Why you should upgrade your refurb to 4GB...

[jeremy.king]

Nope, not another memory management thread.

So I had ordered my 4GB upgrade from OWC and when I finally got around to installing it in my new refurb blackbook, something seemed very weird to me. My "original" two 1GB chips had a white residue on the chips, including the pin connections. Do Apple techs cleanse parts that would leave a white residue on the components during repair/refurbishing? Could this be due to any other reason?

**No longer cautious...just a lubricant

I'll try to post pics tonight or tomorrow to show exactly what these look like.

Oh, and since putting in the 4GB, Safari seems snappier

 

[Bobioden]

I have read of the white residue before. It is a lubricate and it's supposedly used to aid the ram installation.

 

[CanadaRAM]

^ Confirmed - it is a lubricant and standard Apple practice

 

[jeremy.king]

^ Confirmed - it is a lubricant and standard Apple practice

Edit: Found the doc

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304107

Thanks gents...Now I don't have to worry.

 

[lamerica80]

Yes they use lubrication, it makes it easier to penetrate the RAM into the tight little blackbook.

 

[GoGoPoCoSo]

Yes they use lubrication, it makes it easier to penetrate the RAM into the tight little blackbook.

Wow.

 

[jeremy.king]

Yes they use lubrication, it makes it easier to penetrate the RAM into the tight little blackbook.

Well, since my blackbook is experienced, it was quite easy to penetrate with the upgrade chips

 

[Qwest905]

yeah mine was a virgin so it was a little rough at first to put it in

 

[puckhead193]

o god more MR reference to lube

 

[lamerica80]

Apple especially recommend lube when inserting a new, LARGER, hard drive.

 

[faxao]

Apple especially recommend lube when inserting a new, LARGER, hard drive.

LOL