ram RAM pins

[Musti]

Just got this and it came like this, could it still work?

[mbntr]

it could work but it's unlikely, i can't give you a better answer, since I wasn't able to find the pinout for DDR3 DIMM modules

[Musti]

1 minute ago, mbntr said:

it could work but it's unlikely, i can't give you a better answer, since I wasn't able to find the pinout for DDR3 DIMM modules

on reddit people were saying this one pin could fry my mobo, psu and cpu. are they chatting shit or?

[minibois]

7 minutes ago, Musti said:

Just got this and it came like this, could it still work?

Do you mean the bit of 'dirt' on the pins? Should still work, doesn't look too bad.

Otherwise you could try to clean it a bit.

 

Alcohol works best (because it dry really quickly), but water could work too (just let it fully dry).

Make a cloth/tissue damp and kinda scrub these pins.

 

EDIT: oh you mean the second from the left pin missing. Not sure.

[mbntr]

1 minute ago, Musti said:

on reddit people were saying this one pin could fry my mobo, psu and cpu. are they chatting shit or?

try to rub the pin with a bit of alcohol, in case it's just dirt

[Musti]

1 minute ago, minibois said:

Do you mean the bit of 'dirt' on the pins? Should still work, doesn't look too bad.

Otherwise you could try to clean it a bit.

 

Alcohol works best (because it dry really quickly), but water could work too (just let it fully dry).

Make a cloth/tissue damp and kinda scrub these pins.

nah bro the gold sheet came straight off, but the thing behind it looks fine. i looked at the pcb and that pin didnt look very useful

[Musti]

Just now, mbntr said:

try to rub the pin with a bit of alcohol, in case it's just dirt

its 100% not dirt unfortunately, but if i find the ddr3 dimm pinout, how could that help me?

[RollinLower]

1 minute ago, minibois said:

Do you mean the bit of 'dirt' on the pins? Should still work, doesn't look too bad.

Otherwise you could try to clean it a bit.

 

Alcohol works best (because it dry really quickly), but water could work too (just let it fully dry).

Make a cloth/tissue damp and kinda scrub these pins.

i think OP means the one missing pin on the left

 

your best bet is to get a pinout for DDR3 and see what that pin does. if you're lucky it's just ground. if you're unlucky it's a signal pin and the ram won't work.

[Beerzerker]

You'll have to get that gold finger back in place to assure correct operation or there is an excellent chance the stick won't work.

You can try it if you want but do expect it to either not work or act up.

[mbntr]

Just now, Musti said:

its 100% not dirt unfortunately, but if i find the ddr3 dimm pinout, how could that help me?

it would certainly help, ddr3 has a certain amount of ground pins, and they are redundant

[Musti]

1 minute ago, Beerzerker said:

You'll have to get that gold finger back in place to assure correct operation or there is an excellent chance the stick won't work.

i played with it tryna get it back in and it dropped on my carpet, chances of me finding it are very low

[Musti]

Just now, mbntr said:

it would certainly help, ddr3 has a certain amount of ground pins, and they are redundant

would it say GROUND PIN or something, and is pin 1 from the left or right of the notch?

[RollinLower]

Just now, Musti said:

would it say GROUND PIN or something, and is pin 1 from the left or right of the notch?

it usually won't say it on the mobo or RAM itself, so you'll have to find a PDF or something with all the DDR3 pins and what they do.

i've been searching but it's proven hard to find.

[mbntr]

1 minute ago, Musti said:

would it say GROUND PIN or something, and is pin 1 from the left or right of the notch?

it would be marked with GND or something similar...

[Beerzerker]

I'd still look for it, you'll need it to do the fix.
A tiny spot of solder at the top to reconnect the finger to the circuitry and you'll have to use a really thin coat of glue/adhesive to the backside of the finger to make sure it's in place and should (hopefully) work.

 

With the spot in need of the solder point being so tiny I'd let someone with experience do that instead of trying it yourself.

It's beyond easy to fry a circuit trace.

[mbntr]

1 minute ago, RollinLower said:

it usually won't say it on the mobo or RAM itself, so you'll have to find a PDF or something with all the DDR3 pins and what they do.

i've been searching but it's proven hard to find.

Exactly, we were talking about pin outs, unfortunately I can't seem to find them for DDR3 DIMMs

[Musti]

3 minutes ago, mbntr said:

it would be marked with GND or something similar...

IS IT ALIVE????

[Beerzerker]

From what I can tell the stick as is won't work.
You'll have to get it fixed.

[minibois]

Link to that datasheet you posted a screenshot of above: https://media.digikey.com/pdf/Data Sheets/Micron Technology Inc PDFs/MT16JTFxxx64AY.pdf

Seems like pin 2 = VSS = Ground. But I am not sure what pin it corresponds to on the 'back' part (see the right table). Looks like it corresponds either with DQ4 or another VSS pin (pin 122 or 239).

 

So you might be good?

[Musti]

2 minutes ago, Beerzerker said:

From what I can tell the stick as is won't work.
You'll have to get it fixed.

wait whats bad about it? it seems to be a ground pin, and the back pin is still intact

[Musti]

1 minute ago, minibois said:

Link to that datasheet you posted a screenshot of above: https://media.digikey.com/pdf/Data Sheets/Micron Technology Inc PDFs/MT16JTFxxx64AY.pdf

Seems like pin 2 = VSS = Ground. But I am not sure what pin it corresponds to on the 'back' part (see the right table). Looks like it corresponds either with DQ4 or another VSS pin (pin 122 or 239).

 

So you might be good?

the back pin is still good tho?

[Beerzerker]

Note I said "As far as I can tell".

You can try it and find out. No danger of hurting anything, either it's gonna work or it won't.

[Musti]

1 minute ago, Beerzerker said:

Note I said "As far as I can tell".

You can try it and find out. No danger of hurting anything, either it's gonna work or it won't.

people on pcmasterrace were saying it could fry my mobo??? are they just plain dumb lol?

[RollinLower]

put it in your system and see if it boots

[RollinLower]

Just now, Musti said:

people on pcmasterrace were saying it could fry my mobo??? are they just plain dumb lol?

it won;t fry your motherboard, even if it was a power pin.

it'll just not recognise the RAM

 

it can only damage something if there is a short, and you physically cannot short something if there is just no contact at all.