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| Author: | TheRiov [ Thu Oct 07, 2010 12:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | bad naughty RAM |
of the 4 sticks of RAM I've put in my system, 3/4 from Crucial have gone bad after a time. (pc is < 1 year old) I've never had ram fail at this rate. System started taking random system errors after a few months, ran mem check and found 2 bad sticks of ram. pull them, didn't bother to RMA them, and the system has worked fine until two days ago. Two days ago, the system was non-responsive, nothing allowed the system to boot until I pulled the 2nd stick of RAM. (its definately the stick, I swapped them and system was still unbootable) So now I've got 3 bad sticks of 4. Crucial has a better reputation than this.... I can't decide if I should try to RMA the mobo, or just get the RAM swapped. |
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| Author: | Kaffis Mark V [ Thu Oct 07, 2010 12:51 pm ] |
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Good reputation or not, bad lots can happen. |
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| Author: | Midgen [ Thu Oct 07, 2010 1:00 pm ] |
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so can bad power supplies and voltage controllers... |
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| Author: | Kaffis Mark V [ Thu Oct 07, 2010 2:14 pm ] |
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Sure. And if he'd RMA'd the first two sticks, and new ones were going belly-up, that'd be where I'd start looking, too. |
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| Author: | Midgen [ Thu Oct 07, 2010 3:26 pm ] |
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Other things to consider. Are you using the right RAM for your motherboard? Are the voltages and timings correct? |
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| Author: | Khross [ Fri Oct 08, 2010 8:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: bad naughty RAM |
viewtopic.php?p=97990#p97990 TheRiov wrote: ...with my pc limping along on 2 GB of ram until I get the remaining 6 GB RMA'd... Your post in the Funday Monday thread indicates that you're using a rather power hungry memory setup. Could you tell us what motherboard (Manufacturer, Model No., Revision No.), and what power supply you are using?
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| Author: | TheRiov [ Fri Oct 08, 2010 9:16 am ] |
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Mobo is MSI 790FX-GD70. Processor is a Athlon Phenom II 3.45 SILVERSTONE ELEMENT ST75EF 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SAPPHIRE 100283-2L Radeon HD 5770 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 |
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| Author: | TheRiov [ Fri Oct 08, 2010 9:19 am ] |
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Yes, I verified all settings. PC has never been overclocked. |
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| Author: | Khross [ Fri Oct 08, 2010 9:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: bad naughty RAM |
TheRiov: The concern here is voltages, drive voltages, and timings, as opposed to any defect in the memory or damage from over-clocking components of your computer. Most motherboard manufacturers ship motherboards with BIOS configurations optimized for low memory, low power consumption setups -- generally no more than 2 1GB DIMMs of the highest rated memory the mother board supports. Also, could you please post the specific product number for your memory modules. |
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| Author: | SuiNeko [ Sat Oct 09, 2010 7:18 am ] |
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Wow, is that true? Mobos are genuinely shipped to support the power drain for *two* gb? I used to know about this stuff.... ;( |
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| Author: | Micheal [ Sat Oct 09, 2010 12:56 pm ] |
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I know how you feel Sui. Ten years ago, before EQ drained all my free time, I kept on all this stuff. Now its like trying to read Sanskrit. |
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