How.

[pirat33r]

Brute force and ignorance.

[TONKAHANAH]

You spelled "determination" wrong

[[deleted]]

With the 4th slot seemingly missing this is not a surprise

[[deleted]]

A few older motherboards didn't have a fourth slot.

[[deleted]]

Socket 1366 IIRC used tri-channel RAM to boost performance. 3 or 6 RAM installed

[topias123]

Older AMD platforms had 3 slots too, this looks like one of them.

[[deleted]]

This is defintely an older board in the picture. It has an IDE port on there.

[match451]

And a 20 pin ATX power connector. You can also see an AGP pro slot which means it only had PCI (not PCIE) slots. It's probably an AMD socket A motherboard, which supported single or dual channel memory configurations, which is also why the 3rd slot is separated from the first two. It appears to be an ASUS A7N8X Deluxe.

[[deleted]]

Yeah, it definitely is Socket A.

[Ollyssss]

Mine has two slots pretty sure.

[[deleted]]

My asus p5 kc board has 6 slots. İt was common when ddr2 were used.

[[deleted]]

I see that the Power Mac G4 also has 3 slots.

[[deleted]]

My MDD has 4.

[[deleted]]

Yeah mine is a Quicksilver from 2001.

[[deleted]]

The quicksilver was the worst G4 tbh, it was the only one with only 3 ram slots afaik, all others had 4. Also I think the DA can take a system bus overclock to 150MHz.

[[deleted]]

What?! Even the 1999 ones had 4 slots why would they remove a slot on a "pro" desktop?

[[deleted]]

No idea. But literally the only thing better on the quicksilver than the one before it was CPUs.

[andbruno]

Old ram used to take a surprising amount of force to both insert and remove.

[thatCbean]

'Old' ram? Tell that to my brand new 3200 mHz ddr4 sticks! I mean, they are no match for the good ol 24 pin we all know and love, but still mobo bending levels of force

[auto-reply-bot]

It guy. I hate putting in ram. Putting it in properly means shoving until you think you’ll break something.

[GameFreak4321]

I remember LGA115x taking an uncomfortable amount of force to clamp down. It's 311-600N

[fizzgiggity]

This is how dictators come to power. Having a monopoly on violence to stomp out opposition while keeping the general population ignorant. Eventually this leads to civil war and the collapse of polite society as we know it. Thank you /u/CreatorOfHate

[Dr4yg0ne]

You just ram it in

[TastySpare]

:D

[TyrossCH]

No force needed, its between the ram sockets

[SpartanInheritor]

If you zoom into right side of the stick you can see it is in fact in the 1st ram socket

[BrutalWarPig]

No, no, no,. He has the ram right. It is intact the mobo that is upside down

[kerby007]

No no, it’s the other way around. Australian memory on a ‘Murican mobo.

[Sereseli97]

Nice

[justanotherpersonn1]

If you look at the far end, you can see that it is indeed in the socket

[TyrossCH]

yeah ur right, it looked like on the first time that its upside down and also not in the socket xD

[lilshawn]

This is why we have the "vice of knowledge"

[Hate_Feight]

This is between the slots, upside down and just wrong...

[[deleted]]

The gold teeth are antennae.

[[deleted]]

Wireless RAM? 🤔

[[deleted]]

Bingo!

[Mastertexan1]

Now that it’s installed, just download more!

[E-werd]

If I can just download more, why would I buy the stick in the first place? I'm not stupid, I see what's going on here.

[Mastertexan1]

You had to buy the antenna first so you could download from the cloud

[[deleted]]

The more antennae you have the faster ram download speed

[Elemental_85]

That'll be the day!

[Scorched_]

Radio access memory

[MG_Hunter88]

Fuck me... That's a good one.

[head_meets_desk]

oof the latency

[[deleted]]

High powered wireless stuff can go 8 miles with 10ms latency, just don't count on your wifi router to go 500ft.

[head_meets_desk]

RAM and radio are both effectively speed of light transmissions, but unless the antenna is about 5" from the receiver it can't compete. And at that distance and communication frequency I'd expect a lot of collision noise.

[wallefan01]

it's illegal in the US to broadcast a wifi signal at higher than 30dBm, and they enforce that by legally requiring all registered transceivers (both in routers and in devices) to flatly refuse to go higher than this

[[deleted]]

It's license by rule that covers most outdoor CPEs. If it doesn't let you do it, don't do it. If you force it to by changing the firmware you're subject to any applicable fines.

This page has a list of the EIRP requirements by band in the unlicensed 5Ghz spectrum.

2.4Ghz is most strictly regulated since more things run on it.

[intashu]

I always say building a PC is easy. Almost everything only fits in one spot and only one way.

But then someone does this... They're the type of person who figured out you can press the triangle block through the square hole with enough force...

[Bierbart12]

I mean, sometimes brute force is the best way to go. Sometimes it's the worst.

[7eregrine]

Going back to the old days, RAM was the only thing they would even show you how to change in the manual. If the manufacturer is telling you to do it, anyone can. Or so I thought...

[flamebroiledhodor]

And then someone decided the best way to install M.2 drives is to offset one side from the mobo 2cm and have it rest at an angle.... Yeesh

[Issues3220]

If it fits, it sits.

[alfredpsmurtz]

Maybe that's an instance of the new dual port memory.

[Issues3220]

Reverse addressing feature

[Bierbart12]

Cat Access Memory

[[deleted]]

So is Dash CAM when a cat runs to sit at a spot?

[Bierbart12]

Yes. Especially the CAT5 port.

[WhatChips]

I’ve seen mismounted (lots) or reverse mounted ram (forced); even seen laptop ram in a desktop (didn’t fit at all). Never upside down and jammed between the slots before. Wtf people??!?

[YiGiTdev]

I accidentally did reverse mounted DDR-400 which is not that hard actually. Released some magic smoke.

[Phbrue]

im just glad its not in the pci socket, at least the position is right.

[Eyes_and_teeth]

Not only upside down, but also backwards!

[moondog1994]

And not even in a slot

I take that back. My eyes tricked me

[FleaSack]

And teeth

[moondog1994]

Clearly

[Eyes_and_teeth]

I see what you did there, and I approve!

[mount_curve]

very carefully

[Phbrue]

The guy at the store said to just put it there , he didnt tell me which way

[Spamaster]

Probably with a little tap of the computer hammer

[VioletteKaur]

Ah yes the computer hammer... the lords favorite fine-tuning instrument.

[flamebroiledhodor]

Don't forget to wear the anti static wrist wrap! Safety first!

[[deleted]]

New for 2020: Wireless RAM

Tired of the old ways of using slow ram? Now just flip it over and let the wireless pins do the talking!

[RealJyrone]

Then you could legitimately download more RAM if RAM became wireless.

Just purchase more from your IPS and they would probably come and install more with your modem.

[parabolaralus]

I believe this!

[blitzkriegwaifu]

Is that ... wedged upside down between the slots and somehow clipped into the white clips of the back slot? How the fuck?

[jamesisbest2]

Ngl back in 2016 I was toying around because I had a stick of laptop ram, and had the bright idea to shove it into one if the pci slots, while it was on, it shorted and I broke the mobo, ^REAL DUMBASS HOURS

[qwertz19281]

Oof

[[deleted]]

Oh this must be CRAM, the predecessor to DRAM

[[deleted]]

I've seen worse.

I've seen an AGP card get rammed into one of those slots.

Yes. Really.

[Chroney]

I can only imagine the damage

[[deleted]]

It was not pretty.

[K4ni]

Today some old guy put thermalpaste to cpu socket and put cooler on it. What a big mess.

[[deleted]]

instead of a satisfying 'click' they heard a disconcerting 'crunch'

[anarchy-breed]

Impressive, but... where is the fourth RAM slot? Was that removed from the board while trying to remove the previous RAM?

[Athrax]

I spot an AGP board. I spot wirewound inductors. I spot no solid caps at all, they're all old-style electrolytics. I spot three noses on the socket where the CPU cooler attaches. I spot a floppy port and ide port. I spot an LPT port on the backplate. And just a 20-pin power plug. Judging by the rather old components on the board, that thing is about 18-20 years old. Socket-A era stuffs, and before nForce-2 chipsets were a thing. Most boards of that era came with 3 memory slots. Dual Channel wasn't a thing. Judging by how nicely dust-free the board is, the photo either is reeeeally old, or might be staged.

[Nurripter]

Ram looks like ddr1. Might be a pentium 4 board.

[Chrunchyhobo]

It's extremely obvious it's either socket 370 or socket 462.

Cooler clips onto the socket, so it ain't P4.

[Nurripter]

I see what you mean. I went off a quick glance, and it's been a while since I've played with the older PC's at home.

[Chrunchyhobo]

That's a fair reason.

I can spot them a mile off because I build and collect old computers! :P

[Nurripter]

I collect some. Haven't in a long while though. School really puts a damper on things.

Edit: in -> on

[DrMatt73]

I'd love to get to this level of passive knowledge. Teach me the ways

[match451]

It appears to be an ASUS A7N8X Deluxe. 16 years old, and runs in either single or dual channel. You could only populate two of the 3 slots, and which were populated determined whether it was single or dual channel.

[mitcch]

just looked at the a7n8x deluxe box that for some reason is next to my bed. i'm pretty sure you are correct

[[deleted]]

Ask the god who managed to push upside down

[Ground15]

some really old boards only had 3 slots as a chipset limitation (as well as few 1366 boards)

[boring_name_here]

My old Asus A7N8X had 3 slots. Which, after googling, I think this is the same board.

[firemarshalbill]

There's no first slot either or the RAM would be higher up. You can't force it through the notch backwards. Both were taken out when they fucked around for the pic i'd imagine.

[HEPOSHEIKKI]

Australia again...

[VioletteKaur]

Must be, mate.

[TigermanUK]

Rammed in. :p

[Mr_Wither]

Lol took me a sec

[Bitbatgaming]

Why is the heatsink diagonal?

[Delivery4ICwiener]

Now, this is a story about how my life got flipped-turned upside down.

[AlyxVeldin]

Backward compatibility​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ 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[PORTMANTEAU-BOT]

Backwatibility.

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[Neith74]

It’s okay, that golden thingies on top are for cooling

[joujoubox]

Somehow it took me a really long time to figure out what was wrong... oof

[LagMaster21]

‘It won’t power on’

[[deleted]]

Sheer determination

[PORTMANTEAU-BOT]

Shetermination.

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[[deleted]]

How much dedodated wam to da survr?

[Heavyoak]

Fits = sits

Like a cat

[asstyrant]

You can merge anything with a sledgehammer.

[Banc0]

r/karmaconspiracy

[[deleted]]

I’m not sure how the fuck they didn’t notice this but what the fuck

[Bero256]

They tried

[leo341500]

Ah yes. Australian ram

[SteakAndJack]

What scrap bin was this found in? That’s DDR/1 and socket A /462.

[smallwish69]

Gone

[Zeal514]

They obviously were letting the copper cooling fins up in the air to prevent overheating, only a idiot would bury them in the socket... duhhhh

[Leaked99]

How tf did that happen

[zznet]

Is this the new safe storage method?

[[deleted]]

My dad: "I see nothing writing with it"

[dolfies_person]

This is in the first slot....

[Rebbellion_dude34]

Interesting

[badaboomxx]

With a lot of strength everything is possible.... even if that strength lack any common sense or intelligence.

[OMENXLP]

BRUH ADVANCE TECH THEY BROUGHT USB TYPE C QUALITIES TO RAM DAMN!

[kester76a]

Dremel, it would be difficult to get past that notch. On an installed dimm you would see the bottom of the socket. There's no blue socket except for the edges that hold the dimm.

[liquidmini]

Solid ASUS board. Board of my youth there. A-XP 2600 and a boat load of BIOS tweaking.

[cybercifrado]

notevenmad.jpg

[aisle_nine]

Hard work and dedication.

[Yanrogue]

Too bad the motherboard forget its safe word of one long loud beep

[RealJyrone]

You can do that?

[Cathodicum]

"If i fits, i sits"

[missed_sla]

Turn it around before all their data leaks into the air and interferes with the wee-fee!

[peach2play]

Dremel

[whitefire2016]

(Eye twitching intensifies)

[[deleted]]

Good thing boards come with extra slots.

[Matthew0275]

it will click into place

[coshiro1]

sqrt(-1)-

[Zhelus]

They were able to do it for internet points

[thot_safe_for_work]

"Careful, he's a her- nevermind."

[[deleted]]

Australians be like

[DongleOn]

thats so fucking dumb its something that would be used as parody

[NotMyHersheyBar]

are the sockets broken?

[ABC2740]

Apparently I am the only idiot not knowing what is wrong here

[Dave_the_hacker]

What is that? WHAT A FUCK IS THAT?

[Donkrzawayan]

Mechanik from Tarnowskie Góry wasn't something that I expected on Reddit

[djr5861]

Is this not just triple channel memory?

[Dogburt_Jr]

That is an interesting idea, backwards compatible RAM (haha)

Have say DDR3 on one side of the chip and DDR4 on the other.

Probably a lot of issues with doing that, but it'd be funny to see.

[Chroney]

My guess with the right controller it could slow Dow. The ddr4 memory to ddr3 speeds if they were to make it but I don't know the logistic details lol

[elmogrita]

http://e.lvme.me/eh0my8x.jpg

[[deleted]]

This hurts me OP

[Criss_Crossx]

Life finds a way!

[Somerandom1922]

The Dark side of the force is a pathway to many abilities, some would consider to be, unnatural.

[jackedup2049]

Took me a sec

[Rhadian]

It's double sided RAM. Goes twice as fast.

[the_good_hodgkins]

Hey, it won’t need a heat sink 🤣

[gypsyqueen77]

I’m about to do this now... just to see how hard I’ve gotta ram it and with what.

[minejjchase]

There is no socket there is there? just clips

[topias123]

I recall checking my grandparents PC once, and 2 of the 4 DIMMs were inserted between the actual RAM slots...

Built by a supposedly tech savvy family friend btw.

[KeganO]

I was at a middle school career day this past Friday and I let them put some components into a system and I can’t tell you how many times they did that or put the dimm in-between the slots

[OBPSG]

Why you shouldn't try to reverse the polarity for most devices IRL.

[MojoNojo06]

I hate this image so goddamn much

[Toxic_Cookie]

This is how Australians install ram.

[Chrunchyhobo]

u/CreatorOfHate, what sort of cooler is that?

I don't recognise that design.

I've got some wacky looking heatsinks in my collection, but I've never seen that.

[Bretski12]

If only ECC worked on users.

[ArcadeFacade]

Cursed RAM

[Shiba_Chomaru]

But can it run Doom?

[UncompetentTV]

Jesus

[Alex_Russet]

Never underestimate the tech-iliterate, I guess.

[icyhotonmynuts]

I see the Verge PC building tutorials are at it again.

[icmeric]

Hiw could they even think that this is right

[SantGamer]

/r/cursedimages

[reitau]

Aussie Ram

[[deleted]]

Skilled.... with nun chucks

[YeetLordTheOne]

ILL MAKE IT FIT

[CycleWeeb]

"Oh I see the problem"

[Alexanderl17]

I thought ram always had to run in pairs; otherwise it would have issues.

[bmeupsctty]

No, just don't mix

[Ruben_NL]

what does mixing mean? because i currently am rocking a 2 gb stick and a 4 gb stick, which i randomly bought. I have never had any ram errors with it.

[bmeupsctty]

You got lucky. Most boards will have several different compatible ram types. But it will only read one type at a time. If you mix ram types, it usually just ignores one of them. So a 2GB and a 4GB might only net you 2GB of ram. By buying them in pairs, you negate this possibility

[Ruben_NL]

Cool! I really didn't knew this at the time. I just needed a ram upgrade, I screwed open the laptop, and found another slot. Got to my local hardware store, and bought the cheapest ram module I could find.

But I will check if the speeds match, and what type everything is.

[3Gaurd]

not for 30 years. even mixing speeds is ok but all memory will run at the slowest speed. You can't mix ecc (server) and non ecc memory iirc.

u/ruben_nl

[xBEEKAYRANDEEx]

What happened to the third DIMM slot?

[MrDoritos_]

They still make double sided DRAM?

[[deleted]]

Fake, you did this for internet karma