Took out ram with 1 retention clip still in.

[Jnys]

So i'm a dumbass, I needed to blow some dust off my pc because it was basically coverd and i thought it was a good idea to take out the ram. Since i have never taken out ram before i took out 1 stick with 1 retention clip still in. Could this have damaged my slot or ram stick?

[Skiiwee29]

what motherboard do you have? Many modern motherboards only have 1 clip on the very top and bottom is static. 

[Jnys]

3 minutes ago, Skiiwee29 said:

what motherboard do you have? Many modern motherboards only have 1 clip on the very top and bottom is static. 

Msi z370 gaming plus i belive. It has 2, i just wonderd if i could have broken my PC

[Skiiwee29]

Just now, Jnys said:

Msi z370 gaming plus i belive. It has 2, i just wonderd if i could have broken my PC

does the clip still work when you manually engage it? Chances are, I would wager your RAM wasnt 100% seated properly in the first place. 

[Jnys]

Just now, Skiiwee29 said:

does the clip still work when you manually engage it? Chances are, I would wager your RAM wasnt 100% seated properly in the first place. 

Everything including the clips work. Im just worried that i could have damaged the slot itself or the ram stick.

[jaslion]

Just now, Jnys said:

Everything including the clips work. Im just worried that i could have damaged the slot itself or the ram stick.

Put it in see if it works.

[Skiiwee29]

Just now, Jnys said:

Everything including the clips work. Im just worried that i could have damaged the slot itself or the ram stick.

possibly, but unlikely. You only will know once you reinsert the ram stick and boot up. 

[eeeee1]

Just now, Jnys said:

Everything including the clips work. Im just worried that i could have damaged the slot itself or the ram stick.

then just try it. whats the worst that can happen?

[Jnys]

7 minutes ago, eeeee1 said:

then just try it. whats the worst that can happen?

I mean my oc seems to work fine, Just i'm not getting the performance i expected from my new gpu. Im not getting close to the other benchmarks i see.

[eeeee1]

1 minute ago, Jnys said:

I mean my oc seems to work fine, Just i'm not getting the performance i expected from my new gpu. Im not getting close to the other benchmarks i see.

wait wait so is this a gpu problem or a ram problem?

[Jnys]

4 minutes ago, eeeee1 said:

wait wait so is this a gpu problem or a ram problem?

I mean, both kinda. Or execpt i don't know what performance too see. Because my score is lower then benchmarks i am thinking that i broke my ram while taking it out.

[eeeee1]

2 minutes ago, Jnys said:

I mean, both kinda. Or execpt i don't know what performance too see. Because my score is lower then benchmarks i am thinking that i broke my ram while taking it out.

well what are your specs? are they the exact same as in the benchmark?

[svmlegacy]

If your memory still works, then there is no damage.

ASUS actually made motherboards with a single clip in the DDR3 era. They might still make them now, but I haven't been keeping track. Try not to do it too often if you have the 2-clip design.

[Jnys]

1 minute ago, eeeee1 said:

well what are your specs? are they the exact same as in the benchmark?

Not the exact same, Just dosen't seem like the cpu would be such a jump.

Rtx 3080

I7 8700

16gb ram 2400mhz

[eeeee1]

1 minute ago, Jnys said:

Not the exact same, Just dosen't seem like the cpu would be such a jump.

Rtx 3080

I7 8700

16gb ram 2400mhz

well what do they have in the benchmark? assuming you have dual channel. 2400mhz isn't that fast. I heavily doubt the benchmark has 2400mhz ram

[Jnys]

1 minute ago, eeeee1 said:

well what do they have in the benchmark? assuming you have dual channel. 2400mhz isn't that fast. I heavily doubt the benchmark has 2400mhz ram

if you check there. At lower settings then that on that map i'm around 120 fps. 

 

 

[Jnys]

24 minutes ago, svmlegacy said:

If your memory still works, then there is no damage.

ASUS actually made motherboards with a single clip in the DDR3 era. They might still make them now, but I haven't been keeping track. Try not to do it too often if you have the 2-clip design.

ok thanks. There is something not adding up with my pc right now. I'll need to look into it.

[eeeee1]

1 hour ago, Jnys said:

if you check there. At lower settings then that on that map i'm around 120 fps. 

 

 

dude. i9 10th gen and your cpu is a massive jump. you should have expected this difference 

[Jnys]

25 minutes ago, eeeee1 said:

dude. i9 10th gen and your cpu is a massive jump. you should have expected this difference 

Alright, not really educated in the cpu area. Guess it's time for a new cpu

[eeeee1]

2 minutes ago, Jnys said:

Alright, not really educated in the cpu area. Guess it's time for a new cpu

Not to mention his ram is much faster...

[Jnys]

1 minute ago, eeeee1 said:

Not to mention his ram is much faster...

well, guess it's time for a new cpu and ram then. Just that i don't know what to do with my old stuff

[eeeee1]

26 minutes ago, Jnys said:

well, guess it's time for a new cpu and ram then. Just that i don't know what to do with my old stuff

sell it or keep it on hand as spares (mostly just ram). 

[Jnys]

3 minutes ago, eeeee1 said:

sell it or keep it on hand as spares (mostly just ram). 

I guess, The only problem is that i don't have any of the original boxes for them as my computer is kind of a prebuilt.

Would an i9 9900k work good?

[eeeee1]

2 minutes ago, Jnys said:

I guess, The only problem is that i don't have any of the original boxes for them as my computer is kind of a prebuilt.

Would an i9 9900k work good?

i wouldn't bother. While its true that Intel still has the "Gaming crown" for PAST generations, that is no longer the case. while either a i9 9900k or i9 10900k would match that hefty GPU you have, The new AMD cpu's still beat them (I think)

[Jnys]

1 minute ago, eeeee1 said:

i wouldn't bother. While its true that Intel still has the "Gaming crown" for PAST generations, that is no longer the case. while either a i9 9900k or i9 10900k would match that hefty GPU you have, The new AMD cpu's still beat them (I think)

Well, Right now i don't really know what to do, I could try to sell my old 1080 but i don't know if anyone has any intrests in them today.