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[–] gullible@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Only ever bought prebuilts, I’m guessing something was left behind on the motherboard?

[–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

When they removed the sticks of RAM they also removed the slots the RAM goes into.

Edit: like removing the light bulb socket to change a light bulb.

[–] gullible@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Jesus, I thought the clips were part of the ram. Thank you.

[–] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Apparently so did anon.