I don't buy memory very often, and recently bought a pair of 512M chip sets
for a computer that I cleaned up for my niece.

Today, the machine came back to my house, and it would not start. It turns
out that one of the memory modules had gone belly up. I pulled one module,
and the same problem persisted. I pulled the second module and inserted the
first, and the problem resolved itself. I then inserted the second module
into the first slot (basically, I swapped the modules in the slots), and the
machine still works.

It occurs to me that the problem is perhaps dirty pins on the connector, and
reseating the modules is all that was needed, but the modules were
physically swapped from one slot to the other.

My question is, is Kingston memory something I should avoid purchasing if I
get the opportunity again some day?

It turns out that I can not simply swap the modules. One of them is bad.



"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote in message
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Jeff Strickland wrote:

Hi jeff,
Get memtest "memtest.org" and run the tests with single modules first
and run a single module in each slot. Its common for one slot to go
bad with two modules installed. I have found that its nearly always
bad caps in the memory psu.

Kingston give a lifetime warranty and I don't hesitate to buy from
them ! Yes I've an odd bad one, which they have replaced without
question. Indeed knowing the sensitivity to static damage of memory
modules, its even possible that I inadvertently damaged it !

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Best Regards:
Baron.

"Baron" <baron.nospam@linuxmaniac.nospam.net> wrote in message
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How do you exercise the warranty, and what is the term of it?

I bought these memory modules less than 90 days ago, certainly less than 120
days.

Jeff Strickland Inscribed thus:

Good Morning Jeff, at least it is at the moment !

Unless the terms are different in the USA, Kingston give a "Lifetime
Warranty" ie five years on all their memory products as far as I am
aware.

All I have ever done is asked for an RMA authority and followed the
instructions given. In every case I have received a replacement
product within a few days.

From your comments it may be YMMV ! Can you find the T & C on their
website ?

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Best Reagrds:
Baron.

On Jun 12, 7:03*pm, "Jeff Strickland" <cr...@verizon.net> wrote:

Kingston are a reputable company (along with the likes of Crucial).
I've purchased memory from them in the past with no problems. Due to
the manufacturing process, there's bound to be the odd stick that is a
little faulty. as Baron said, they give a lifetime warrenty so you
shouldn't have any problems returning it and getting a new memory
stick sent out.

They're by no means a fly-by-night or cow-boy operation