Jiggly Wiggly Memory

yurimxpxman · December 2nd, 2006

My system's shut down on me twice tonight. Thermal grease again? No. Overheating? No. The answer: The two fans on my motherboard are shaking the RAM stick loose! Have any of you ever experienced this bizarre problem before?

drew and not u · December 2nd, 2006

sounds like your DIMM clips aren't secure enough!

Panda Man · December 2nd, 2006

Yea, your wings (is that what penguins have?) aren't meant for building. I'll have Bill Gates drop by and help secure the DIMMs for you.

yurimxpxman · December 2nd, 2006

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Originally Posted by Panda Man

Yea, your wings (is that what penguins have?) aren't meant for building. I'll have Bill Gates drop by and help secure the DIMMs for you.

Yes, that must be it :P

I can't wait until I can afford a 2GB kit of XMS. It'll be a while, but it'll be a very merry Christmas in July when I do =D

screwballl · December 2nd, 2006

find a rubber band that wraps the length of the memory perfectly and keep the wings on tight

polobunny · December 2nd, 2006

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Originally Posted by screwballl

find a rubber band that wraps the length of the memory perfectly and keep the wings on tight

The rubberbands will dry and break.

yurimxpxman · December 3rd, 2006

MPC trusted their hard drives with rubber bands. Remember? I wouldn't though. They also had a lot of people write in complaining about that guide.

**One4yu2c** · December 3rd, 2006

With the right rubber bands, that shouldn't be a problem, particularly since we all know to check our systems at least once in awhile for maintenance (dust bunnies, wiring, etc).

But as to your problem, this is something you want to rectified ASAP Yuri. I can't stress enough how bad it is to have your system restart or shutdown due to RAM coming out of the slot while turned on. At best, the restarts will continue, but at worst, you're risking component damage, including your motherboard.

Have you made sure that the RAM is pushed completely down? If the retention clips snap into place, this shouldn't be happening, regardless of which fans are running. Make sure that they're snapping into the grooves, and not just appearing that way.

yurimxpxman · December 3rd, 2006

Well, they always seem to be secure, but the ghosts in my room keep unclipping them. (At least, that's the excuse I'd use if you were my mom

)

**One4yu2c** · December 3rd, 2006

If they're truly coming unclipped after being fully secure (and I have my doubts here), you can put a dab of hot glue to keep them in place. I hate to even suggest it though, with your recent incident of bathing your motherboard in thermal grease.

December 2nd, 2006	#1
yurimxpxman Banned Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: /home/yurimxpxman Posts: 1,695	Jiggly Wiggly Memory My system's shut down on me twice tonight. Thermal grease again? No. Overheating? No. The answer: The two fans on my motherboard are shaking the RAM stick loose! Have any of you ever experienced this bizarre problem before?

December 2nd, 2006	#3
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December 2nd, 2006	#5
screwballl Colonel Calamity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sandy South Posts: 6,278 Blog Entries: 6	find a rubber band that wraps the length of the memory perfectly and keep the wings on tight Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.

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drew and not u 4GHz or Bust Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: A different kind of Green Computing Posts: 2,136	sounds like your DIMM clips aren't secure enough!

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yurimxpxman Banned Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: /home/yurimxpxman Posts: 1,695	MPC trusted their hard drives with rubber bands. Remember? I wouldn't though. They also had a lot of people write in complaining about that guide.

December 3rd, 2006	#8
One4yu2c I don't know how to put this, but, I'm kind of a big deal. Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Land of the Lounge Lizards Posts: 2,735 Blog Entries: 3	With the right rubber bands, that shouldn't be a problem, particularly since we all know to check our systems at least once in awhile for maintenance (dust bunnies, wiring, etc). But as to your problem, this is something you want to rectified ASAP Yuri. I can't stress enough how bad it is to have your system restart or shutdown due to RAM coming out of the slot while turned on. At best, the restarts will continue, but at worst, you're risking component damage, including your motherboard. Have you made sure that the RAM is pushed completely down? If the retention clips snap into place, this shouldn't be happening, regardless of which fans are running. Make sure that they're snapping into the grooves, and not just appearing that way.