Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Re: finding used RAM

["Vern Green" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I know what you are saying about the little piece of plastic on the motherboard, but I also know what I saw, he had the sticks in backwards AND clipped in their sockets. He did say it was really hard to get them in. I would have thought he either had broken the memory or the motherboard getting it in that way. Most certainly I thought it would have fried the motherboard or the memory.

On 1/7/07, Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:

On Sat, 6 Jan 2007, Vern Green wrote:

> I am also reminded of a friend of mine who was able to forcibly put in
> two sticks of RAM backwards. He called me when he turned the computer on
> and it started smoking.
>
> I took the RAM out, realized what had happened and turned them back
> over. The system worked fine with no burnouts which was surprising. He
> is still using that computer and the RAM today.

The PC100 and PC133 sticks can't go in backward unless you break off the
little piece of plastic on the mobo.  It does surprise me that you could
get smoke without permanent damage.

Mike

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