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Firms Get Away with Selling Untested DRAM
peppytech75 writes "Melanie Hollands in IT Manager's Journal reports that 'In recent months, some Asian DRAM memory manufacturers have been getting away with selling untested ("UTT") DRAMs. Disturbingly, the practice seems to be getting traction at the lower portion of the module business. This is being done mostly by Taiwanese DRAM makers, who are undercutting the tier-1 guys by selling untested and unmarked parts.' What's the solution here? Or is there an actual solution to what amounts to pirate companies issuing counterfeit parts?" (IT Manager's Journal, like Slashdot, is part of OSTG.)
I've heard of a company in the northwestern US which has gotten away with selling untested operating systems for years.
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Do you also replace the bad module when you find it?
It would make sense if it was DD ARRRRRRR RAM.
Oh dear god, flashbacks back to Computer Organization and Probability & Statistic classes in one post... How evil....
In undeveloped countries, the consumer controls the market. In capitalist America, the market controls you.
Can't masturbate frantically. The computer is busy running MemTest, no access to porn. Sex is out of question too, no IRC, same reason.
Hah! Shows what you know. I spent a small fortune on a Monster Cable power cord for my desklamp, and let me tell you, I can *hear* the difference...
I'll turn into a supernova and burn up everything. Well I'll turn into a black little hole and you'll turn into string.
Because Windows has this interesting habit of loading crap you don't need into RAM, and swapping stuff you do need out into the pagefile. If the DLL that you don't need is loaded into the memory area that's bad, then nothing bad will ever happen, as that particular piece of code will never be attempted to be read.
The cesspool just got a check and balance.
i had a friend who put a stick of ram in backwards in his computer (it didn't fit, he just didn't check properly). He turned it on and it started smoking.
usually i'd trust him with my computer but that was appalling(ly funny).
Dell QA:
- crappy intel CPU: check
- crappy HD: check
- crappy memory: check
- crappy OS: check
Ok, this one's ready for shipping to another sucker.
Dude, you're getting a Dell!
So, that one goes to 11, too?
No mission-critical application would ever use memory without ECC. You don't have anything to worry about.
OH MY GOD! Memtest86 has forked...now Linux is doomed to fragmentation.
just kidding.
Thanks for the information.
cat