Silly question.

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Aimee Wilbury, Jun 30, 2009.

  1. Aimee Wilbury

    Aimee Wilbury Staff Sergeant

    What happens if you yank the RAM out when the computer is running?
     
    Aimee Wilbury, Jun 30, 2009
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  2. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi

    One should'nt be doing that in any case at all, but what can happen is always in the hands of the hardware gods, may kill the ram or motherboard due, or nothing may happen, wouldnt want to find out though.
     
    DavidGP, Jun 30, 2009
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  3. satrow

    satrow Major Geek Extraordinaire

    Like Halo said, all down to luck.

    I worked with a guy once who replaced some RAM in a 486 while it was running, he hadn't realised it was still powered up due to being interrupted by a 'phone call. It continued to run and was still working fine a few years later.

    Don't try it.
     
    satrow, Jun 30, 2009
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  4. TheRealGEEK

    TheRealGEEK Private First Class

    one time i had a computer and the ram quit and i couldn't do anything. there was still a screen up, but i didnt yank it out while running
     
    TheRealGEEK, Jun 30, 2009
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