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Subject: Ram in second slot
newt182 26.05.11 - 07:05pm
How did you take some of the RAM heatsink off? If its glued you might have pulled a chip off the PCB. * +
newt182 26.05.11 - 07:08pm
I'm assuming you cleaned off the old thermal paste and reapllied new paste. * +
riniel 26.05.11 - 08:13pm
Went through it all, the ram has a heat sync on with a brush type tip, you can remove that with a hex key, it has a kind of seal under but it has minimul damage so all good * +
riniel 26.05.11 - 08:16pm
Checked the cpu and it had two bent pins but luckely not broken off so after a huge mission i managed to bend them back in place, they seem ok and my pc is fine now, the new ram makes a huuuuggggeeee dif with a higher voltage. I think thats why my old set pop, dont think overxloxking them did them any good and shorted 3gb but will put the ram back together when the new cooler arrives * +
spartan2 26.05.11 - 09:05pm
You'll never pull an intel chip off the board, they all have viciously strong metal frame clamps * +
riniel 26.05.11 - 09:28pm
I personally blame the mb for the cr*ppy clip but with that the cpu created such a vacume one the cooler that i had to swist it around to get it off, will cpu be fine after the fix? Nit sure how the pins will affect the cpu now? *
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