G60T-200 showing memory errors (maybe?)

Helped a neighbor get a pc. Just for email and whatnot. Figured the G60T was sufficient, cheaped out on everything, 3GB memory. Loaded everything up and started receiving blue screen in Vista. Reloaded from factory image and still seems to be flaky. I ran memtest 86+ (failed in test 5 and 8) and windows diagnostic tools failed ERAND test. I think the memory is okay as they test fine separately so either timing off or bus or something else is messed. One week of frustration with HP support. Bottom line HP answer is if the BIOS memory test runs okay, then everything is okay. What a hassle. Anyone know if there is some quirk that would have the tests fail but everything be okay? I guess we'll return but printer and other rebates were bundled in along with cash back. Same config is now $50 cheaper.

 

I've seen quirks that caused Memtest to pass but everything else to fail. The opposite, no. The memory is definitely bad.

The BIOS memory test will not fail unless one of the memory modules starts emitting smoke. This has been personally verified by me.

 

Thanx - this is a nightmare. They finally admit there might be an issue and they want to send it in for repair. I'm having it out with "total care" but I already talked to the RMA area and they said no problem. I only have 7 days left so if there's any other issue I might be out of time. Good news is there might be a credit for $50 as it's cheaper. Trying to figure out if it might be better to negotiate the $50 into matched pairs of 2GB memory instead of the2GB + 1GB in case the timing is off somehow. That might really blow their mind though.