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MacBook Ram coated with white substance?

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mmoran27

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Oct 23, 2006
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It was all over each contact on the ram.

I would u/l a pic but my camera sucks.

Anyone else have this problem?

It looks like a white paste on both sticks of ram. It seems to work fine.
 
There was actually a picture in another thread where there was thermal paste on the RAM. Ludicrous, but true. I dont know if it was a SR MBP.

It wouldn't be a dessicant; silica gel wouldn't generally be a sticky white goo.
 
It's some sort of lubricant/conductor to facilitate installation of the RAM and conductive because it should be. Don't bother about it, it's perfectly normal... and slightly beneficial I believe.
 
I know you can find this this in the manual somewhere.

Apple uses white lubricant to help seat the RAM more easily when they install it. It is harmless and does not need to be cleaned.
 
I just ordered a refurb 2.16 MB, and immediately took out the 2x512G sticks to replace with the stock 1G sticks from my MBP. I saw this substance too. I was worried it was corrosion from a battery problem. After that I was thinking maybe salt buildup (obviously not a nice thing to see on ANY computer part). I am glad to hear this at least somewhat normal.
 
I know that the macbooks are sexy little machines, with nice little ports and everything, but jeez...

i kid, i kid:p

I didn't find any white substance on my memory chips, but they smelled really funny when i pulled them out.
 
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