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Trust me, I know the aggravation. I have been exactly where you are and had to do the same things, numerous times. But, it is the only way to know whether it is bad ram or a bad Motherboard Dimm slot. The odds are that it is the ram, but I have had a few that it was a bad dim slot. One board I ran memtest at least 30 times. It would run any stick of ram in any slot with no problems, but it would not run 2 sticks together. that was with 4 X 4 GB sticks, which takes around 20 hours to run 8 passes. So, I understand, but it is the wise thing to do. Just keep me posted and let me know the results. It is much more likely it is the ram rather than the board, but you want to know for sure or you will replace the ram and be right back where you are now.