Techtool deluxe problem

G'day
My new 24" imac with Gforce 130 graphics card has been acting weird; frozen shutdowns, frozen programs, photoshop not pasting correctly.
The techtool deluxe that came with Applecare shows a 'Fail' on the cards memory, but TechTool Pro shows a 'Pass'.
Micromat tells me it's possibly because the supplied TechTool deluxe is older than the card (the TT deluxe creation date is 1 April 2008).
Apples hardware test shows everything OK.
I've re-installed the OS 3 times, and it seems OK for now.
Does anyone have the same card with TT deluxe, and does it show a failed or passed card?
Regards
Santa

Have you checked the list of items to be scanned and made sure "surface scan" was selected?
Miriam

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