Transporting 2 RAM Sticks

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Limp Gawd
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I'm transporting 2 RAM sticks and I don't really have a case for them. I actually kinda just wrapped them in paper and but them in a box so they won't get crushed.

I hope my RAM is ok. And also I'm writing this for future ideas of transporting RAM. Thanks.
 
all the ram I have bought in the last couple of years are just packaged in those plastic clamshell packages that have (as far as I can tell) no antistatic properties, I am pretty sure you are ok. If you want it might be better to save an antistatic bag a motherboard or some other card came in to use in the future but I dont think its a big deal like in the old days. After the first zillion chips came back "zapped" the design was changed to make the parts almost immune from ESD. However I alwasy work on pc with the power supply installed first but TURNED OFF, and the power cord plugged into the wall into a grounded outlet and as I work I very often make sure to touch a bare metal part of the chassis. I make sure I have all the parts handy so I dont have to walk across the room/rug to go get some part in the other room.
 
I just put them in an anti static bag for a hard drive and put them in a plastic clam shell for a hard drive as well.

I think white paper has no anti static properties so I did that in the beginning, but I shoulda thought of using those anti static bags.

Thanks for your response guys.
 
I transported a 128MB stick of PC133 in the ashtray of my car for over a year and one day I actually needed it and it still worked.
 
The plastic clamshell packaging is ESD safe; the black bottom half is dissipative.

If you don't have a static bag, just wrap the parts in aluminum foil.
 
it's not plutonium.

i took my ram to work and back in my hand and it worked fine.
 
stormshadow said:
i took my ram to work and back in my hand and it worked fine.
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That they worked is no indication that they weren't damaged. But, hey, if you want to run sloppy and loose, go for it!
 
mikeblas said:
That they worked is no indication that they weren't damaged. But, hey, if you want to run sloppy and loose, go for it!
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lol. what a doof. nice try at a personal attack.

i was trying to let OP know that transporting memory can be done in the manner he described without detremental effects.
 
stormshadow said:
it's not plutonium.

i took my ram to work and back in my hand and it worked fine.
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Maybe you don't have a "sparkling" personality like some of us do that would normally damage the ram! ;)
 
I've always used aluminum foil when I can't find a static bag, and nothing's fried yet. Heck, I even carried one stick of pc133 wrapped in the stuff around for two months in a backpack, pulled it out later, and have run it in a file server for the last year.

cheers
 
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