Bad Chips Trash Laptop Industry

Memory Glitch Spurs HP Recall
Kudos to HP for biting the bullet and implementing a replacement policy. Shame on Dell for dragging their feet.
Always test systems with memtest86
to be sure. Nothing beats it, I guarantee it!

Hewlett-Packard Corp. said Friday that it will replace memory modules in some of its notebooks with an "industrywide" design flaw that can cause system lockups.

The problem is tied to the interaction of DRAM from several manufacturers and several chip sets, all designed by Intel Corp. The flaw, which could result in system lockups, is being solved through a comprehensive recall that could affect up to 900,000 of HP's notebooks, a company representative said.

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