rma is a return number for faulty goods , it is one of my two , 8 gig strips that has failed , I was instructed to pull the battery on my mobo for 10 mins clearing the proffesional overclock , my pc runs with both in & passes the windows memory test but fails memtest v 4.2 outside of windows , so it could no longer cope with the overclock, the system is warrantied for a year & is still well within the warranty only problem now is the whole pc has got to be stripped so I can send the bundle deal back to them , thats the mobo , the cpu , the cooler , & the 2 ram strips , they can then get a relacement ram & then go about putting the 4.5 ghz overclock back in. Im just glad it happened before I got to far into the re install , I'm tempted to re format my ssd & start again a fresh once the system faults have been fixed , I'm not sure if installing windows with a faulty ram will cause me some problems later down the line.

Ok , got my pc back , is installing Windows with 1 out of 2 RAM modules faulty going to cause a bad windows 7 install & require me to start again or shall I start installing fsx , thanks for any replies.

Ok , got my pc back , is installing Windows with 1 out of 2 RAM modules faulty going to cause a bad windows 7 install & require me to start again or shall I start installing fsx , thanks for any replies.

I just recently added a new Velociraptor 1TB hard drive as my C: drive.  I had a number of programs that would not work after a system image restore. There was nothing wrong with my system or the hard drive, other than that I had to update my IRST driver for an Advanced Format Drive, which is what you have in your Seagate 3TB.  Here is the download link and page. Run this, and you have updated your driver to the latest and greatest. I did so....and W7 interacted properly with the drive, thereafter.

 

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&lc=en&docname=c02219204

Thanks for that IRST driver tip, I am preparing for a future disk swap with Acronis image, bootable rescue media etc. etc. And this was the icing in the cake

Thanks , I'm not sure I need it though , the 3 tb drive us solely for storing downloads , photos , videos & Windows back UPS & I'm able to do that now without isues , unless I need it for other potential problems , op system win 7 on 240 gig ssd & fsx will go back on my 600 gig vrap drive , I'm just not confident my fresh windows install is a good clean install as it went in on ram that was on its way out.

I'll just put it on my rescue disk together with Marwell raid drivers and its likes, just to be sure

I'm going to start again me thinks , I don't trust the install.