broken ram

[xmountainxlionx]

So I bought 4x1gig sticks from a vender on TPU. I finally get the sticks, and load all of the sticks into my mobo, and it wont boot. So i try different combonations of different sticks in different slots, and rule out that one stick is bad. I start to look it over and notice that the Heat spreader is slightly loose. So when i try and to remove it i notice that 2 ram chips have actually came off the pcb and are attached to the heat spreader :banghead: since i sent the money to him on march the 3rd and got it today, and now this...im pretty irritated. :shadedshu

ill post some pics soon

[mrw1986]

Who did you deal with?

[Duxx]

Id talk to him personally, see what the deal is with the broken RAM and if he had any problems with them before selling. Selling broken !@#$ isn't right and I'm sure something can be worked out if they don't work.

[Kursah]

If they are performance memory, boot with lower end memory or one stick...change speed/voltage/timing settings in BIOS and re-try 4 sticks...also you may need to bump up the voltage a little beyond rating to get all 4 dimms stable...along with increasing NB/MCH voltage.

EDIT: Didn't notice the part about the RAM Chips coming off w/heatsinks....bum deal man. Shit happens, but that is definately a bum situation.

[xmountainxlionx]

yeah I didnt think the chips where supposed to be stuck to the heat spreader lol.

they are crucial ballistix.

[ntdouglas]

So I bought 4x1gig sticks from a vender on TPU. I finally get the sticks, and load all of the sticks into my mobo, and it wont boot. So i try different combonations of different sticks in different slots, and rule out that one stick is bad. I start to look it over and notice that the Heat spreader is slightly loose. So when i try and to remove it i notice that 2 ram chips have actually came off the pcb and are attached to the heat spreader :banghead: since i sent the money to him on march the 3rd and got it today, and now this...im pretty irritated. :shadedshu

ill post some pics soon


Who's the manufacturer? Sounds like garbage ram to me.

[Duxx]

Who's the manufacturer? Sounds like garbage ram to me.

He said they are crucial ballistix, and they arent garbage, usually hah

[xmountainxlionx]

Who's the manufacturer? Sounds like garbage ram to me.

Crucial, and they are D9GMH chips

[blkhogan]

Wow that blows hard! It happens, but it really sucks when it happens to you. I got a new 5000+ Blackie DOA last week! Still waiting for the replacement :banghead:

-Hogan

[xmountainxlionx]

Wow that blows hard! It happens, but it really sucks when it happens to you. I got a new 5000+ Blackie DOA last week! Still waiting for the replacement :banghead:

-Hogan

that has got to suck. Atleast I have 3 more sticks of ram. I have to cheap ram I bought from Best buy im going to return tomorrow. 65 bucks back, and im just going to goto NE and buy something good.

[Xazax]

Sucks to hear man i know you've been waiting on that ram forever.. i person might not want to blame the guy but maybe shipping.. seeing how your box was tossed around maybe the same happened here and it got damaged. I would contact the shipper and demand $100 for damaged goods(they cover up to $100 worth of whatever you shipped)