memory upgrade goes wrong
Toshiba Satellite Pro A100 Laptop purchased 2006 with 1Gb RAM. Has 2 slots each fitted 512Mb SODIMM module. Removed and replaced with 2 x 1Gb new Kingston modules from ebuyer. Booted up, screen came alive, egg timer appears then screen goes blank and all indicators die. Only sign of life is fan running, or maybe hard drive but impossible to tell as all the lights are out.
Stuck old RAM back in and pc is Ok again. Questions:
1 Was this a RAM failure?
2 How likely is it they were both duff? - If one module failed, shouldn't the good one still allow the pc to function?
3 There is a seal on the packing "warranty void if seal broken". Where does that leave me with (a) ebuyer and (b) kingston.
4 Is there a way to test these modules other than by suck-and-see in a known good pc? Is that risky to the pc?