Fix a misplaces DIMM

[seth125]

Hi. I removed the DIMMs of my system for regular maintenance, but when placing it back I accidentally pressed the onboard ON switch right beside the memory slots and the system switched on before I securely attached the memory to the slot. I know it was idiotic for me not to disconnect the power before but hey, overconfidence happens to de best of us, right?

 

anyway now I can't make the motherboard to run with that dimm connected. If placed it will detect there's a problem and won't boot until removed.

 

is there a way to fix that DIMM? Thanks

[ProjectBox153]

Seems like something you've done messed up the slot. Try other RAM modules in there and try the one you were attempting to put in the now broken slot into another slot to see which of the two is broken. 

[jj9987]

And this is why you should always switch off the PSU when doing hardware work on the PC...

[seth125]

1 hour ago, Jamiec1130 said:

Seems like something you've done messed up the slot. Try other RAM modules in there and try the one you were attempting to put in the now broken slot into another slot to see which of the two is broken. 

Thanks for replying. Already did that. The problem is not the slot but the memory itself. I can put any other module in any slot and will work, but that particular memory wherever I place it won't work. 

 

58 minutes ago, jj9987 said:

And this is why you should always switch off the PSU when doing hardware work on the PC...

I know now. I'm not a newbie, and I always make sure it is disconnected but reciently my motherboard's been failing so I constantly need to do the same and didn't notice I miss that step

[ProjectBox153]

49 minutes ago, seth125 said:

Thanks for replying. Already did that. The problem is not the slot but the memory itself. I can put any other module in any slot and will work, but that particular memory wherever I place it won't work. 

Then it seems that your memory module is dead. I would just replace it. 

[seth125]

41 minutes ago, Jamiec1130 said:

Then it seems that your memory module is dead. I would just replace it. 

yeah. in my particular case replacing it is not an option. I want to go farther. Is it possible to fix a dead memory

[ProjectBox153]

30 minutes ago, seth125 said:

yeah. in my particular case replacing it is not an option. I want to go farther. Is it possible to fix a dead memory

Possible? Probably. Worth it? Hell no. It would be too hard and complex of a task to take on by yourself, and replacing the module is faster, cheaper and easier. And you can snag yourself an upgrade while you're at it. 

[seth125]

4 minutes ago, Jamiec1130 said:

Possible? Probably. Worth it? Hell no. It would be too hard and complex of a task to take on by yourself, and replacing the module is faster, cheaper and easier. And you can snag yourself an upgrade while you're at it. 

That's disappointing. My mobo is a z77x ud5h, my cpu an i5 2500k and my memories are DDR3 1333MHz x4 x3. It is somewhat a 5y/o machine and the mobo has been having failures for a while. I believe I'll need to replace it soon, but right now I'm in a budget situation I can't replace/upgrade any part any soon. And obviously before replacing the memory I rather replace the motherboard, but to do that I need to replace both the CPU and the memories. Pretty much I need to build a brand-new pc to the ground... So that I'd like to experiment a little with this memory. If there is any chance I could possibly fix it (and is not too expensive) I'de like to take it.

[ProjectBox153]

13 hours ago, seth125 said:

That's disappointing. My mobo is a z77x ud5h, my cpu an i5 2500k and my memories are DDR3 1333MHz x4 x3. It is somewhat a 5y/o machine and the mobo has been having failures for a while. I believe I'll need to replace it soon, but right now I'm in a budget situation I can't replace/upgrade any part any soon. And obviously before replacing the memory I rather replace the motherboard, but to do that I need to replace both the CPU and the memories. Pretty much I need to build a brand-new pc to the ground... So that I'd like to experiment a little with this memory. If there is any chance I could possibly fix it (and is not too expensive) I'de like to take it.

Like I said, without a state-of-the-art facility in your basement, you probably aren't going to be able to fix it. You can just run the machine without that one module for some time until you can replace components, though.