I've upgraded memory in friends macbook pros several times including my own but I never had this happen:
I opened everything up; slide the memory in at 25 degree angle; pushed it down; and then pushed in to make sure it was nice and snug...
When I pushed in the top slot bent back and then the memory shot out of it spinning in air.
I couldn't believe it, and afterwards I've searched through tons of forums and haven't found anyone with anything similar to this ever happening. Luckily his bottom slot still works but its the original macbook pro with each slot only handling 1GB so he'll never be able to upgrade further. I feel awful but I suppose its a life lesson everyone learns eventually- f*** ur couch, you can do it yourself.. I told him I thought his slots were defective because I had never seen or heard of that happening.
FYI: Every guide to upgrading memory says something along the lines of:
make sure it is in there tight. don't worry about breaking the memory, because you wont.
Well this is somewhat ture- but, at least if you have a MBP, you can damage the slot- and ultimately ruin your motherboard/computer.
I know this is a done deal but if anyone has some magic remedy for this please let me know. The plastic is cracked on the corner of the slot and the female part is opened and bent upward- all of the contacts are still together tho.. unfortunately its not mine and he lives kinda far away.. I told him I thought I could fix it by bending it back down but I'm afraid this story could get drastically worse so I'm kind of leaning against it. Thanks for the input- feel free to say "Wow that sucks I've never heard of that happening" to make me feel better
I opened everything up; slide the memory in at 25 degree angle; pushed it down; and then pushed in to make sure it was nice and snug...
When I pushed in the top slot bent back and then the memory shot out of it spinning in air.
I couldn't believe it, and afterwards I've searched through tons of forums and haven't found anyone with anything similar to this ever happening. Luckily his bottom slot still works but its the original macbook pro with each slot only handling 1GB so he'll never be able to upgrade further. I feel awful but I suppose its a life lesson everyone learns eventually- f*** ur couch, you can do it yourself.. I told him I thought his slots were defective because I had never seen or heard of that happening.
FYI: Every guide to upgrading memory says something along the lines of:
make sure it is in there tight. don't worry about breaking the memory, because you wont.
Well this is somewhat ture- but, at least if you have a MBP, you can damage the slot- and ultimately ruin your motherboard/computer.
I know this is a done deal but if anyone has some magic remedy for this please let me know. The plastic is cracked on the corner of the slot and the female part is opened and bent upward- all of the contacts are still together tho.. unfortunately its not mine and he lives kinda far away.. I told him I thought I could fix it by bending it back down but I'm afraid this story could get drastically worse so I'm kind of leaning against it. Thanks for the input- feel free to say "Wow that sucks I've never heard of that happening" to make me feel better