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I I have been having many Blue Screens lately and in some cases my computer just straight not booting properly.   I did a bit of research and found out that one of my 4GB RAM sticks (out of a 2 x 4GB (8GB) pair) had a hardware problem (I found this out via Windows Memory Diagnostic).  After doing some experimenting with both stick individually I found out which one was broken.  I have now removed it from my PC (so while I now only have 4GB, it is better then constant crashes) but now I have a broken RAM stick that I can't use or trade in with.  Those anyone have any idea what I should do with it that would be convenient rather than just throwing in the bin.

 

P.S.  I know that Windows Memory Diagnostic says that when I hardware problem is the case I should contact the manufacturer.  Unfortunately it is a pre-built custom PC from Overclockers UK and I have replaced the Motherboard, CPU and HDD in it since I received that computer.  Not only that but the RAM I have is from Team Group, who's head offices are set in Eastern Asia and I really don't want to go through the hassle when I will be just replacing it with fast RAM later on anyway.

 

Thank you for reading and your responses will be most appreciated. 

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I I have been having many Blue Screens lately and in some cases my computer just straight not booting properly.   I did a bit of research and found out that one of my 4GB RAM sticks (out of a 2 x 4GB (8GB) pair) had a hardware problem (I found this out via Windows Memory Diagnostic).  After doing some experimenting with both stick individually I found out which one was broken.  I have now removed it from my PC (so while I now only have 4GB, it is better then constant crashes) but now I have a broken RAM stick that I can't use or trade in with.  Those anyone have any idea what I should do with it that would be convenient rather than just throwing in the bin.

 

P.S.  I know that Windows Memory Diagnostic says that when I hardware problem is the case I should contact the manufacturer.  Unfortunately it is a pre-built custom PC from Overclockers UK and I have replaced the Motherboard, CPU and HDD in it since I received that computer.  Not only that but the RAM I have is from Team Group, who's head offices are set in Eastern Asia and I really don't want to go through the hassle when I will be just replacing it with fast RAM later on anyway.

 

Thank you for reading and your responses will be most appreciated. 

Contact OCUK. As you haven't replaced the RAM, if it is still under warranty they will replace it.

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1 minute ago, NinjaJc01 said:

Contact OCUK. As you haven't replaced the RAM, if it is still under warranty they will replace it.

Can't do that.  I replaced the Motherboard, CPU and the Hard Drive to an SSD.  All of which will now have voided my warranty with them.

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1 minute ago, TheRandomness said:

Drill a hole through an end of it and use as a key chain thing?

Have you seen my keychain?

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Just now, BonkersTA said:

Can't do that.  I replaced the Motherboard, CPU and the Hard Drive to an SSD.  All of which will now have voided my warranty with them.

The RAM may still be under warranty with Team Group though, and as OCUK are the retailer, you talk to them about it.

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Eat it! Its a GREAT SNACK!

 

NO, but maybe you could use it as a Ram Drive

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3 minutes ago, ♠FlamieMeister♠ said:

NO, but maybe you could use it as a Ram Drive

So how would I go about doing that?

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1 minute ago, TheRandomness said:

I'll be doing that with a C2D E6600 I killed today.

I mean that P4 did work. Key word being did. Drilling holes through things tends to break them. But I could buy a C2D for about 25p working with a 2 year warranty.

I'm just glad it's LGA, or I would have been impaled when I put it in my pocket... Be wary of scratches though.

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So how would I go about doing that?

Watch Linus's recent video. Then use software he shows to do it.

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3 minutes ago, ♠FlamieMeister♠ said:

Watch Linus's recent video. Then use software he shows to do it.

I'm hunting his recent uploads ATM but I can't find it.  May I have a link please?

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6 minutes ago, ♠FlamieMeister♠ said:

Watch Linus's recent video. Then use software he shows to do it.

You're joking right?

You want to use a defective stick of ram as a drive??

Why would you want to purposefully lose your data???

 

And no, you can't allocate ram drives to use certain memory modules, you can only allocate size and the OS decides where to store things.

So he would have the problem again the moment he plugged that stick back into the PC.

 

The only options are to use it for decoration or throw it away or RMA it.

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