Thanks seanc for the reply.

As you can see, I've been through a lot trying to figure this thing out.

One of the main reasons I went with Gigabyte is because of all the positive things I've heard and read about them, whoda thunk I'd have this much trouble with it?

I've been considering purchasing this Crucial 4GB kit of 800 RAM, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148160

But I've restrained my urges to click the purchase button because I don't want to jump the gun, I want to give Corsair a chance to come through for me.

And, I just noticed the price...it's a few bucks cheaper now than it was when I first started looking at it. UUGGGHHH!!!, it's going to be that much harder for me to keep from pulling the trigger on the shopping cart.

And here's another thought I had...

Does the "64", in the AMD Athlon 64 X2 name, mean it has to run on a 64-bit system?

I noticed today that on one of the first screens during POST, it says it's running DDR2 667 64 bit, but my OS is a 32-bit system.

Just a though I had.

ahnadahodo

Hello all,

Time to update you folks on my situation.

I received a replacement RAM kit from Corsair on January 20th, an exact duplicate of my original kit. I proceeded to plug each stick into my system in a variety of configurations and did not receive one bit of rejection from the system. I'm happy, nay, ecstatic, to report that I've had no problems with this new RAM kit whatsoever... YIPPEEE!!!

Based on all of the tests that I had run on the original kit using MemTest86+, I sure didn't see them as being defective. Corsair never told me what was wrong with my original kit, they just sent me a new kit, without any explaination at all.

I would like to thank everyone here in this endeavor; your help and suggestions have been GREATLY APPRECIATED and you have my unending gratitude.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you,

ahnadahodo