Earlier this month (Sept 2009) I purchased the following RAM from NewEgg. I bought two sets to make 8GB
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK - Retail
Unfortunately my system was not running very unstable for a week and a half before I narrowed it down to be a problem with the RAM. I then read some reviews on NewEgg about the RAM where G.Skill posted helpful replies to negative reviews about their product and mentioned this support forum. I read that this RAM is not "plug & play" and instead requires changes to the BIOS.
There were links to this forum, so I promptly set up an account to this forum and began reading through all the threads. I made all the changes possible to the BIOS that were mentioned in this forum, but my system was not running stable.
Finally I wanted to reach out and contact somebody at G.Skill for support to help me with my specific problem, but I could not post. Unfortunately it took the G.Skill staff three business days to approve my account so that I could post to the forum. (Today is the first day I can post).
I want to express my disappointment with G.Skill's lack of promptness in allowing customers to request support through this forum. After waiting 24 hours over a Monday to have my account approved for posting, I decided to take a 15% restocking fee hit and return my purchase to NewEgg so that I could purchase RAM from another vendor.
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK - Retail
Unfortunately my system was not running very unstable for a week and a half before I narrowed it down to be a problem with the RAM. I then read some reviews on NewEgg about the RAM where G.Skill posted helpful replies to negative reviews about their product and mentioned this support forum. I read that this RAM is not "plug & play" and instead requires changes to the BIOS.
There were links to this forum, so I promptly set up an account to this forum and began reading through all the threads. I made all the changes possible to the BIOS that were mentioned in this forum, but my system was not running stable.
Finally I wanted to reach out and contact somebody at G.Skill for support to help me with my specific problem, but I could not post. Unfortunately it took the G.Skill staff three business days to approve my account so that I could post to the forum. (Today is the first day I can post).
I want to express my disappointment with G.Skill's lack of promptness in allowing customers to request support through this forum. After waiting 24 hours over a Monday to have my account approved for posting, I decided to take a 15% restocking fee hit and return my purchase to NewEgg so that I could purchase RAM from another vendor.
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