Do I have faulty 16GB 3200 Team Group Dark Pro 8pack Edition?

Ax3hammer · 27 Apr 2020 at 00:45

I bought the above ram for my 2700x build last May, and I've never been able to get it to run stable at anything above 2133MHz, and even then i suspected the BSOD's i got were ram related. I needed my pc so couldn't spend more time trying to sort the issue at the time.

Fast forward to December and I bought a second 16GB of the same ram. And from that point ive had nothing but stabilty problems. Finally this week ive been able to spend some serious time trouble shooting. including swapping out the motherboard and SSD.

So, the original 16GB can work alone or with the 2nd pack at a fairly unstable 2133MHz and nothing beyond that. The 2nd pack works as id expect them to, I've had them easily running stable at 3333MHz
Switch them out though on the same settings with the first pack and the pc won't even put out a signal to the monitor.

Faulty ram? Or something I'm missing?

Thanks in advance for your input.

Ree · 27 Apr 2020 at 00:49

post in here too the owners should be able to help you out.

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...00mhz-dual-channel-kit-black.18787253/page-54

Space Monkey · 27 Apr 2020 at 00:50

Have you ran memtest on the suspect sticks?

Ax3hammer · 27 Apr 2020 at 01:02

Ree said:
post in here too the owners should be able to help you out.

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...00mhz-dual-channel-kit-black.18787253/page-54

I've just posted there, thanks!

Ax3hammer · 27 Apr 2020 at 01:06

Space Monkey said:
Have you ran memtest on the suspect sticks?

The suspected sticks register errors with memtest. It was a back last year when I tested them alone, and at the time I put it down to bios settings. I think I was wrong.

Joxeon · 27 Apr 2020 at 02:04

Ax3hammer said:
The suspected sticks register errors with memtest. It was a back last year when I tested them alone, and at the time I put it down to bios settings. I think I was wrong.

You should contact OCUK to arrange an RMA.

Skynet5 · 27 Apr 2020 at 16:35

Ax3hammer said:
The suspected sticks register errors with memtest. It was a back last year when I tested them alone, and at the time I put it down to bios settings. I think I was wrong.

Yup errors are bad. If bios is stock/auto or xmp then errors signal faulty sticks.

Send em back. They have a lifetime warranty, at least mine do. Not sure if that has always been the case.

I'm currently testing my second set of 16gb. Run 3 of 4.

32 gb of ram looks to take 7 hrs to do 4 runs of memtest :-(

hyperseven · 27 Apr 2020 at 17:02

Would they also error if the IMC on the CPU is bobbins?

Joxeon · 27 Apr 2020 at 17:04

hyperseven said:
Would they also error or if the IMC on the CPU is bobbins?

If that was the case one of the sets wouldn't be working fine.

facboy · 27 Apr 2020 at 21:36

lnoton said:
Yup errors are bad. If bios is stock/auto or xmp then errors signal faulty sticks.

Send em back. They have a lifetime warranty, at least mine do. Not sure if that has always been the case.

I'm currently testing my second set of 16gb. Run 3 of 4.

32 gb of ram looks to take 7 hrs to do 4 runs of memtest

Use karhu, it's much faster, and allegedly more reliable.