Hello there.

My powerful comp:

Alienware 51m 7700
-1x1GB K|ngston DDR2 PC2-4200
-2x256 Mb Samsung DDR2 PC2-4200

and a last acquisition

-1x1GB Corsair VS1GSDS533D2

Since I have put this last corsair stick in my powerful laptop, its freezing omg :o, the comps does some strange noises sometimes, reboots itself, freezing a lot ...

So I decided to run memtest86 without this Corsair stick, all 9 tests are succesfull, adding the Corsair stick, and now it starts directly with 10 errors,
it sends a lot of data 0x20202020 and the stick returns 0x20df2020 :/

DOS shot

Pentium 4 (0.09) 3000MHz
L1 Cache : 16 20978 Mb/s
L2 Cache : 2048K 16303Mb/s
Memory : 2558 1562Mb/s
Chipset: Intel i915P/G (ECC Disabled) - FSB : 200Mhz - Type DDR II
Settings : RAM : 266Mhz (DDR533) / CAS: 4-4-4-12 / Dual Channel (Assymetric)

Pass 0%
Test 4%
Test #3 [Moving Inversions, 8 bit pattern]

Walltime Cached RsvdMem Memmap Cache ECC Test Pass Errors
------------------------------------------------------------------------
0:01:12 2558M 1572K e820-Std on off Std 0 10

Tst Pass FailingAddr Good Bad ErrBit Count
------------------------------------------------------------------------
3 3 000981a4240 - 2433.2MB 20202020 20df2020 df
3 3 000981a4248 - 2433.2MB 20202020 20df2020 df
3 3 000981a4250 - 2433.2MB 20202020 20df2020 df
etc, etc...


and effectively, If I run my laptop without that Corsair stick, it is stable as before , no crash , no freezing, no reboots...

I'm french and I have got this stick from surcouf.com wich is a reseller under warranbty I think , is it better for me to exchange it with them ? or should I go back to buy a 2nd K|ngston stick Im currently running without problems...

I wou,d not suggest mixing our Value Select with any other memory. And doing an RMA on the module may not solve the issue.

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what an easy solution of course, every corsair users with 4 ram slots has 4 corsair sticks in their laptops lol , it makes no sense dude...

so in other words I understand it like go out to buy a K|ngston , its compatible with other brands...

I'm gone to memtest86 your stick alone and will post my results.

Well I admit the stick alone works fine to memtest86 and I also admit that I have been totally fooled by corsair, in a way no , I bought this stick because I had it half the price with kadeos reductions at surcouf but yes in a way because I didnt know and it's not said in the reference that your stick isnt compatible with other brands... will be able to sell it on ebay a bit more than I have paid for it but I will remain this from corsair, I call this cheating...

nb: I guess you will delete this thread, I will save it to publish it on my website where there is thausend of visitors , this will clearly explain why to choose K|ngston instead of corsairs cheaters ;)