[pchelpers] Re: Fried RAM

Either motherboard or RAM had to be faulty. You would not have got the
stick into place if it was wrong way round. If other RAM was present and
worked before, then it's more likely the new memory to blame. I hope
it's under warranty.

Tonia wrote:
> 
> 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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