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Busted RAM socket, meet soldering iron (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by ch00f to c/pcmasterrace

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Let’s call it hybrid soldered memory

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Are you able to repair it?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I think this photo shows the state of the mobo after the repair.

[–] ch00f 15 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

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.

[–] evergreen 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I wonder how tf they managed to crush just one pin. Also, if I understand this correctly, the motherboard now uhh... features integrated ram?

[–] ch00f 8 points 6 months ago

Hybrid Integrated™

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Run 4 passes of Memtest86+ on it. 🥹

[–] ch00f 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Oh yeah, you're probably right if it's just power.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Are you MacGyver?