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Broken small plastic pins on DDR3 RAM holder?

Hello,

I've just upgraded RAM on my Macbook Pro mid 2012 model. I followed the guide on this site.

One memory module was harder to lock inside so I applied little more pressure to lock on.

After that I removed the module and saw some small black plastic shavings on the bottom plate where memory sits.

I don't have other MBP to compare with so could anyone look at this photos and verify that I didn't broke that small plastic pins on the both sides of RAM holder? These pins holds memory module inside a prevent them from jumping out.

To me my pins looks too small and I'm afraid I broke them. They look shaved like half of them are missing or they're normal? I don't want that my RAM jumps out accidentally when I move my MBP or during transfer.

Here's the link where're photos: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ml2clvaxr10ft...

Thans in advance for your answers.

~Sam.

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Hi, the plastic shavings might be the small protrusions on the lock, which might have shaved off when inserting the ram. However, ur ram looks ok. Hope this helped.

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Thanks for reply. I thought that I shaved off that small protrusions which holds the RAM in place and prevent memory module from jumping out of the socket. So from your point of view it's OK and I don't have to worry about?

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As far the pictures u uploaded, it looks fine. Also as you see in the pictures there is ample protrusion remaining to hold the memory in place. I would recommend u use the mbp bearing this in mind. Btw the pictures are fantastic.

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Thanks, I took the photos with my trusty DSLR :-) I compared them to another circling on the web and the holders seems to be pretty OK :-) So this topic is solved :-)

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i have a question. i think the ram hilder of my macbook is broken its not responding anymore. i buy a new memory hoping that its just only the ram whi had a problem but seems thats not the case. i just want to know if its possible to replace a ram holder.thaknsth

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