I broke my RAM retention bracket, is it fixable?

CanonFodder · February 22

On Black Friday I bought a few new components for my new PC to complement the other stuff I had been saving for.

Bought an Asus TUF Gaming X670e-Plus WIFI, 32 GB of Corsair DDR5-6000, Ryzen 5-7600X,among other things. Out of the gate I had a few issues with the memory as it wouldn't work at 6000 without varying 30-600 second post times. At 4800 it seemed to work normally, but I didn't pay for 4800. I ended up sending the memory to Corsair and they swapped it, although it took a month.

Got the memory back, installed it and it's been good until yesterday my design program told me that I only have the minimum amount of RAM (16 GB) and it would recommend 32 GB or more, which is odd because I frequently use it and hadn't seen that message before. I looked in and the AuraSync was working on both modules normally so I fired up CPUID and sure enough it reported that only 1 module was reading. Ok I thought, maybe its loose. Opened the case press the lever back to remove the memory and it falls. The side of the DIMM slot broke and it doesn't securely hold the memory now.

Called Asus and the agent said to send to them, if it's fixable it'll cost $200 or they'll charge me $300 for a new one if it's not. My first thought was to grab crazy glue and try to reattach the broken piece even if it worked but I couldn't remove the memory in the future. Then I thought I should ask the forum.

Dedayog · February 22

Your RAM should stay in place without it. I have had the clip break before and no issues. The slot itself is tight enough to hold RAM in any position.

Needfuldoer · February 22

Just check to make sure the DIMM is seated after you move your PC around, and it should be fine. Those slots hold onto DIMMs pretty well.

You can always stick it back down with a tiny dab of super glue if it makes you feel better. (Take the memory out of the slot first, then use a toothpick or something to put just a tiny amount onto the broken part on the motherboard, and put the broken piece back in place.)