[pchelpers] Fried RAM

I wonder if anyone had encountered this strange
situation when a brand new stick of RAM got fried the
moment the machine booted up?

Happened to me a few days ago. I bought this 256MB RAM
and happily installed it into my new HP machine. On
booting up, I got this awful stench of burning! I
pulled the plug off my machine, pull out the RAM stick
and smelt it! Yuk! I noticed the marks on the chips
and one of the contacts was damaged. Now I wonder if
it's the stick of RAM or the socket on my system board
that's faulty. I'm not about to sacrifice another
stick of RAM to test that out. Since the machine is
under warranty I'll get HP to check and perhaps
replace the system board if need be. But what I'm
wondering is, what could've caused either to burn?

Regards

Tonia

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