Hmm no I do not. Which Asus board ?
None of my Asus boards have those type sockets so am curious....

Horun wrote on 2022-07-23, 01:10:

Hmm no I do not. Which Asus board ?
None of my Asus boards have those type sockets so am curious....

Hi, mate!

Many Asus boards from 2010 to, maybe, 2014, have those type of retention tabs.

Example: P8Z77-V, Sabertooth Z77, Crosshair Formula V........

I know it's not retro mobos right now, but we'll consider retro in 2030 year.

Important to say, that I have retro mobos too. About 15 launched before 2004.

These "one-sided" sockets are still being used today in current DDR4 mainboards.

majestyk wrote on 2022-07-23, 16:27:

These "one-sided" sockets are still being used today in current DDR4 mainboards.

Yes, but I think it's not exactly the same type.

Consider this.

It's not really a retention tab, just a friction fit.

weedeewee wrote on 2022-07-23, 19:40:

Consider this.

It's not really a retention tab, just a friction fit.

Understood, but i have one mobo with a damaged friction fit.

I want to replace, since I have another bad mobo for harvest.

TY

I do not know about the friction side types but the lever side types can usually be removed using a very small knife or super thin flat screw driver on SDRAM, DDR, DDR2 and DDR3 sockets.
Maybe the friction types can also be removed with some gentle prying in the proper places. added: I have swapped some on SDRAM and DDR and DDR3, the latter are a bit tricky.

Horun wrote on 2022-07-23, 22:21:

I do not know about the friction side types but the lever side types can usually be removed using a very small knife or super thin flat screw driver on SDRAM, DDR, DDR2 and DDR3 sockets.
Maybe the friction types can also be removed with some gentle prying in the proper places. added: I have swapped some on SDRAM and DDR and DDR3, the latter are a bit tricky.

The retention tabs are easy to remove. The friction types, I don't know. I'm trying to figure it out.

Thank ya!

I just had a look at a newish asus board I've got.
The unmovable part seems to have some small clip in the groove and seems to be clipped in from the top, so I'm guessing the white part in your photo could be removed, likely with some force.
Have you tried levering with the blade of a knife? Aa flat blade screw driver might be too thick and cause too much damage to the plastic part.

weedeewee wrote on 2022-07-24, 19:04:

I just had a look at a newish asus board I've got.
The unmovable part seems to have some small clip in the groove and seems to be clipped in from the top, so I'm guessing the white part in your photo could be removed, likely with some force.
Have you tried levering with the blade of a knife? Aa flat blade screw driver might be too thick and cause too much damage to the plastic part.

Thank you for the tips!

I tried to remove, but it looks very hard.

And Yes, I tried levering, but it's very hard.

I'll try a little bit more.

Thank ya!

Usually the memory module will stay fixed even if one or even both clips are broken.

kixs wrote on 2022-07-27, 12:10:

Usually the memory module will stay fixed even if one or even both clips are broken.

Yes, but I want to replace one of those for an aesthetic reason.

One of those are partially broken.

Your best bet will be to desolder the current ones and solder in new DDR 3 slots. I don't think you can add the lever to the fixed side.

I had a board like that. Some LGA1155 and two slots had both clips broken. Then I wanted to replace the modules and gently tried to unclip them, it just snapped off - very bad plastic quality. So after that all slots had broken clips. But modules were seated fine and it all worked good. I didn't want to mess around replacing slots - but I don't care about aesthetics 🤣