On Friday, October 4, 2002, at 01:43 PM, Dan Stewart wrote:
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> I have been trying to access their web site for a week now as none of >> my >> phone #'s for them work. Are they out-of -business? So much for the >> lifetime >> warranty eh. Buyer beware! If any one has any current Phone #'s for >> them I >> would appreciate it. I have at least one bad stick of 128mb fpm ands >> one >> questionable one. I do want to replace the bad one and I want to >> continue >> to >> test the questionable one. > > What are you using to test the RAM? Most software RAM testers aren't > worth > the disks they are stored on. The best test is to just use it. If > you > get random crashes then you have bad RAM. If your machine is stable > then > your RAM is OK. Just because a DIMM fails some RAM test software > does not > mean it's bad. > > I have bought 4 128 meg DIMMS and a couple of 64 meg DIMMS from > Velocity in > the past and all work fine. I never bothered to "test" them - they > run OS > X every day so I know they are OK! > > Truly bad RAM is very rare. I remember all the threads here about a > year > or so ago when everyone was buying RAM from Velocity. Because it was > so > cheap, everyone was "testing" it with some test software whose name I > can't > recall. I was astonished at the amount of "bad RAM" people were > finding. > My advice at the time was to just use the RAM and see if any real > problems > develop, but few people wanted to do that. The "RAM test" software > indicated bad RAM, and that's all they wanted to know. > > OTOH, if you have tested the RAM by having a crashing machine become > stable > after removing a DIMM, then disregard the above! > > Dan > I was one of those who met up with bad ram from Velocity when the price was $ 20/stick. My job was to fill 2 S900's with 1 GB ram. The SW for this universally used test for finding bad ram is Ramometer. If the stick fails the test, then to you the ram is truly bad. Velocity accepted all the bad ram I sent back no questions asked. Being a research scientist with 30 experience, I know random testing never works well. You're better off with a protocol for any test (especially when the FDA demands it). Not testing sticks methodically allows you to be in harmony with the 2nd law of thermodynamics, chaos on the physical plane. You can avoid chaos in your life by being methodical when you work. You only have a window of time to return bad ram to Velocity and if you don't find the bad ram in your order, then you lose. Eric -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
