Posted November 29, 2021 Hi everyone, I was intended to upgrade the ram of this laptop by putting a second stick in this unused slot. But, as you can see in these images, some words on the motherboard are faded (MADE, LA and where there's written dimm b ddr3l etc.), like they were scratched or something else. My question is: is there any chance that putting a stick in this slot will damage anything? Note that the laptop actually works fine and it has been refurbished so I don't know what had happened before I had it. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 29, 2021 Not an issue at all. None of the contacts are messed up below it. "Do what makes the experience better" - in regards to PCs and Life itself. Onyx : AMD Ryzen 7 7800x3d / MSI 6900xt Gaming X Trio / Gigabyte B650 AORUS Pro AX / G. Skill Flare X5 6000CL36 32GB / Samsung 980 1TB x3 / Super Flower Leadex V Platinum Pro 850 / EK-AIO 360 Basic / Fractal Design North XL (black mesh) / AOC AGON 35" 3440x1440 100Hz / Mackie CR5BT / Corsair Virtuoso SE / Cherry MX Board 3.0 / Logitech G502 7800X3D - PBO -30 all cores, 4.90GHz all core, 5.05GHz single core, 18286 C23 multi, 1779 C23 single Emma : i9 9900K @5.1Ghz - Gigabyte AORUS 1080Ti - Gigabyte AORUS Z370 Gaming 5 - G. Skill Ripjaws V 32GB 3200CL16 - 750 EVO 512GB + 2x 860 EVO 1TB (RAID0) - EVGA SuperNova 650 P2 - Thermaltake Water 3.0 Ultimate 360mm - Fractal Design Define R6 - TP-Link AC1900 PCIe Wifi Raven: AMD Ryzen 5 5600x3d - ASRock B550M Pro4 - G. Skill Ripjaws V 16GB 3200Mhz - XFX Radeon RX6650XT - Samsung 980 1TB + Crucial MX500 1TB - TP-Link AC600 USB Wifi - Gigabyte GP-P450B PSU - Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L - Samsung 27" 1080p Plex : AMD Ryzen 5 5600 - Gigabyte B550M AORUS Elite AX - G. Skill Ripjaws V 16GB 2400Mhz - MSI 1050Ti 4GB - Crucial P3 Plus 500GB + WD Red NAS 4TBx2 - TP-Link AC1200 PCIe Wifi - EVGA SuperNova 650 P2 - ASUS Prime AP201 - Spectre 24" 1080p Steam Deck 512GB OLED OnePlus: OnePlus 11 5G - 16GB RAM, 256GB NAND, Eternal Green OnePlus Buds Pro 2 - Eternal Green Other Tech: - 2021 Volvo S60 Recharge T8 Polestar Engineered - 415hp/495tq 2.0L 4cyl. turbocharged, supercharged and electrified. - Lenovo 720S Touch 15.6" - i7 7700HQ, 16GB RAM 2400MHz, 512GB NVMe SSD, 1050Ti, 4K touchscreen - MSI GF62 15.6" - i7 7700HQ, 16GB RAM 2400 MHz, 256GB NVMe SSD + 1TB 7200rpm HDD, 1050Ti - Ubiquiti Amplifi HD mesh wifi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 29, 2021 The copper traces (wires) are covered with a layer and then the text is printed over that insulation layer. The letters themselves being a bit imperfect is not a big deal, it's just paint being broken/erased/damaged ... as long as the cuts weren't deep enough to cut traces under the text paint and insulation you're fine. Zooming your picture, I see there's actually no traces under that A in "MADE" (it's one copper fill, probably ground layer) or under the broken part of "A" in "LA" Even if traces were cut, it's very very small chance you'd damage something... you'd probably see either the ram is not detected, or you'd get a lot of memory errors when testing the memory with a tool like memtest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 30, 2021 Author Ok, thanks for the quick answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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