Gunky memory, normal ?

[StueyB]

Hi Everyone.

I took the plunge again and have come back to Macdom. I had a couple of sticks of matched memory for my standard white macbook. I popped out the old ram and put in the new.

However, the old memory, the metal contact pins, had a white substance on it. Is this normal? I'm thinking perhaps glue to prevent the memory from moving. Other than that, it can only be corrosion, and that on a 6 day old MacBook isn't good.

Anyone got any ideas ?

Also, is there such a key as minimise all in OS X Leopard?

 

[logana]

Apple have been using some sort of white/grey substance on the RAM contact pins for a while now - looks like corrosion but isn't - possibly acts as a lubricant when pushing them into those tight slots.

Does not look nice but nothing to worry about !

 

[bobjob186]

Word to the wise...don't taste it once it's on your fingers....It tastes sooo nasty.

 

[WildCowboy]

It's lithium grease used to make RAM installation at the factory easier.

As for your "minimize all" question, try Option-Command-M.

 

[Breegy]

I think its normal. I was watching a video on youtube of a guy switching out memory and he mentioned how the memory already in there had white stuff on it (he made a smart remark about how its probably made by Samsung).

I doubt its something to worry about.