ever broken a motherboard by installing RAM?

BigBoy · 22 Jan 2012 at 10:18

Well it looks like I have

must have been rather forceful installing the extra two Dimms as not only one ram slot will work.

Thought it was the ram to start with causing my bsod's as they were all memory related, so took them all out and reseated them, a loud crack comming from the slot next to the CPU and now only one slot will work

New motherboard ordered! Roll on Wednesday so I can get back to full power!

panyan · 22 Jan 2012 at 10:53

ooh sorry to hear that - excuse for an upgrade i guess...

Montala · 22 Jan 2012 at 10:56

A loud 'crack' doesn't sound like good news!

'Clicks' ore OK... 'cracks' are not... enjoy your new board anyway... I hope you managed to order a 'better' one!

tom_e · 22 Jan 2012 at 11:04

I thought I had a few times, but reseating the sticks always seemed to sort my problems.

Nightglow · 22 Jan 2012 at 11:16

Never broke a board yet installing memory, but I have two small thin pieces of perspex I slide under the board where memory slots are.

So, when installing memory, it allow the board to flex only slightly, but prevents me from using excessive force & damaged the board.

Sasahara · 23 Jan 2012 at 16:27

Not personnally, but I was given a PC to repair which had DDR(1) Ram forced into DDR2 slots with the groves filed down. -_-

shankly1985 · 23 Jan 2012 at 17:28

Isn't it recommended to install ram, while the MB is on the box it comes in? Thats what I have always been told.

good or bad?

Montala · 23 Jan 2012 at 18:38

As the smaller boards usually have four of the fixing points around the ram slots anyway, I sometimes leave it until after I have screwed the board in place.

Don't make the mistake of resting it on the outside of an anti static bag though, as that is a conductive surface!

FallshirmjAEger · 23 Jan 2012 at 18:53

I usually take the board out to install RAM. Doesn't flex & you can clean the dust off I suppose.