I've had a quick scan of the interwebs and found that this issue seems to be a mismatch driver issue where you've still got one installed so it can't install a new one.

I'd go into device manager ...

Ahh the joys of realtek drivers that I know far too well.

What I'd do is completely uninstall the drivers and clean the software folder which should be in C:/users/programs files. Once you've dele ...

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I've had builds pass 100% synthetic loads like a benchmark but fail on day to day tasks like gaming, encoding a film ect.

If it's stable on Prime then double check what you would normally do on th ...

What do you plan on doing on this laptop? You gaming, on it or just browsing the web or even a bit of both?

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Open up task manager and see if you're using all of your RAM. If you're using all of it, then yes, you'll see an improvement.

If you're still on a DDR2 platform, you've got more issues than just RA ...

Here's what I think -

Wait till you're ready to buy. There might be [probably not] but might be new hardware out which will change the game so the things you're looking at might not even be releva ...

Doesn't look like the end of the world. I'd leave it as is and try to use it. Or option B would be to send it back and get another one.

Personally, I'd just use it unless I noticed something wasn' ...