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TIL I been seating ram the same wrong way for 6 years
I was at a repair shop in Austin waiting on parts and watched a kid push a stick of ram in till it clicked on both sides at once, not one end at a time like I always did. Fixed a boot issue I been fighting for months on my own rig in about 5 seconds. Anyone else get stuck doing something the hard way for years without knowing it?
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margaretrivera2mo ago
Hold on a second, you shouldn't be pushing both sides at once either. What you really want to do is just line the stick up with the slot and push straight down evenly until both clips snap in on their own. Pushing one side first can bend the pins, but jamming both sides at the same time with too much force can crack the motherboard. I always put the stick in flat, press gently on the top middle, and let the clips click naturally. That little video of the kid doing it might've got the point across, but don't follow his exact hand motion or you'll mess something up.
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shanel132mo ago
Yeah that clicks-when-it's-seated thing saved my build too. No more wiggling one side.
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miller.avery1mo ago
Margaretrivera's point about pushing straight down from the middle is the real pro tip honestly (I learned that one the hard way after a bent pin scare on my old board). The "clicks-when-it's-seated" thing works best if you do exactly what @margaretrivera said, just line it up flat and let the clips do their thing without forcing them. I used to push one side first and then the other, but that always made me feel like I was gonna crack something. Now I do the middle press method and it's way smoother, no wobbling and no stress about bending stuff.
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