![]() ![]() So far, in terms of failure modes with bad RAM slots, either any RAM in that slot is not recognized and ignored, or else the system won't boot with any RAM in that slot, either locking up during POST or black screen before POST, sometimes with beeps. I have been testing more boards than I used to over the past year, and I have found a number of other boards which have bad RAM slots, so I was wondering how many bad RAM slots others here have run into on otherwise good motherboards.Īlso, has anyone ever successfully fixed a bad RAM slot, say with a solder reflow? Hand in blue glove holding RAM memory on blue background.and artificial. (Of course I had been storing the board for long enough that it was out of warranty, but that's another story.) I suspected a bad solder joint or tin whisker somewhere on the bad RAM slot, but my soldering iron was misplaced a while ago, and a visual inspection of the underside of the board looked OK. RAM Module in the slot on motherboard Asus closeup top view, black white photo. I just put the 2 RAM in, and after a few tries it always worked. The motherboard wouldn't boot with any RAM installed in one of the two RAM slots on the motherboard - remove RAM from that slot, and the system booted fine with RAM in the other slot only. What do motherboard RAM slot colors mean Ask Question Asked 10 years, 1 month ago Modified 6 years ago Viewed 108k times 23 I have always seen that the motherboard RAM slots are colored in pairs, but never knew what it meant. The first one I encountered was a couple of years ago - I opened up a brand new ITX celeron board and I eventually discovered that one of the RAM slots was bad. ![]() I have a lot of system building experience, and generally held the belief that bad RAM slots on motherboards are uncommon. I have been meaning to post this for a while, here goes finally. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |