phew! thanks! it seems to be in there good and solid....I was so surprised to see how fragile they are - little pieces of plastic - I'm surprised they don't break more often! and they're supposed to move back and forth and withstand that force!!! Cris ----- Original Message ----- From: ~Lacey~ To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 7:45 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: plastic gizmo's - ram Hey cris, I used to have a motherboard that had the little stupid piece of plastic broken and it didn't cause any problem. The other stupid little plastic bit seems to hold the ram chip in place fine. I wouldn't worry unless things start not working properly. ~Lacey~ ----- Original Message ----- From: "cris" <cris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "PCTechTalk" <PCTechTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 2:15 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- plastic gizmo's - ram > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="Windows-1252" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > One of the little plastic gizmos that holds my ram in place is broken. = > so one end of one piece of ram is not being held in place right now. How = > important is this?=20 > This little tiny stupid piece of plastic - is it easily replaced ? or a = > pain and expensive or non-replaceable?=20 > > My daughter dropped something on top of the computer - and it started = > vibrating, so once again I took it apart to tighten wires etc -when I = > reached in that little piece just sort of went flying. Of course, it's = > hard to even see in that spot .... > > CrisS > > > > To unsub or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > For more info: > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk
