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I'm currently in my Hardware Lab class, and someone just managed to fry a DDR3 DIMM by installing it backwards and booting... Yes. BACKWARDS!

how did it fit ?

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how the fuck did they even get it to clip in ?

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how did it fit ?

Hardware noobs tend to force things. i know from experience

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Hardware noobs tend to force things. i know from experience

 

But, but, it would have snapped the fucker before he even got it to 'fit' in there

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how did it fit ?

That is the part that has me wondering... Incredible feats of strength

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But, but, it would have snapped the fucker before he even got it to 'fit' in there

 

He/she must have damaged the mobo instead of the ram breaking when put in.

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We were mucking around with installing as many single slot graphics card as we could fit, and a waft of computer hate crime filled the air. Lecturer comes along to the next table and says "You've managed to fry it by sticking it in backwards, now I've seen it all..."

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on a side note that sounds like an awesome class, wish my school had that

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on a side note that sounds like an awesome class, wish my school had that

It's a Bachelor of Computing Systems fundamentals paper, not sure if it's the same as tertiary courses over there but the practical is quite good.

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It's a Bachelor of Computing Systems fundamentals paper, not sure if it's the same as tertiary courses over there but the practical is quite good.

ah ok, im still in high school, still wish we had a computer class besides programing

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Well it doesn't matter because s/he might have already broken the ram stick, it was more like the CREMATION of the honoured Mr. RAM....#Respect

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ah ok, im still in high school, still wish we had a computer class besides programing

Does your high school have STEM?

 

 

 

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Does your high school have STEM?

dont think we have that in canada but we do have the shsm program at my school, from what i know my school has the welding,automotive,woodshop, culinary, and video editing and coding programs

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so... i grabbed a dead motherboard and dead dimms, and tried.

 

i gave it my everything, i used tools, i put my weight on it, cant get it in.

 

the only way i can see the guy put the dimm in backwards, is with one side of the dimm in completely, and the other side clipped into the second notch on the dimm, with the contacts sticking out far enough to have a visible gap underneath the dimm.

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so... i grabbed a dead motherboard and dead dimms, and tried.

 

i gave it my everything, i used tools, i put my weight on it, cant get it in.

 

the only way i can see the guy put the dimm in backwards, is with one side of the dimm in completely, and the other side clipped into the second notch on the dimm, with the contacts sticking out far enough to have a visible gap underneath the dimm.

 

I have to agree with this opinion.  I'm sure this makes an interesting STORY but I don't actually believe.  You could NOT fit a RAM DIMM in backwards sufficiently to even get electricity going through it to burn it out without causing serious physical damage to the DIMM and/or the motherboard first.  People wouldn't be like 'Wow, you burned it out' they'd be like 'DID YOU SMASH THIS WITH A HAMMER OR SOMETHING!?'

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so... i grabbed a dead motherboard and dead dimms, and tried.

 

i gave it my everything, i used tools, i put my weight on it, cant get it in.

 

the only way i can see the guy put the dimm in backwards, is with one side of the dimm in completely, and the other side clipped into the second notch on the dimm, with the contacts sticking out far enough to have a visible gap underneath the dimm.

 

Have you tried lube?

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I have to agree with this opinion.  I'm sure this makes an interesting STORY but I don't actually believe.  You could NOT fit a RAM DIMM in backwards sufficiently to even get electricity going through it to burn it out without causing serious physical damage to the DIMM and/or the motherboard first.  People wouldn't be like 'Wow, you burned it out' they'd be like 'DID YOU SMASH THIS WITH A HAMMER OR SOMETHING!?'

well... i dont doubt it happened, i seen some stupid stuff happen in college...

 

i mostly wonder if it happened because the guy was dumb, or because he was careless with school property and decided to "experiment"

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Have you tried lube?

they're dead components, that doesnt mean i'm gonna coat them in lube...

 

and i dont think any lube is gonna help pushing a square peg in a round hole, if y'know what i mean xD

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