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| kool_gall1991 2005-09-12, 12:01 pm |
| can installing ram ever damage your computer? i got a 256mb ddr ram card but it says that if i make a mistake and put it in backwards it can short out the motherboard on the package. is this true? | |
| Supertech 2005-09-12, 2:24 pm |
| Sticks of memory are keyed so that you can only insert it one way. I suppose if you try and force it you could do some damage.
Of course, all other standard precautions should be observed. Disconnect power. an antistatic wriststrap is advised.  | |
| CDcase 2005-09-12, 2:58 pm |
| Hello:
Why would the manufacturer lie??
If he said that you can damage the motherboard if you insert the stick backwards... then... I would believe him.
But like Supertech wrote... you cannot insert the stick backwards because its keyed, and so it can only be inserted one way.
PS. This is nothing unusual, other hardward can only be inserted in one way. For example: the molex power connector. | |
| CDcase 2005-09-12, 3:07 pm |
| PPS.
A short while ago, I asked whether an audio cable can be inserted backwards in the sound card/CD-ROM, and do damage the the hardware.
I never got a good answer.
This is not covered in my books.
I'd hate to blow somebody's sound card. | |
| kool_gall1991 2005-09-12, 3:33 pm |
| well, normal ram i can see how that is true, but ddr looks like it can be inserted either way but this might be due to my lack of knowlege about ram. they do say that the memory is keyed, but added that it could damage the computer if put in wrong. maybe this is just a warning to indicate they are not responsible for changes to hardware? | |
| Supertech 2005-09-12, 4:37 pm |
| it's called CYA. | |
| kool_gall1991 2005-09-12, 4:51 pm |
| quote:
Originally posted by Supertech
it's called CYA.
cya? as in "seeya"? or were u serious? | |
| Supertech 2005-09-12, 8:49 pm |
| as in - standard disclaimer by manufacter that states " if you install it wrong, we are not responsible"
CYA stands for "cover your a$$" | |
| kool_gall1991 2005-09-12, 10:45 pm |
| ok, gotcha. thanks. |
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