- Jun 2, 2016
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I own a three-year old laptop, and it had served me perfectly all these years because of careful maintenance and attention on my part. I travel around quite often with my laptop, so it does face some physical duress at times. Recently, the top SODIMM slot has begun to feel overly tight.
However, since May of this year, i had been experiencing sudden Reboots that occurred only while i was some taxing games on my laptop (War Thunder, Insurgency), while some other such games (Metro Redux series) did not cause such problems. More recently, though, almost any 3D game (Mount and Blade Warband, even) would trigger the reboots.
I diagnosed the problem as being related to RAM, because sometimes after the reboots, only one of my SODIMM cards would show up (out of 2x2Gb DDR3, the top one was always the missing one).
I tried swapping the cards around, and even upgraded to new RAM (2x4GB DDR3), but the problem continues to persist.
I also cleaned both SODIMM slots thoroughly, using a soft brush on the contacts, although i had no isopropyl alcohol because i'm in a more remote part of the country lately.
When inserting RAM into the top slot, the slot feels to be a lot tighter than the bottom one. Even so, regardless of whether i use 2x2GB or 2x4GB all of my RAM does get detected. The reboots are guaranteed in every 3D game now (even in some 2D ones), with the RAM from the overly tight top slot missing occasionally. I've been running with a single 4GB stick in the lower slot, and have been gaming fine, but understandably, i'd very much like to be able to use the top slot again.
Has anyone encountered similar overly-tight RAM slots before? Is the slot itself the cause of the problem. If so, how does it result in reboots if the RAM is securely held and works properly in most non-stressful circumstances?
Most important, what solution should i aim for, if this issue is even user-servicable. Should i slowly try and make the top SODIMM slot a bit looser by some means.
However, since May of this year, i had been experiencing sudden Reboots that occurred only while i was some taxing games on my laptop (War Thunder, Insurgency), while some other such games (Metro Redux series) did not cause such problems. More recently, though, almost any 3D game (Mount and Blade Warband, even) would trigger the reboots.
I diagnosed the problem as being related to RAM, because sometimes after the reboots, only one of my SODIMM cards would show up (out of 2x2Gb DDR3, the top one was always the missing one).
I tried swapping the cards around, and even upgraded to new RAM (2x4GB DDR3), but the problem continues to persist.
I also cleaned both SODIMM slots thoroughly, using a soft brush on the contacts, although i had no isopropyl alcohol because i'm in a more remote part of the country lately.
When inserting RAM into the top slot, the slot feels to be a lot tighter than the bottom one. Even so, regardless of whether i use 2x2GB or 2x4GB all of my RAM does get detected. The reboots are guaranteed in every 3D game now (even in some 2D ones), with the RAM from the overly tight top slot missing occasionally. I've been running with a single 4GB stick in the lower slot, and have been gaming fine, but understandably, i'd very much like to be able to use the top slot again.
Has anyone encountered similar overly-tight RAM slots before? Is the slot itself the cause of the problem. If so, how does it result in reboots if the RAM is securely held and works properly in most non-stressful circumstances?
Most important, what solution should i aim for, if this issue is even user-servicable. Should i slowly try and make the top SODIMM slot a bit looser by some means.
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