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Adam Sutton <csyas@comp.leeds.ac.uk> wrote
in message news:Wus76.157$I5.6088@stones...

> I've always just pushed until they clip in themselves,

Yeah, thats the best approach. I thought thats what Barry meant initially,
that appeared to be what he had said he had done. He only later said
that he actually used the clips to help the dimm into the slot.

> motherboards are pretty tough, I've never heard of anyone snapping one

Some can end up pretty unsupported under the dimm sockets.
Safer to support the motherboard if thats the case.

> (or the DIMM for that matter)

Yeah, you're not likely to snap them putting them into the socket.

I find it hard to believe that even a real klutz would manage to put it in
reversed, but I have seen someone do that with a VGA video connector.

> while trying to install DIMMs.

> Though I stand to be corrected

More at the bottom.


> Barry Ward <baz@powerup.com.au> wrote
>> Tommy Mathis <mathis@cyou.com> wrote

>>> Remembering the last time I installed my ram, had been
>>> having trouble with it so I decided to push harder.  It really
>>> surprised me when the end clips snapped into place without
>>> being pushed there by me.  Took quite a bit of pressure to make
>>> 'em do that too.  Maybe you need to push harder. I disclame any
>>> blame / credit  for broken mobos, broken DIMMs or skined fingers.    : )

>> Well, I have to admit that when I tried to install my DIMMs ,
>> I only pushed them in so far and then used the end clips to
>> clip them in.  But when I took the machine back to the dealer ,
>> I noticed that he actually put them in with 1 hand -- whereas
>> when I did it , it seemed to me that 2 hands were needed.

>> Your explanation sounds good to me --- push harder!!

And presumably the originals were just a tad longer or thicker and
thats why the are harder to get into the sockets than the second one.