Best way to clean a RAM slot?

[allthegoodmemesaretaken]

i recently bought new RAM, but the slots in which I want to put them are very old and have never been used.

This is the contact cleaner that I'm going to use. (i've no other choice)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnHZ58Dd0HI

 

i think of 2 ways.

1. Unplug everything from the motherboard and clean it with an electric duster then apply the contact cleaner directly on the Slots.

or

2. Instead of applying the contact cleaner directly, moisten a RAM stick with contact cleaner and take it in/out the slot a few times to remove corrosion. Could the friction plus the contact cleaner damage the slot? like set it on Fire or something like that?

 

Thanks in advance for any help you are able to provide.

[Slottr]

Clean it for what reason? 

[themctipers]

try just inserting the ram into the slot and not fucking around with cleaning the contacts

 

it'll most likely work, if not, then blow it out with compressed air

[bebejapes]

@allthegoodmemesaretaken just blow dry it with a compact air can. if you want to use contact cleaner use something like amberton etc. but you will need to let the mobo dry out. and use compact air to dry it thoroughly. 

[allthegoodmemesaretaken]

9 minutes ago, Slottr said:

Clean it for what reason? 

because they are old and have never been used? and i want them to work like new?

[allthegoodmemesaretaken]

31 minutes ago, bebejapes said:

@allthegoodmemesaretaken just blow dry it with a compact air can. if you want to use contact cleaner use something like amberton etc. but you will need to let the mobo dry out. and use compact air to dry it thoroughly. 

Yes, I would like to use the contact cleaner, i've read that cleaning them with a moistened RAM with contact cleaner would do the job, but I'm afraid that with the friction i could set it on fire, or is it very unlikely?

[Turtle Rig]

45 minutes ago, allthegoodmemesaretaken said:

i recently bought new RAM, but the slots in which I want to put them are very old and have never been used.

This is the contact cleaner that I'm going to use. (i've no other choice)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnHZ58Dd0HI

 

i think of 2 ways.

1. Unplug everything from the motherboard and clean it with an electric duster then apply the contact cleaner directly on the Slots.

or

2. Instead of applying the contact cleaner directly, moisten a RAM stick with contact cleaner and take it in/out the slot a few times to remove corrosion. Could the friction plus the contact cleaner damage the slot? like set it on Fire or something like that?

 

Thanks in advance for any help you are able to provide.

You can ue Contact Cleaner.  google her in.

[mxk]

46 minutes ago, allthegoodmemesaretaken said:

because they are old and have never been used? and i want them to work like new?

Just use the compressed air. If you use the cleaner just leave it to try for a somewhat unreasonable amount of time to be safe.

[Quadriplegic]

58 minutes ago, allthegoodmemesaretaken said:

because they are old and have never been used? and i want them to work like new?

And how do you know that they do not work like new? 

Unless you are literally dipping the motherboard in dirt, blowing the slots with some air will do

[Brent744]

In the past I have restored and repurposed old xeon servers which some were in extremely bad shape with layers of dust. I would start with a duster, compressed air or an electric duster. Then use a toothbrush to brush certain areas to break away caked on dust such as pci-e lanes and DIMM's (ram slots). Then use the duster again.

[Lord Mirdalan]

23 hours ago, themctipers said:

try just inserting the ram into the slot and not fucking around with cleaning the contacts

 

it'll most likely work, if not, then blow it out with compressed air

CLEAN compressed air... Air directly from a compressor may contain water, oil, and all manner of airborne filth. The air should be from a can, or run through several filters and a moisture trap before touching the mobo. 

[Poseidon9]

On 2/19/2019 at 2:52 PM, Lord Mirdalan said:

CLEAN compressed air... Air directly from a compressor may contain water, oil, and all manner of airborne filth. The air should be from a can, or run through several filters and a moisture trap before touching the mobo. 

Hi,

 

still regarding the cleaning the RAM Slot. I recently experienced non booting pc due to ram slot. i tried the other slot since I have 2 ram slots and it worked. Now, I have another RAM and I inserted it in the previously with trouble slot. Tried cleaning it using paint brush with mild strokes and it worked for about 2 hours. Now I'm experiencing blue screen error saying my pc/OS have a problem. does this mean my the ram slot I cleaned is damaged?

 

Thanks in advance.

[Poseidon9]

Thanks @candle86.

 

Another question:

I have a core i3 2nd Gen processor with a DDR3 MOBO and I'm planning to upgrade it. I'm thinking of upgrading first the motherboard into a ddr4 or ddr5. Does the 2nd Gen processor can still run on the new MOBO?

 

thanks in Advance.