MacBook - New MacBook RAM is full of corrosion pic

Bill_Loney · Bill_Loney #1 (**permalink**)

03-12-2008, 10:06 PM

My MacBook is less that 2 weeks old. The first thing I did was upgrade the ram to 4GB. The original ram that I removed is full of corrosion around the contacts??!!

wytwolf · wytwolf #2 (**permalink**)

03-12-2008, 10:11 PM

Mine was like that too. I don't think it's corrosion. I think it's sort of a dried lubricating grease they apply to install the ram sticks.

walkerj · walkerj #3 (**permalink**)

03-12-2008, 10:41 PM

Yeah, confirm on the lube. Mine had that too when I upgraded and I'm glad of it because you really have to jam those modules into the slots. My fingers hurt for days even with the residual.

Think of it like the android "blood" from the Alien movies.

KamileonX · KamileonX #4 (**permalink**)

03-13-2008, 09:30 AM

Hmmm that's weird... I upgraded my MacBook Pro RAM, and the chips were clean.

TWM · TWM #5 (**permalink**)

03-13-2008, 04:31 PM

Nope, thats completely normal.

KamileonX #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 12, 2007 Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Posts: 107 Mac Specs: MBP 15" Gloss, 2.4 GHz C2D, 4GB DDR2, 160 GB @ 7200 HDD, 256 MB 8600M GT	03-13-2008, 09:30 AM Hmmm that's weird... I upgraded my MacBook Pro RAM, and the chips were clean. *KamileonX (Lawrence)* MacBook Pro 15" (Glossy) Custom 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB OCZ DDR2 667 MHz RAM, 160 GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive, 256 MB GeForce 8600M GT Graphics, Mac OS X Leopard v10.5.2
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Bill_Loney #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 11, 2008 Posts: 2	03-12-2008, 10:06 PM My MacBook is less that 2 weeks old. The first thing I did was upgrade the ram to 4GB. The original ram that I removed is full of corrosion around the contacts??!!
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wytwolf #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 09, 2006 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 358 Mac Specs: 2.2Ghz i7 Late 2011 MBP: 16GB Ram 500GB Seagate XT HD	03-12-2008, 10:11 PM Mine was like that too. I don't think it's corrosion. I think it's sort of a dried lubricating grease they apply to install the ram sticks.
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Member Since: Jul 31, 2007 Posts: 309	03-13-2008, 04:31 PM Nope, thats completely normal.
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