DDR Installation

[malachi]

Hello everyone. I am in the process of building my own computer, and I purchased some DDR Ram from Crucial (used the website to select the correct ones for my motherboard) to go with my asus a7a266 motherboard. I have a question about installation. I've put ram in before, and it's pretty easy, although with this I am having trouble. I put it, but I can't get the ejectors to lock it in place. It appears I am not getting it down far enough, but I am hesitant to push down hard as I didn't think that would be required so I think i may be doing something wrong.

 

[atavus]

Make sure you don't have the ends switched. That may be obvious, but otherwise you just have to use your judgement with how much pressure to put on the chip.

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[mpjesse]

DIMMs are a pain in the ass when it comes to installation- don't be afraid to use force. I've had to apply tons of force to get one of those suckers in before. Just make sure your applying equal force throughout the DIMM.

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[macodi]

You might have to remove the mobo and put it on a flat surface like a table and then you can push really hard without feeling like the mobo will snap.