Can bending a RAM slot fuck the board up?

[ch3w2oy]

So I couldn't see well and I tried to reinstall the RAM sticks in my step daughters build but I can tell one of the slots bent a little because I tried to install the stick upside down (I couldnt see lol), instead of thinking maybe this isn't right, I tried brute force. Hey, It works sometimes.. 

 

Now I can't get the screen to work or come on with the PC. It was working fine before and I have now tried two hdmi cables. Also, the power button won't shut the PC down like it use to and I have to use the switch on PSU.. 

 

DO I need another motherboard? Fixing up a slot can damage everything? I tried posting with one stick.. 

 

It's the cheapest gigabyte B450 motherboard. (don't hate).. 

 

 

2200g

2x8gb ddr4 (not now) 

No gpu

Motherboard

Rosewill Hive PSU

[r4tch3t]

2 minutes ago, ch3w2oy said:

So I couldn't see well and I tried to reinstall the RAM sticks in my step daughters build but I can tell one of the slots bent a little because I tried to install the stick upside down (I couldnt see lol), instead of thinking maybe this isn't right, I tried brute force. Hey, It works sometimes.. 

 

Now I can't get the screen to work or come on with the PC. It was working fine before and I have now tried two hdmi cables. Also, the power button won't shut the PC down like it use to and I have to use the switch on PSU.. 

 

DO I need another motherboard? Fixing up a slot can damage everything? I tried posting with one stick.. 

 

It's the cheapest gigabyte B450 motherboard. (don't hate).. 

You may have bent some of the pins in the slot causing a short.

Get that mobo under some light and look at the pins. If they're bent you could try unbending them. 

[Windows7ge]

Short answer yes. Damages the connections between the stick and the board. This could cause all sorts of failures.

[ch3w2oy]

Just now, Windows7ge said:

Short answer yes. Damages the connections between the stick and the board. This could cause all sorts of failures.

Everything sounds normal except I can't get signal to display and the power button doesn't work like normal..

 

 I just bought this at Christmas. Guess I'll buy another one.. It is my fault after all..

 

I was just hoping I was missing something.. I didn't change anything, all I did was remove ram and reinstalled ram, which I noticeably bent the 4th slot on the process..

 

New mobo it is.. 

[Eastman51]

6 minutes ago, ch3w2oy said:

It's the cheapest gigabyte B450 motherboard. (don't hate).. 

Too bad. It's among the worst AM4 boards, fyi.

 

Anyways. You have tried all the other slots, seeing if the pins are bent (and unbending them), right?

If you have tried all this, the board is probably dead. The short in the ram socket could have damaged an important bus somewhere along the board.

[ch3w2oy]

5 minutes ago, r4tch3t said:

You may have bent some of the pins in the slot causing a short.

Get that mobo under some light and look at the pins. If they're bent you could try unbending them. 

It looks like the entire slot is bent/crooked.. Its a very cheap motherboard.. I don't see a problem with specific pins.. I've actually done the same thing with my Z390 mobo and nothing bad happened.. 

 

Why is one side different, they should be universal..

[ch3w2oy]

1 minute ago, Eastman51 said:

Too bad. It's among the worst AM4 boards, fyi.

 

Anyways. You have tried all the other slots, seeing if the pins are bent (and unbending them), right?

If you have tried all this, the board is probably dead. The short in the ram socket could have damaged an important bus somewhere along the board.

I tried just one ram stick (2nd slot) , but didn't try the second in a different slot..ill move them around quick but I'm not having any faith..

[Eastman51]

Just now, ch3w2oy said:

I tried just one ram stick (2nd slot) , but didn't try the second in a different slot..ill move them around quick but I'm not having any faith..

4th slot is the damaged one?

I'd try 1 and 3, and/or 1 and 2, or 2 and 3

[ch3w2oy]

8 minutes ago, Eastman51 said:

4th slot is the damaged one?

I'd try 1 and 3, and/or 1 and 2, or 2 and 3

Okay so I just got into windows with one ram stick in the third slot.. I will test more combinations soon but what I already tried did not work.. 

[Stalk]

I would visual inspect the ram pins on the motherboard may require a magnifying glass, you could us like 90 degree tweezers to rebend/fix the pins on the MB.

Also check the ram leads there self and make sure non are damaged, if they are you could use like a solder pen? That's what I been calling them for years at least, it's like a ink pen that uses a self drying solder mainly to fix traces on pcb boards.