My those Memory clips break easily!

kdoug · Nov 15, 2012, 02:48 PM

A friend of mine at work ordered a new Mini after seeing mine. He ordered it from Amazon along with 8GB of RAM. I offered to install it since I've installed many including my own. I removed the top no problem and went to remove the bottom and "snap" the right side retainer broke with a little piece of grey plastic laying there. The left side still holds it down and everything works OK but you'd think they could design them a little better than this.
I'm no rookie at this and I didn't think I used much pressure but who knows.
Just be very careful not to pull out to far when removing the existing sticks.

dasx · Nov 15, 2012, 03:34 PM

Here.

kdoug · Nov 15, 2012, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by dasx

Here.

Thanks for the link. If I'd have seen that earlier I wouldn't have started a new thread.

thekev · Nov 15, 2012, 03:40 PM

You can see if they'll fix it under warranty. Ram is considered user serviceable. If this is a common/known issue, they might take care of it. I've never seen memory clips break on any other machine.

dasx · Nov 15, 2012, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by kdoug

Thanks for the link. If I'd have seen that earlier I wouldn't have started a new thread.

No prob. Just wanted to let you know you're not alone, lol
For what I've read in there though, it'll work just fine.

philipma1957 · Nov 15, 2012, 04:19 PM

i have put ram in these since 2006 lots so many that my support list at the apple store is 28 pages long.. i have seen broken clips in new machines. think of the factory worker in china doing a few thousand a week he/she is more likely to have micro fractured it due to the need for speedy install.

Nov 15, 2012, 02:48 PM	#1
kdoug macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Iowa City, IA USA	My those Memory clips break easily! A friend of mine at work ordered a new Mini after seeing mine. He ordered it from Amazon along with 8GB of RAM. I offered to install it since I've installed many including my own. I removed the top no problem and went to remove the bottom and "snap" the right side retainer broke with a little piece of grey plastic laying there. The left side still holds it down and everything works OK but you'd think they could design them a little better than this. I'm no rookie at this and I didn't think I used much pressure but who knows. Just be very careful not to pull out to far when removing the existing sticks. __________________ Dual, Late 2012 Mac Mini's 2.6GHz quad-core i7 16GB with Samsung 840 250GB SSD's, Dell 23" s2340l and 27" s2740l Monitors, Early 2013 13" rMBP 256GB, Verizon iPhone 5 64GB Black
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dasx macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Barcelona	Here. __________________ 2012 Mac Mini
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thekev macrumors 601 Join Date: Aug 2010	You can see if they'll fix it under warranty. Ram is considered user serviceable. If this is a common/known issue, they might take care of it. I've never seen memory clips break on any other machine. __________________ Legend has it that a bad GPU driver killed Intel's father. To this day intel can't bring themselves to write a good one.
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Nov 15, 2012, 04:19 PM	#6
philipma1957 macrumors 603 Join Date: Apr 2010	i have put ram in these since 2006 lots so many that my support list at the apple store is 28 pages long.. i have seen broken clips in new machines. think of the factory worker in china doing a few thousand a week he/she is more likely to have micro fractured it due to the need for speedy install.
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