could it be the ram SLOT?? Bad ram is really hard to come by, and Kingston doesn't own the memory market for nothing. Laptops, especially cheap ones are built with paper parts. I'll bet its either the slot or other mobo part that's failed before the ram... especially for an 'undred quidMushy Mushy wrote:Well fella's, I do think it is the RAM.
I can't even get past 11% with memtest before it hangs.
What do we think of Kingston RAM?
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- KVRAF
- 3319 posts since 16 Jan, 2005 from Ottawa, Ontario
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- KVRian
- 1021 posts since 3 Oct, 2011 from Christchurch, New Zealand
actually I see plenty of dead 'name brand' RAM - kingston included. And not always DoA - plenty dies in use.Debutante wrote:could it be the ram SLOT?? Bad ram is really hard to come by, and Kingston doesn't own the memory market for nothing. Laptops, especially cheap ones are built with paper parts. I'll bet its either the slot or other mobo part that's failed before the ram... especially for an 'undred quidMushy Mushy wrote:Well fella's, I do think it is the RAM.
I can't even get past 11% with memtest before it hangs.
Memtest is the first thing I run when I suspect issues
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 15135 posts since 7 Sep, 2008
Thanks for the reply.Debutante wrote:could it be the ram SLOT?? Bad ram is really hard to come by, and Kingston doesn't own the memory market for nothing. Laptops, especially cheap ones are built with paper parts. I'll bet its either the slot or other mobo part that's failed before the ram... especially for an 'undred quidMushy Mushy wrote:Well fella's, I do think it is the RAM.
I can't even get past 11% with memtest before it hangs.
I've long since replaced the RAM and it's running like a champ now.
Next step: SSD
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