Corsair XMS3 Module(s) Failed? Advice Please.

Huddy

Huddy

Huddy

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Hey OcUK,

I would be grateful of some advice regarding some recent odd behaviour from my PC.

I have been getting the odd BSOD and took to running memtest+ to check my year old Corsair XMS3 memory on my Gigabyte X58 UD5, prior to this I reset to fail safe settings in the bios and changed the memory speeds to the Corsiar profile 1600 8-8-8-24.

Memtest+ failed a couple of tests after 2 passes in triple channel.

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Now I have run Memtest+ using a single stick in all 3 of the DIMM slots and it seems to pass without error and even with 2 slots populated. It just seems that once I add a third module into the equation, I get memory errors. I have been unable to find the specific module that is causing these errors.

So my question is do you think it most likely the ram is at fault and needs to be RMA'd, or could there be a problem with my motherboard and DDR slots?
 
try setting the ram to 9-9-9-24 T2 to see if that helps. my Corsair XMS1600 won't run at those timings so i would give these timings a go to see if they help.
 
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Geek. said:
try setting the ram to 9-9-9-24 T2 to see if that helps. my Corsair XMS1600 won't run at those timings so i would give these timings a go to see if they help.
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Thanks for the advice, I gave that a go but I still get errors. The rated speed for this memory is 8-8-8-24 and has been running fine at those timings for the last year at 1.65v, its only the last week or so that system stability has become wobbly.

Just to add I do not overclock that system either.
 
Huddy said:
Thanks for the advice, I gave that a go but I still get errors. The rated speed for this memory is 8-8-8-24 and has been running fine at those timings for the last year at 1.65v, its only the last week or so that system stability has become wobbly.

Just to add I do not overclock that system either.
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sounds like they are on the way out time to contact corsair to get them sent for RMA i think they have lifetime warranty on all ram! good luck:)
 
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