Do you do a burn-in procedure?

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TVeblen said:
if you run Memtest and it finds errors
does it just fix them, or do you have a bad RAM module that needs RMA? Do
the manufacturers ever question your reason for return?
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Unfortunately there's no way to fix bad RAM chips, but the major brand
companies seem to be really good about honoring their warranties, and
I don't know of any giving customers hard times or returning the
original modules. Even Kingston always sent a new module when I was
experiencing a 65% dud rate with their 512MB PC3200 modules, and every
replacement tested fine.

BTW, don't let a store refuse replacement just because a module passes
their testing because even the best diagnostics run on PCs are lousy
compared to the $$$$ testing machines used by RAM chip manufacturers,
and it can take several hours before a PC-based test to find defects.
 
Bill said:
Anybody that flames you for using Kingston ram is talking through
their ass and should be ignored.
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Do you have proof?
It's as good as anybody else's line of value ram. Crucial,
Corsair, Mushkin, G,Skill, A-DATA, Wintec all make good ram.
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I didn't have any problems with the last Kingstons I bought, a pair of
1GB PC5300 modules, but 8 out of 12-13 of their 512MB PC3200 DDR
ValueRAM modules failed, especially the ones with completely unmarked
chips, and a lot of their 256MB PC2100 DDRs also failed. All of
these were also the least overclockable memory modules I've ever
tried (I don't normally overclock), indicating to me that Kingston
required very little margin in their quality standards.

The last Corsair kits I tried, a couple of 2x2GB PC6400s with charcoal
grey heatsinks, each had one completely dud module that wouldn't let
the motherboard boot, whether one or both modules were plugged, and I
wasn't the only person here who had this problem. Too bad, because
they were just $15 AR.

I've tested only two Mushkins, 512MB PC3200, and both showed hundreds
of errors. Oddly, their SPDs identified them as Kingstons.

I haen't tried the other brands you listed, except Crucial, which
never failed on me. However I never tried Crucial Ballistix.
 
GMAN said:
In the 20 or so years that i have built or worked with pc's , I have yet to
have a faulty mem chip.
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If you haven't been conducting tests regardless, then you don't really know
that. So either way, it's a good idea to test.
 
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