Arctic Silver 3, capacitance, and RAM sticks

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Arctic Silver 3, capacitance, and RAM sticks

Post by blahblahbloo » Sun Jul 27, 2003 5:38 am

I put a couple SLK-800A's in my system a little while ago with AS3 as the heatsink compound. I had to take out my RAM to get the old heatsinks out. After I had the CPUs and heatsinks installed, I started putting my three sticks of RAM back in. I forgot to wash my hands until after I had already reinstalled the second stick. It turns out that now the second stick doesn't work, and I suspect it's because there's some AS3 somewhere on it where I can't see it. I tried rubbing the thing with 91% isopropanol, but that didn't help. Anything else I can do to try to clean this stick of RAM?

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Post by DryFire » Sun Jul 27, 2003 5:56 am

could it have shorted the dim?

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Post by blahblahbloo » Sun Jul 27, 2003 6:01 am

DryFire wrote:could it have shorted the dim?
Well, I hope not. That would just be a big barrel of suck.

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Post by Keel » Sun Jul 27, 2003 8:59 am

you can try electronic cleaner (something like this)...drench the whole stick with it

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Post by Ralf Hutter » Mon Jul 28, 2003 4:05 am

Keel wrote:you can try electronic cleaner (something like this)...drench the whole stick with it
You might also want to clean out the slot while you're at it.

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Post by pingu666 » Mon Jul 28, 2003 5:15 am

rma the ram?

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Post by POLIST8 » Mon Jul 28, 2003 5:26 am

Lick the RAM before putting it in the slot. If that doesn't work, then you're probably screwed.

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Post by DryFire » Mon Jul 28, 2003 5:41 am

lick it ? are you crazy?

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Post by POLIST8 » Mon Jul 28, 2003 5:47 am

No.

It creates conductivity.

I've done it before and will do it again.

Just like standing in a puddle during a thunderstorm...OK, I won't do that but I'll lick the gold contacts of RAM or a Vid or PCI card.

This is especially helpful when the computer is old and the slots are dusty.

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Post by MGP » Mon Jul 28, 2003 7:06 am

Dude, don't do it! PCB is extremely toxic and would be equivalent to licking mercury, lead, and everything else that causes cancer...its just plain ridiculous. it may work, but is it really worth it (if so, you need help)? :D

***I would know this as I have relatives that are in the PCB manufacturing business and they ALWAYS tell me to wash my hands after touching mobos and the like...

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Post by POLIST8 » Mon Jul 28, 2003 7:12 am

Maybe that's why I'm so tall.

Oh well.

It's not like you're licking a ball of lead...totally...

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Post by DryFire » Mon Jul 28, 2003 7:16 am

why not just put soem tap water. it's conductive.

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Post by POLIST8 » Mon Jul 28, 2003 7:20 am

Sure. I just make sure the gold connectors are damp. I'm lazy, so my spit works wonders.

Trust me, I've had this work on many occassions.

But do what you want.

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Post by blahblahbloo » Fri Aug 01, 2003 3:36 am

Instead of licking the RAM, I just put it in a different slot. It works fine. Next time I have a bad stick of RAM I'll have to try giving it a good slurp.

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Post by Beyonder » Sat Aug 02, 2003 1:18 pm

You might have also had a run-in with a bit of an electrostatic charge too....in which case, you fried your ram.


Computer components (including RAM) are electrostatically sensitive, so if you had a charge and/or weren't grounded, it's possible that you fried your RAM.



And I don't think licking it is a good idea. Try licking your finger and then rubbing the contacts with that--and to be honest, I'm just not keen on the idea go begin with. All my computer stuff works fine without me slobbering all over it, so I don't see any reason to start now....

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Post by blahblahbloo » Tue Aug 05, 2003 5:48 pm

Beyonder wrote:You might have also had a run-in with a bit of an electrostatic charge too....in which case, you fried your ram.


Computer components (including RAM) are electrostatically sensitive, so if you had a charge and/or weren't grounded, it's possible that you fried your RAM.



And I don't think licking it is a good idea. Try licking your finger and then rubbing the contacts with that--and to be honest, I'm just not keen on the idea go begin with. All my computer stuff works fine without me slobbering all over it, so I don't see any reason to start now....
But I didn't fry it. I put it in a different slot after wiping it down with 91% isopropanol, and it works fine.

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