Hi there, i have a broken pin on my socket which is ddr0_dq and it bricks some RAM slots. Luckily i could fix it inserting a piece of wire into the hole and bending it to the correct position. The problem is that piece of wire is made of iron or i think so, it is the same wire thats is used to tie up brand new cables in a package and stuff... it is covered by a plastic, usually black. I hope you know what i mean.
So the question is : should i replace the iron for copper? Do magnetic properties of the iron harm other pins or socket? My RAM is 1.2v @ 2133 and works great but will that be the case after a RAM upgrade? Will the iron get rusty in any way? Can even oxygen get in there? Note that the wire is a bit fatter than the actual pins, so even if it has worse conductivity, there is more amount of it. And iron wont burn out either. So should i leave it?
So the question is : should i replace the iron for copper? Do magnetic properties of the iron harm other pins or socket? My RAM is 1.2v @ 2133 and works great but will that be the case after a RAM upgrade? Will the iron get rusty in any way? Can even oxygen get in there? Note that the wire is a bit fatter than the actual pins, so even if it has worse conductivity, there is more amount of it. And iron wont burn out either. So should i leave it?
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