[SOLVED] Gold contacts of ram

[DanielRoge]

1 gold contact of my ram chip is half is it still safe to use or is it usable

 

[Dj0gany]

can you post a picture?

 

[USAFRet]

Absolutely need a picture of this. Both sides, please.

 

[DanielRoge]

Absolutely need a picture of this. Both sides, please.

https://ibb.co/3FnZ5sH the pic

 

[DanielRoge]

Absolutely need a picture of this. Both sides, please.

https://ibb.co/dKWTfJB the other side

 

[DanielRoge]

Absolutely need a picture of this. Both sides, please.

https://ibb.co/dKWTfJB the other side

 

[sizzling]

https://ibb.co/3FnZ5sH the pic

That is not normal and looks like damage. My main concern is where did the good tab go, it is is in the memory slot or anywhere on the motherboard it could cause a short which could cause damage. Assuming the missing tab is not in the pc I don’t see any risk trying the RAM but it may not work or may be unstable if the remaining part of the tab makes insufficient contact.

 

[SamirD]

That is not normal and looks like damage. My main concern is where did the good tab go, it is is in the memory slot or anywhere on the motherboard it could cause a short which could cause damage. Assuming the missing tab is not in the pc I don’t see any risk trying the RAM but it may not work or may be unstable if the remaining part of the tab makes insufficient contact.

Yep, this is my concern as well. Although it also does look like the gold was 'eaten' by acid. Something as simple as a circuit pen to fix the contact may work if it doesn't work as-is.

 

[DanielRoge]

Yep, this is my concern as well. Although it also does look like the gold was 'eaten' by acid. Something as simple as a circuit pen to fix the contact may work if it doesn't work as-is.

Can
CCL Anti-etching PCB circuit board Ink Marker work?

 

[Karadjgne]

It's chipped, not acid eaten. You've hit the edge of the ram with something and it's chipped that finger, same as if it was the paint on the edge of a car door. But thats a considerably large chip to have flaked off, so could possibly be a manufacture defect if the finger naturally seperated from the pcb just by socket insertion.

If you look closely at those fingers, you'll see a darker line in the center. That's where it's actually making contact with the socket pins. That 1 finger is up beyond the contact area, so totally useless.

No idea if that's a power, ground, input or output data key or if that'd fully or realistically affect the ram overall. You'd have to memtest the ram stick individually, with comparisons against another stick.

If it were me, I'd chalk it up to a bad day and replace the ram, an expensive lesson, but a lesson nonetheless.

It's Gskill, rma is a possibility, so you could try that route, but as with any physical damage condition, the outcome is never a guarantee success.