@ch00f@lemmy.world to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month agoBusted RAM socket, meet soldering ironlemmy.worldimagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down10file-text
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minus-square@gressen@lemm.eecakelinkfedilinkEnglish13•1 month agoI think this photo shows the state of the mobo after the repair.
minus-square@ch00f@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglish12•edit-21 month agoThe pin was crushed by the previous owner. I was able to remove enough plastic to expose the conductor. Then I used my 0.1mm soldering tip to solder a small jumper from the crushed pin directly to the stick of ram.
minus-square@evergreen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish9•1 month agoI wonder how tf they managed to crush just one pin. Also, if I understand this correctly, the motherboard now uhh… features integrated ram?
minus-square@ch00f@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 month agoHaven’t done that yet, but it’s pin 236 on DDR3 240 pin ram which I believe is a power rail, so low risk of issues.
minus-squareAvid AmoebacakelinkfedilinkEnglish1•30 days agoOh yeah, you’re probably right if it’s just power.
I think this photo shows the state of the mobo after the repair.
The pin was crushed by the previous owner. I was able to remove enough plastic to expose the conductor. Then I used my 0.1mm soldering tip to solder a small jumper from the crushed pin directly to the stick of ram.
Are you MacGyver?
I wonder how tf they managed to crush just one pin. Also, if I understand this correctly, the motherboard now uhh… features integrated ram?
Hybrid Integrated™
Run 4 passes of Memtest86+ on it. 🥹
Haven’t done that yet, but it’s pin 236 on DDR3 240 pin ram which I believe is a power rail, so low risk of issues.
Oh yeah, you’re probably right if it’s just power.