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submitted 1 week ago by bdonvr to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world

Failing RAM? In this economy?

Now to go beg to the RMA gods

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[-] AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

you'd be surprised. it's not even a about dust. chip creep is still a thing in modern ddr and pcie slots, and can absolutely show up as a bad part. I've saved a few gpus and ram sticks from being declared dead after a bad test by just cleaning contacts and reinstalling.

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