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post #461 of 545
4/26/05 at 1:25pm
Newegg down to 29 left
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post #462 of 545
4/26/05 at 2:22pm
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Originally Posted by ls3mach
I doubt seriously they will give you the $10. It isnt worth the hassle to RMA it in my opinion.
Actually if you read their policy, On products like CPUs/Memory, etc they will only refund you the current price - restocking fees. It isnt worth it for 10 bucks.

I just ordered 2. $260 Shipped.
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post #463 of 545
4/26/05 at 2:24pm
They are down to 15 now.
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post #464 of 545
4/26/05 at 2:46pm
Down to 12 now....wow.....They've nearly sold 75 of these in a day.

Geez, now it's down to 9. Better Hurry.

Now 7...
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post #465 of 545
4/26/05 at 3:38pm
Down to 2?!
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post #466 of 545
4/26/05 at 3:43pm
The Transcend from Newegg is now officially SOLD OUT!!
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post #467 of 545
4/26/05 at 4:00pm
Do I hear a out of stock?
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post #468 of 545
4/26/05 at 4:17pm
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Originally Posted by joseyu
Do I hear a out of stock?
Yep..it's crazy. They sold 75 sticks in less than 24 hours. I wonder what their profit margin was?
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post #469 of 545
4/26/05 at 4:27pm
Probably 15% max...the profit margin on computer items is not very large.
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post #470 of 545
4/26/05 at 4:43pm
Spartantech came through beautifully on my 2GB of Corsair Memory. Tested it out, and for some strange reason, the ram failed during one freak pass of memtest. I had let it run overnight for about 12 hours, and one pass had 7 errors... no other errors were detected.

I ran it again yesterday for 6 hours, and no errors... so I'll just live with the fact that Corsair is a quality company and Spartantech is an authorized reseller. If there are any real issues that crop up later, I'll have that lifetime warranty to save my ram.
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post #471 of 545
4/26/05 at 5:05pm
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Originally Posted by joseyu
Probably 15% max...the profit margin on computer items is not very large.
Yea they make it up on the pure number of sales they do.
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post #472 of 545
4/26/05 at 7:26pm
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Originally Posted by ouminan
Spartantech came through beautifully on my 2GB of Corsair Memory. Tested it out, and for some strange reason, the ram failed during one freak pass of memtest. I had let it run overnight for about 12 hours, and one pass had 7 errors... no other errors were detected.

I ran it again yesterday for 6 hours, and no errors... so I'll just live with the fact that Corsair is a quality company and Spartantech is an authorized reseller. If there are any real issues that crop up later, I'll have that lifetime warranty to save my ram.
Well, it says in the memtest instructions that errors are not necessarily real errors. I have to read up again to see if they specify how you tell, or why they're not "real", but it could be due to something other than faulty RAM.
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post #473 of 545
4/26/05 at 7:45pm
What Test had errors?
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post #474 of 545
4/26/05 at 10:05pm
bensbargains.net posted this up around 11:30am this morning. too bad it was almost sold out by then. :P
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post #475 of 545
4/27/05 at 1:13am
I will upgrade mine later. I did place an order for 2 of the 1gb transcend stick at newegg when the price was 160+, but I refused shipment once I saw they were reducing the price. I will upgrade later. DDR2 prices seem to be declining finally.
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post #476 of 545
4/27/05 at 1:41am
just an FYI...I noticed a HUGE increase in performance going from 512 dc to 1gb dc. HL2 runs so much better, torrents no longer slow down my computer...

Way worth it imo
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post #477 of 545
4/27/05 at 1:58am
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Originally Posted by ouminan
Spartantech came through beautifully on my 2GB of Corsair Memory. Tested it out, and for some strange reason, the ram failed during one freak pass of memtest. I had let it run overnight for about 12 hours, and one pass had 7 errors... no other errors were detected.

I ran it again yesterday for 6 hours, and no errors... so I'll just live with the fact that Corsair is a quality company and Spartantech is an authorized reseller. If there are any real issues that crop up later, I'll have that lifetime warranty to save my ram.
Here's what it says:

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Troubleshooting Memory Errors

Please be aware that not all errors reported by Memtest86 are due to bad memory. The test implicitly tests the CPU, L1 and L2 caches as well as the motherboard. It is impossible for the test to determine what causes the failure to occur. However, most failures will be due to a problem with memory module. When it is not, the only option is to replace parts until the failure is corrected.

Once a memory error has been detected, determining the failing SIMM/DIMM module is not a clear cut procedure. With the large number of motherboard vendors and possible combinations of memory slots it would be difficult if not impossible to assemble complete information about how a particular error would map to a failing memory module. However, there are steps that may be taken to determine the failing module. Here are four techniques that you may wish to use:

1) Removing modules
This is simplest method for isolating a failing modules, but may only be employed when one or more modules can be removed from the system. By selectively removing modules from the system and then running the test you will be able to find the bad modules. Be sure to note exactly which modules are in the system when the test passes and when the test fails.

2) Rotating modules
When none of the modules can be removed then you may wish to rotate modules to find the failing one. This technique can only be used if there are three or more modules in the system. Change the location of two modules at a time. For example put the module from slot 1 into slot 2 and put the module from slot 2 in slot 1. Run the test and if either the failing bit or address changes then you know that the failing module is one of the ones just moved. By using several combinations of module movement you should be able to determine which module is failing.

3) Replacing modules
If you are unable to use either of the previous techniques then you are left to selective replacement of modules to find the failure.

4) Avoiding allocation
The printing mode for BadRAM patterns is intended to construct boot time parameters for a Linux kernel that is compiled with BadRAM support. This work-around makes it possible for Linux to reliably run with defective RAM. For more information on BadRAM support for Linux, sail to http://home.zonnet.nl/vanrein/badram

Sometimes memory errors show up due to component incompatibility. A memory module may work fine in one system and not in another. This is not uncommon and is a source of confusion. In these situations the components are not necessarily bad but have marginal conditions that when combined with other components will cause errors.

There have been numerous reports of errors with only tests 5 and 8 on Athlon systems. Often the memory works in a different system or the vendor insists that it is good. In these cases the memory is not necessarily bad but is not able to operate reliably at Athlon speeds. Sometimes more conservative memory timings on the motherboard will correct these errors. In other cases the only option is to replace the memory with better quality, higher speed memory. Don't buy cheap memory and expect it to work with an Athlon! On occasion test 5/8 errors will occur even with name brand memory and a quality motherboard. These errors are legitimate and should be corrected.

I am often asked about the reliability of errors reported by Mestest86. In the vast majority of cases errors reported by the test are valid. There are some systems that cause Memtest86 to be confused about the size of memory and it will try to test non-existent memory. This will cause a large number of consecutive addresses to be reported as bad and generally there will be many bits in error. If you have a relatively small number of failing addresses and only one or two bits in error you can be certain that the errors are valid. Also intermittent errors are without exception valid. Frequently memory vendors question if Memtest86 supports their particular memory type or a chipset. Memtest86 is designed to work with all memory types and all chipsets. Only support for ECC requires knowledge of the chipset.

All valid memory errors should be corrected. It is possible that a particular error will never show up in normal operation. However, operating with marginal memory is risky and can result in data loss and even disk corruption. Even if there is no overt indication of problems you cannot assume that your system is unaffected. Sometimes intermittent errors can cause problems that do not show up for a long time. You can be sure that Murphy will get you if you know about a memory error and ignore it.

Memtest86 can not diagnose many types of PC failures. For example a faulty CPU that causes Windows to crash will most likely just cause Memtest86 to crash in the same way.
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post #478 of 545
4/27/05 at 2:04am
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Originally Posted by flux73
Well, it says in the memtest instructions that errors are not necessarily real errors. I have to read up again to see if they specify how you tell, or why they're not "real", but it could be due to something other than faulty RAM.
flux posted the correct, but I just want to point out that it does not say they are not real errors. They are real errors, something was written to memory and something different was read. What they say is that your errors may be due to some component other than the memory.

If you suspect faulty motherboard/cpu cache suggest running the test on your 256mb of dell ram for a good 10 or 15 passes to verify your system integrity, then doing your corsair/kingston/trancend whatever.

Also try swapping the slots around. For me I just can't run the memory without errors in "slot A". If it is in slot "B" and the original ram is in slot A, everything runs swell.

Here's something for the crowd: Is it possible that running memtests the fans are not controlled correctly? My laptop bottom gets really hot just running the memtest.....
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post #479 of 545
4/27/05 at 1:34pm
I have 512currently on my desktop and I never go over 450mb. Should I wait and spend an extra $60 on a gig stick for the extra ram which I THINK is useless(this is why Im posting), or should I get a 512 stick to make my notebook have 768. Which do you think is a better option? BTW, this is going to be for the 9300.
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post #480 of 545
4/27/05 at 1:49pm
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Originally Posted by TriX
I will upgrade mine later. I did place an order for 2 of the 1gb transcend stick at newegg when the price was 160+, but I refused shipment once I saw they were reducing the price. I will upgrade later. DDR2 prices seem to be declining finally.

Why not ask for a pricematch ?
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