Just got off the phone with a Kingston tech rep, and he said they are replacing the "elpida" ics with another brand. I asked what brand he said he wasn't sure but since the large failure rate that decided to change them out.

He gave me a choice to wait or get a full refund for my ram. As if i wait they are out of my kits and he wasn't sure what date the new ones would be in. So you can take it from there.