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When seating RAM modules in their slots, it's important to seat them firmly and properly --
Believe it or not, but I once had a problem with seemingly bad RAM and tons of memtest errors when I realized that I was seating the modules by pressing down on their edges until they clicked into place. Turns out the motherboard was flexing too much under the pressure and the center of the modules wasn't making perfect contact like the edges were.
I ended up pressing my fingers against the motherboard from the other side to stabilize it while seating the RAM and pressing down along the entire length of the module, edge to center to edge.
Any and all memory errors magically disappeared.
So while this might have nothing to do with your scenario, I thought it would be worth mentioning...do doublecheck that your modules are really firmly in place.