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well that isnt my ram it belong to a friend, so basically all around it is thremal paste and only the very top of the ram choips are exposed to be in contact qith the heatsink ??
 
Originally posted by: Bushman5
well that isnt my ram it belong to a friend, so basically all around it is thremal paste and only the very top of the ram choips are exposed to be in contact qith the heatsink ??
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Honestly, I don't know. My ram has heat spreaders on them so I can't see the chips. However all the ram I've ever seen have the actual chips sticking out like a millimeter. But who knows? Seriously, can you try it out?
 
I'm going to answer your question I hope, but not before I berate you.

You posted a topic that says: "EXPERTS TAKE A LOOK", in all caps, mind you. Then you say, "Hay guyz, this looks like nothing I've seen b4. What up?" without providing any pictures of what the hell you think RAM is SUPPOSED to look like. In the future, please label your topics intelligently and think clearly before posting your subject material.

As for your question, the 'chips' look funny because they're not the standard packaging for RAM like this where every single leg of the RAM chip is soldered on. It uses a new packaging technique called BGA (ball grid array) to make the connection. You can read up about it here.

I'm fairly certain that this is the answer to your question. However if it is not, at least I responded in my post with a little information regarding the subject.
 
Originally posted by: agnitrate
I'm going to answer your question I hope, but not before I berate you.

You posted a topic that says: "EXPERTS TAKE A LOOK", in all caps, mind you. Then you say, "Hay guyz, this looks like nothing I've seen b4. What up?" without providing any pictures of what the hell you think RAM is SUPPOSED to look like. In the future, please label your topics intelligently and think clearly before posting your subject material.

As for your question, the 'chips' look funny because they're not the standard packaging for RAM like this where every single leg of the RAM chip is soldered on. It uses a new packaging technique called BGA (ball grid array) to make the connection. You can read up about it here.

I'm fairly certain that this is the answer to your question. However if it is not, at least I responded in my post with a little information regarding the subject.
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agnitrate has been paying attention over these last few years. 😀
 
fewer layers= easier to make = less expensive = "thin" ram.

There was a movement some time back towards enthusiasts sanding the tops off of cpus/ram/sticksofgum in order to make them run cooler, but the BGA explanation makes much more sense.
 
agnitrate is correct. That is bga ram, although it's not "new" like he says.
I have some old old pc-100 around here somewhere that is bga.
 
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