weird substance on removed ram

[aceliwen]

Heya.

I installed two new gigs of ram tonight in my white Macbook and, while putting the Apple supplied ram away, I noticed a white, almost paint like substance covering the gold connection...bits. Sorry, I don't know all my terminology.

Anyway, I've installed ram in desktops before, but I've never seen something like this. It wiped away fairly easily, although I wish now that I'd taken pictures.

Has this happened to anyone else? I had searched the forums but I didn't see anything....

 

[Foxglove9]

I'm thinking it could be some thermal paste. Not sure why it would be on the gold connectors. Did it look intentional or just a tiny bit smeared on irregularly?

Was it the connectors on the ram or the socket?

 

[thr33face]

i had white flaky stuff on the right ram module. not on the connector but on the chips. it didn´t hurt anything.

 

[MACDRIVE]

I'm thinking that might had been a tamper seal. Just guessing though.

 

[Khurram]

I'm thinking that might had been a tamper seal. Just guessing though.

There was white stuff on both my apple ram sticks as well..