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RAM without gold fingers. Platnium or silver?

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    RAM without gold fingers. Platnium or silver?

    Broke down a computer and the 4 sticks of RAM dont have gold fingers. Do you think they are platnium or silver. They dont have that brillant shine that silver usually does but it may just be tarnished.



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    tin was common in older ram

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    So im guessing they payless?

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    most buyers here let you throw in with gold plated ram

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    Yeah I'll have to ask the buyer I'm going to sell to. It don't stick to a magnet.

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    it still has value, boy i wish was platinum lol we all be rich ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by chrisc View Post
    it still has value, boy i wish was platinum lol we all be rich ...
    platinum is currently less than gold.

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    Quote Originally Posted by drozenski View Post
    platinum is currently less than gold.
    But wouldnt a tin rammed chip be worth more if it was platinum and not tin?

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    funny, they told us it was silver when they were selling it to us ; )

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bear View Post
    funny, they told us it was silver when they were selling it to us ; )
    Yea, and tin plated SIMMs had corrosion issues in gold plated SIMM slots (30 pin SIMMs anyway).

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    Quote Originally Posted by unknownk View Post
    Yea, and tin plated SIMMs had corrosion issues in gold plated SIMM slots (30 pin SIMMs anyway).
    Apposing metals will always corrode, look at steel bolts in an alum water pump.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mechanic688 View Post
    Apposing metals will always corrode, look at steel bolts in an alum water pump.
    soooo, would silver and gold corrode ?

    annnnd, I've got a pile of old carburetors out there which are mostly aluminum, and have not exactly been kept to museum standards, but (and I WILL have to verify this tomorrow) the metal bolts/screws in them haven't deteriorated so badly. Do you reckon the moisture and condensation(cold-hot-cold) from a water pump could have some effect?
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    Bear, send me some gold bolts and silver nuts, I'll let you know next year if they do!

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    Quote Originally Posted by freonjoe View Post
    Bear, send me some gold bolts and silver nuts, I'll let you know next year if they do!
    via postcard I presume?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bear View Post
    soooo, would silver and gold corrode ?

    annnnd, I've got a pile of old carburetors out there which are mostly aluminum, and have not exactly been kept to museum standards, but (and I WILL have to verify this tomorrow) the metal bolts/screws in them haven't deteriorated so badly. Do you reckon the moisture and condensation(cold-hot-cold) from a water pump could have some effect?
    I kind of doubt it as their both excellent conductors, but it has something to do with galvanic corrosion.
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