RAM - another suggested source

[Chris Moriarity]

I've been very happy with the prices/quality/service from 
computermemoryoutlet.com

memtest86+ has been valuable to me on several occasions to identify 
defective RAM.

Chris

Keith wrote:
> I would recommend going to crucial.com if you're not familiar with
> different RAM types and what your computer requires. Just plug in the
> make/model number of the computer (or motherboard if you ever build
> your own) and they give you back the exact memory that they guarantee
> will work with your system. Their prices aren't that bad either. It's
> where I get all memory that I buy for my customers. I've had great
> luck with them
> 
> Keith
> http://www.foresightweb.net
> 
> 
> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 4:01 PM, James Ewing Cottrell 3rd
> <JECottrell3 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>  Immediately take the RAM back to the store you bought it from. Take
>> the computer in too if it's a laptop. Talk to their Customer Service
>> Dept. Also either check the manual or call Sony.
>>
>> I wouldn't use a BIOS setting of anything but AUTO, at least not until I
>> got it to work.
>>
>> And if you don't get satisfaction from the store, give the RAM back to
>> the manager and tell him you will be calling your credit card company
>> back to initiate a Charge Back.
>>
>> However, I would have bought two 1G DIMMs rather than two 512M DIMMs.
>>
>> If you ask around, you can probably get Free DDR RAM, as people upgrade
>> their computers.
>>
>> JIM
>>
>> P.S. Have you tried with just one of the new DIMMS? And tried it it both
>> slots? Mixed may not work, and if you are using only one DIMM, it may
>> need to go in a specific slot.
>>
>> On 1/7/2010 8:05 AM, christopher fletez-brant wrote:
>>> I am using a vaio vgn-fs630w, which came stock with 2x(256mb 333mhz ddr) for
>>> a total of 512mb RAM. I just bought 2x(512mb 333mhz ddr) so that I could
>>> updrade the machine to 1gb RAM, and then to Windows 7 (it's for my
>>> girlfriend, ok?). The computer doesn't turn on with the new RAM in - it
>>> powers up, but the BIOS doesn't load, and the boot up process doesn't even
>>> make it to the vaio/phoenix splash screen.
>>>
>>> Any thoughts guys?  The BIOS is up to date and I have tried swapping out
>>> only one memory unit at a time, and then tried swapping the memory ports and
>>> all the other normal stuff... Someone on the ubuntu forums recommended that
>>> I change the RAM's command rate to 2T, but I don't know how to do this and
>>> fear that it means editing settings in the BIOS, because this computer's
>>> BIOS is as change-resistant as could be imagined (there are no options to
>>> change anything at all except the boot order and system time/date).
>>>
>>> I don't want to think that I'm stuck with 2 bum units that I need to
>>> return...
>>>
>>>
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