New RAM Fiasco!

[stoid]

So I finally ordered 2x512MB generic RAM chips for my PowerBook. I got the generic over the Apple recommended RAM because it was a savings of over $30 and I'm a poor college student. Anyway, I installed it today and the computer boots up fine and runs fine, but I got my first, and second, and eventually third kernel panic since I got the computer last September or whenever it was that they were announced. OK, so I run the Apple Hardware Test. Nothing. It says it's all okie-dokie inside. I know that its not. How can I find out if the RAM chips are faulty or incompatible?

[tdhurst]

Take out one ram chip. Start it up and run it. Switch chips. Repeat step 2. Return faulty one.

[stoid]

Take out one ram chip. Start it up and run it. Switch chips. Repeat step 2. Return faulty one.

OH-MAH-GAH!! Yes, that is a DUH! I'll try that now!

[stoid]

It does seem to be one chip that is bad whereas the other chip functions great! Thanks for the suggestion, I don't know how long it would have taken me to remember to try that. :eek: :rolleyes:

[Dont Hurt Me]

Crappy memory sucks dont it? Thank God i have never experienced it :eek: Oh Yah!

[stoid]

I'm going to be going out of town to work on a massive video project in on the 10th of June (about a week). Is it likely that I'll be able to get a replacement chip in time?