Is my motherboard dead? Broken resistors in between the ram slots. Please help

Donald2647 · Apr 30, 2016

I have a major problem. Long story short though. I broke off 2 or 3 resistors (I think that is what they are) right in between ddr3_2 and ddr3_6 on my Gigabyte GA-x79-up4 motherboard. I am currently only using 4 ddr3 sticks of memory and have 8 slots. I don't see that being repaired easily. Is it possible to just use the 4 slots on the other side of the board even though they are not 1 - 4 and just let the others be broken? Or are the resistors in between the ram for more than just the ram? Please help. I would post pictures but I'm new here and not sure how...also have to do this on smartphone with computer out of commission.

Donald2647 · Apr 30, 2016

Here are some pictures of the board

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CountMike · May 1, 2016

Any such component may be used for other things than closest parts. Modern MBs have many layers so traces could lead anywhere. In this case all you can do and try RAM sticks one by one in other slots, might work or may not.
Don't be surprised if something else doesn't work even if you succeed with RAM, manufacturers don't put any "spare parts".

Donald2647 · May 1, 2016

CountMike :

I did try all the ram slots and everything is functioning. I ran stress tests on ram could gpu and hard drive. I came back this morning and all was well. No fires no major issues. (Yet). Thanks for the input. Hopefullyou I'm the only one that this happens to lol.

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