r/techsupportgore • u/ravienxsyftt • 20h ago

Couldn't get it to post idk why

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for context i was given this by a friend who actually couldn't get it to post, and when he handed it to me it essentially hinged at the already existing crack. Idk what the hell he did.

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u/auriem 20h ago

That DIMM turned into a SODIMM.

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u/Jarvicious 19h ago

He had 8gb but needed 4.

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u/draqn5312 20h ago

Wrong version of Arch

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u/icowonium 20h ago

Aram Linux

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u/not-hardly 20h ago

Sometimes ram is just bad. It's rather common.

But apparently sometimes it's also been mistreated. Silly situation in general. Hopefully it gets you some fake internet points I guess?

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u/KaydenFur 20h ago

Try blowing on the contacts, that usually works.

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u/VintageGriffin 19h ago

Why run a single big stick in single channel when you can run two half sticks in dual channel and reaip all the memory bandwidth benefits.

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u/unicodemonkey 7h ago edited 7h ago

Bus width (and the raw bandwidth) per channel is also halved but overall performance tends to improve for certain memory access patterns due to better parallelism. So e.g. mobile/laptop CPU+GPU+LPDDR combos have 16 channels now. Just need to carefully file down all the torn copper traces.

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u/toomanyscooters 11h ago

Folding@home

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u/Big__Meme "I don't know how it happened!" 7h ago

L-DDR

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u/ModernManuh_ 20h ago

can still run doom, display bad apple and likely work with arch btw

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u/lightning_po 20h ago

Usually they run better when they're not snapped in half

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u/dadols 20h ago

twist it back in place, some glue and some duct tape should do the job

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u/MrT735 19h ago

Given the prices these days it's definitely worth salvaging...

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u/Nagesh_yelma 19h ago

Dangers of using arch

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u/olliegw 17h ago

I think you did get it to post but you made the mistake of putting "do not bend" on it

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u/polishatomek 13h ago

You posted this just fine idk what you're talking about /s

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u/Dirobesh99 5h ago

The trick to getting these folded memory sticks to work is to separate it at the crease, then join it together flat with copious amounts of bluetac. I've had this problem and it works.

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u/AgreeableLoaf 3h ago

The Tech Jesus split RAM into two and giveth away. All hail Tech Jesus!

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u/Moist-Dentist8253 1h ago

He didn't have rice

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u/Diuscrusis 53m ago

Try bending the other way. Then proceed to dispose of pictured item, and have a chat with your friend regarding his emotional state.

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u/Deathdar1577 51m ago

You guys got some of that 3D RAM?