GEIL GOES TO HELL-Frankie doesn't go to Hollywood

**trans am** · 03-17-2007, 05:25 PM

Unfortunate things can occur when testing a new product. Curiosity killed the ram!
bought at newegg
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820144062

I was excited to check this Ram ic ...

SPEC sticker

So excited I didn't heat up the the ram with a hairdryer before removing the spreaders. Instead I managed to rip all the ic's off one side of the pcb.

Anyone know about these? its not d9 and it responds to high voltage

I took the other stick and tested in a p5b dlx

4-4-4-15 @486mhz DDR2 972

**DeltZ** · 03-17-2007, 05:29 PM

LOL!

PWNED

jesus...did you accidentally pull ALL? or just pull one off then think...

it and pull off all the rest?:P

That must have been a real "oh bugger" moment. Then you feel that sinking feeling in your heart.

**Cupcake** · 03-17-2007, 05:32 PM

oh my god that sucks

Superglue them back on and RMA it

**nicepun** · 03-17-2007, 05:35 PM

Originally Posted by Cupcake

oh my god that sucks

Superglue them back on and RMA it

Careful, this type of comments can get you banned...

Edit: I wonder if the "S" is for Samsung.

**khurios2000** · 03-17-2007, 05:37 PM

Originally Posted by Cupcake

oh my god that sucks

Superglue them back on and RMA it

LOL

**~~Marvin_The_Martian~~** · 03-17-2007, 06:09 PM

Test them cas5 .......... mhz pwn

**n00b 0f l337** · 03-17-2007, 07:07 PM

Dot in the corner means Hynix right? Could be proMOS.

**LordofDoom** · 03-17-2007, 07:30 PM

Originally Posted by n00b 0f l337

Dot in the corner means Hynix right? Could be proMOS.

I'd say proMOS, that sticker looks like it could almost say MOS.

**oohms** · 03-17-2007, 08:56 PM

I say micron... look at the dot and the 4 letter code facing a different direction to the rest of the text

**s7e9h3n** · 03-17-2007, 09:26 PM

Originally Posted by oohms

I say micron... look at the dot and the 4 letter code facing a different direction to the rest of the text

It's SpecTec....this is from an early revision of Mushkin DDR2 5300:

**~~Omastar~~** · 03-17-2007, 09:39 PM

SpecTech? Never heard of them. But man, why'd you rip the heatspreader off? I'm sure someone knew the ICs around XS.

**SLi_dog** · 03-17-2007, 09:39 PM

The latest batches of GeIL PC6400 Ultra are supposed to use Elpidia or PowerChip ICs

Bummer about the loss btw

**Sentential** · 03-17-2007, 09:49 PM

Originally Posted by Omastar

SpecTech? Never heard of them. But man, why'd you rip the heatspreader off? I'm sure someone knew the ICs around XS.

Spectec is a offshoot of Micron who use parts that do not meet Micron spec and brand them under their own, just like Aneon and Infineon

**alpha0ne** · 03-17-2007, 10:50 PM

They look like micron to me though that does not mean a lot these days

I bet there were more than a few tears shed

**irev210** · 03-17-2007, 11:21 PM

Originally Posted by Sentential

Spectec is a offshoot of Micron who use parts that do not meet Micron spec and brand them under their own, just like Aneon and Infineon

ah, ok. I knew they were micron-based but I couldnt prove it. I had no idea what IC it was.

Those GEIL's use the same Levin PCB as crucial, etc.

Dont feel bad OP, I did the EXACT same thing with these things. I've pulled off a LOT of heat spreaders, but these you do NOT want to mess with. The balls are really small and fall off REALLY easily.... plus the tape on these units seems to be extra sticky.

I agree though, GEIL can suck it. This ram sucks (even when mine worked).

Anyway, stay away from this crap. Oddly enough i have the exact same chips (same week, etc) you should hit up Rol-Co(the guy i sold my stick to) and combine my set w/ your set to have a functional 2*1GB kit again, lol.

**Kasparz** · 03-17-2007, 11:36 PM

Its SpecTek NOT SpecTec. And 3ns looks nice for that price.
And sorry about your stick

**alpha0ne** · 03-17-2007, 11:36 PM

Originally Posted by irev210

I agree though, GEIL can suck it. This ram sucks (even when mine worked).

The "Assembled in the US of A" would not help the quality

For that price I would have bought two sets

**s7e9h3n** · 03-17-2007, 11:50 PM

Originally Posted by Kasparz

Its SpecTek NOT SpecTec. And 3ns looks nice for that price.
And sorry about your stick

Whatever

, and your sentence is a run-on

**trans am** · 03-18-2007, 12:22 AM

The part that caught my my eye was cl4 2.4v

here's cas 5 @ 565mhz - DDR2 1130

thanks everyone for their condolences.

irev210 tell yur buddy I have a stick for him.

**SoF** · 03-18-2007, 01:38 AM

too bad it killed the stick, but at least one of thoose pictures for the gallery you will tell your children about

good chips anyway

**Postal Dude** · 03-18-2007, 02:49 AM

I jus bought some of these with the UDC ending, not UDCA=. What ic's do these use? Read somewhere it was elpida or sumthin? Are they any good?

**~~Marvin_The_Martian~~** · 03-18-2007, 02:58 AM

Originally Posted by trans am

The part that caught my my eye was cl4 2.4v

here's cas 5

thanks everyone for their condolences.

irev210 tell yur buddy I have a stick for him.

Did you set those subtimings or where they selected by the mobo? Anyway, for 'bad' sticks they clock pretty nice imho

**stark27** · 03-18-2007, 03:07 AM

ROFL. All I can do is laugh, funny

man!

Sorry

**~~Omastar~~** · 03-18-2007, 03:19 AM

Originally Posted by stark27

ROFL. All I can do is laugh, funny

man!

Sorry

Great way to kick someone when they're down.

**SLi_dog** · 03-18-2007, 03:49 AM

Originally Posted by irev210

ah, ok. I knew they were micron-based but I couldnt prove it. I had no idea what IC it was.

I agree though, GEIL can suck it. This ram sucks (even when mine worked).

The old GEIL PC6400 Ultra used to be micron based.
I've got a set of the new ones and in early testing they do 12 hour memtest stable 469Mhz 4-4-4-13-2T @2.12v. Not bad for only AUD$320, it certainly doesn't suck

.

Originally Posted by Postal Dude

I jus bought some of these with the UDC ending, not UDCA=. What ic's do these use? Read somewhere it was elpida or sumthin? Are they any good?

They are supposed to use Elpidia and PowerChip now.

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