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Dumbest question of the day…….

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Airch

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It’s been a long time since I’ve had to upgrade ram in my machine. Last time was 8yrs ago on my mini. Anyway, picked up a refurbed iMac, and immediately ordered a 32gb kit from crucial. After waiting for it forever due to being backordered, it ships. Hooray! So each day I track it….. usually looking around midday to see where it might be. On Saturday, I have errands to run. But first I check the tracking….. and per that, it should still be in another state. Sweet. Head out about 1 do everything and get back between 7-8. Mind you it’s a sunny 90 deg day. Once back, I do my normal stroll to my big ol brick mailbox, open the door and find what? A pkg from crucial. Now…. I dunno about you but I’m wondering what happens to ram sitting in a scorching box at 80% humidity for 2-3hrs….. per the ol web, inside of a mailbox can hit about 150 or 65C. Per crucial the operating temp of the ram can max out at 85C. I gave them hell about sending it in the mail instead and ups (as it would’ve ended up on my porch), but what I really want to know is is there really any shot it might be damaged etc? I usually wait for electronics that I receive by the window like a dog so I can snap them up quick. This time that didn’t happen. I’m hoping you tech gurus can set me straight here. I dont need to fry a new iMac…
 
How do you reckon these chips travelled all the way across the Pacific from China to the United States?
 
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I knew I was an idiot the second I read “how do you think those chips get all the way here from China” Shipping containers get pretty toasty I suppose.
 
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I don't think that's a dumb question at all, but if RAM can't handle that kind of temperature when not in use, then it won't last long once fitted inside a functioning computer.
 
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StralyanPithecus said:
Don’t worry, those chips are cooked during the assembly process at the fab… around 350C or even mode depending the technology used. I like my chips toasted ;)
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This is what I was looking for. Confirmation I didn’t know what I was talking about….. because Crucial is actually out of these and I didn’t want to have to send them back
 
It’s probably fine. Even if the Ram is dead, it just won’t be detected by your system. It won’t fry your iMac.
 
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