Owc ram
marionet
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In about 5 years, 3 of 4 of my OWC 2 gig RAM have gone bad. I guess cheapness comes with a steep price.
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sorry to hear that your ram is dying.
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If you feel more secure buying branded ram go for Partiot, Adata, Crucial or similar. They are not
expensive either btw. One of many reasons why ram can get damaged is by variations in electricity
(power supply, grid current). A good power plug with surge protection and em shielding against
induced current is probably a good investment too if you don't already own one.
― Edward Weston
Thanks, Art. Yeah, me too- ram dying is like far worse than any case of extreme indigestion.
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I got Crucial, suggested by a guy at MacWarehouse when I asked for something less costly than Viking and reliable. Thanks for your note about electricity. I use an APC battery supply so I don't think surge and constancy would be problems, but sometimes lightning hits near and that might do it (a hit about 100 yds. away fried a switch I was using, I think). If near hits can fry ram and other parts, is there any way to shield my machine in future to prevent problems? [I feel kinda skeptical about lightning causing the problem because the most recent failures happened more than 5 months after the last thunderstorm significant to where I live.]
Interestingly, I got a call from Steven at OWC- apparently they sort of comb the web for feedback and noted my comment here; then looked in their files for a purchaser in Cochranton ... and I'm the only one here. I've yet to speak with him directly, but his messages indicate a desire to make sure that I'm aware of their replacement guarantee and enthusiastic willingness to carry it out. It's really tempting but I'm not so sure it's worth risking yet more curious failure and the time, inconvenience and expense of diagnostics. Lol, on the other hand, I guess I could sort of view their ram as sort of toys... Unless my whole picture is distorted, Steven seems like a good rep ...
Plus, their lifetime replacement policy is pretty awesome.
"Backed by industry leading lifetime advanced replacement. If you need your OWC memory replaced, we will ship to you same day."
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I believe OWC ram has a lifetime warranty...
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