alittle


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#1 togerland

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Posted 05 May 2012 - 14:56

I smelt slight burning and turned it off and one pin was slightly blackened. If i run ramtest 86 on pc and it turns out fine should i bother with rma?


#2 Som

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Posted 05 May 2012 - 14:58

you can't install RAM backwards...

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Posted 05 May 2012 - 14:59

It's physically impossible to install ram backwards unless you broke the slots.

#4 OP togerland

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Posted 05 May 2012 - 15:06

With a cheap bendy biostar board u can

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Posted 05 May 2012 - 15:09

View Posttogerland, on 05 May 2012 - 15:06, said:

With a cheap bendy biostar board u can
you'd of have to of cut out a plastic division spacer to do that in the ram socket.... you didn't install it backwards

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Posted 05 May 2012 - 15:10

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How on earth did you do that? I'll admit to being clumsy as hell, but installing RAM backwards? Man.

On-topic: No, I would not bother RMA-ing it. Damage by installing RAM the wrong way is most certainly not covered by warranty.

#7 Som

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Posted 05 May 2012 - 15:11

how old is the board, what type of ram have you got, DDR1, 2, 3? SD, there really is too much of a gap in the pins , i really don't see how you could have done that unless you've got your motherboard bent at an angle of about 30 degrees and then that would be your problem ha :p

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Posted 05 May 2012 - 15:12

Should be fine...a friend of mine managed to get DDR2 sticks into DDR3 slots, and all that happened was the RAM hit 70C, the warranty void sticker went brown, and the stuff still worked when he put it in the right slots!

#9 OP togerland

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Posted 05 May 2012 - 15:13

I just got the parts yesterday i have rma burnt ram before

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Posted 05 May 2012 - 15:15

It's impossible to install RAM backwards...

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Posted 05 May 2012 - 15:17

Sure you're not using the wrong voltage? Back in the days of SD-RAM I didn't know that you got 3.3V and 5V ram, IBM was hell bent on 5V whilst everyone else used 3.3V

#12 OP togerland

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Posted 05 May 2012 - 15:17

Memtest4 freezs but so far 3.5 has found no errors

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Posted 05 May 2012 - 15:18

Biostar z77 board

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Posted 05 May 2012 - 15:21

Erm. Memtest86+ freezing is not a good sign. And using an older version which doesn't freeze is a kludge, not a solution.

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Posted 05 May 2012 - 15:23

Alright ill rma ram and mobo