might of installed ram backwards which burnt alittle

[togerland]

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?

[Som]

you can't install RAM backwards...

[RatherLargeBear]

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

[togerland]

With a cheap bendy biostar board u can

[neufuse Veteran]

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

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

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.

[Som]

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

[smooth_criminal1990]

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!

[togerland]

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

[Dot Matrix]

It's impossible to install RAM backwards...

[n_K]

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

[togerland]

Memtest4 freezs but so far 3.5 has found no errors

[togerland]

Biostar z77 board

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

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

[togerland]

Alright ill rma ram and mobo

[HawkMan]

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

Stop building your own computers right now, buy them ready made and have other certified people upgrading them, you're obviously not meant to touch any kind of hardware outside of input devices.

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

Stop building your own computers right now, buy them ready made and have other certified people upgrading them, you're obviously not meant to touch any kind of hardware outside of input devices.

Even better: The OP should just buy a Mac.

[Open Minded]

I don't know if this has been said yet, but... you can't install RAM backwards. There's like... little tabs or something that will not allow that.

Are you 100% sure it's the RAM? Sniff your PSU and check the MB.

[togerland]

x

[togerland]

Stop building your own computers right now, buy them ready made and have other certified people upgrading them, you're obviously not meant to touch any kind of hardware outside of input devices.

Whats it to you?

[Hell-In-A-Handbasket]

Unlikely you installed the ram backwards. And if you did, that takes talent, no dis on you though. Iv seen some installs I have trouble wrapping my head around how they did it.

More then likely the ram module just had a bad chip and burnt out. Check to see if the chip has burnt marks.

The more likely scenario is you had a pin plug on wrong which burnt the wire.

[Tom]

Sure you didn't install it upside down? Trololololol. :shifty: :rofl:

[bdsams Veteran]

Can you take pics of the RAM so we can see if it is still useable?

[Som]

its funny how so many of us have said that he can't install RAM backwards but he still won't believe us, why ask for advice in the first place then... BTW i repair computers for a living....

pics or it didn't happen ha :D

[Circaflex]

Whats it to you?

you are the reason companies are difficult to deal with RMAs, your the reason prices go up, your the reason companies quit offering great RMA service because so many who break their own stuff or abuse their products (ln2 cooling, 2v to the cpu, coating with nail polish). Thats what it is to me.

Ive seen it before, it was probably "installed" backwards and by that, it wasnt flush in the socket, user thought it was in and turned on system. Seen it before.