[rescue] Ultra 60 RAM installed backwards

Dan Sikorski me at dansikorski.com
Wed May 8 21:07:31 CDT 2013


On May 8, 2013, at 11:50 AM, "Cory Smelosky" <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:

> On Wed, 8 May 2013, Eric J wrote:
>
>>
>> I wish I were joking, I got this thing the other day and it works but
>> I was about to do a RAM upgrade only to discover that I can't remove
>> the installed DIMMs because they were all put in backwards! Is there
>> anything I can do to get them out or is it hopeless? The levers won't
>> budge and I'd probably break them if I used more force.
>>
>
> Now i'm reminded of the time someone I know installed RAM upside-down...
>
>

Now I'm reminded of the time a friend put memory from a Sparc 5 in his PC.  I
wasn't there to see the fire, but i saw the scorched memory slot that was the
aftermath.

	-Dan Sikorski


More information about the rescue mailing list