synthetic_fenix
10-29-08, 02:30 PM
I just want to see if anyone else would agree with my diagnosis of the memory problem I am having with my ram. Since I built my current gaming rig I have had issues with files being corrupt and random blue screens but they were never for anything that would seem related to the ram. I finally got fed up and downloaded Memtest+ 2.01 and tested my ram and it showed errors. So at that point I figured I would find which stick was bad. I tested each individual stick for 6 hours and both tested fine and when they were both in the system I would throw errors within 30 minutes and not make it through all the tests. At this point I re-ran the tests on the individual sticks in the other slot I was using and still didn't find anything wrong.
At this point I opened an RMA request to corsair to which they contacted me back saying that if the ram tests fine individually then it is a problem elsewhere, likely culprit being the motherboard in which they told me to verify the voltage, timings, speed, and that I am running the latest bios. I had already checked the first three items multiple times, voltage is at 2.1v timings are at 5-5-5-15 and speed is at 1066. So I updated the bios and retested both sticks together and got errors. I will mention at this point that I never get the same errors nor do the errors come up at the same time with the same amount.
So to continue troubleshooting and verify if it is the RAM or motherboard I took my ram over to a friends house who has the identical motherboard to me and the similar memory kit as me except he got the fan. Btw the ram I am running is the TWIN2X4096-8500C5D kit and he has the TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF. I installed my ram in his system and ran the tests and failed in his system without making it through a full sweep again. So we put his ram back in ran memtest and made it through the full suite with no errors. We noticed though after testing that my ram got considerably hotter then his did and we did not have the ram cooler installed at all.
So after all this I did finally get an RMA from corsair and upgraded it advance replacement, but They still wanted me to do more testing of the motherboard before I demanded a replacement. But my feeling on this problem is that the ram doesnt get too hot when running one stick but when running two of them and the fact they are side by side with no gap on my motherboard would get them too hot and things would go south.
So does anyone else agree with my final diagnosis or could it be two faulty motherboards or incompatibility oh and btw my ram and my friends ram were the exact same down to version numbers.
At this point I opened an RMA request to corsair to which they contacted me back saying that if the ram tests fine individually then it is a problem elsewhere, likely culprit being the motherboard in which they told me to verify the voltage, timings, speed, and that I am running the latest bios. I had already checked the first three items multiple times, voltage is at 2.1v timings are at 5-5-5-15 and speed is at 1066. So I updated the bios and retested both sticks together and got errors. I will mention at this point that I never get the same errors nor do the errors come up at the same time with the same amount.
So to continue troubleshooting and verify if it is the RAM or motherboard I took my ram over to a friends house who has the identical motherboard to me and the similar memory kit as me except he got the fan. Btw the ram I am running is the TWIN2X4096-8500C5D kit and he has the TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF. I installed my ram in his system and ran the tests and failed in his system without making it through a full sweep again. So we put his ram back in ran memtest and made it through the full suite with no errors. We noticed though after testing that my ram got considerably hotter then his did and we did not have the ram cooler installed at all.
So after all this I did finally get an RMA from corsair and upgraded it advance replacement, but They still wanted me to do more testing of the motherboard before I demanded a replacement. But my feeling on this problem is that the ram doesnt get too hot when running one stick but when running two of them and the fact they are side by side with no gap on my motherboard would get them too hot and things would go south.
So does anyone else agree with my final diagnosis or could it be two faulty motherboards or incompatibility oh and btw my ram and my friends ram were the exact same down to version numbers.