First MemTest run ever... faulty ram?

brettuk · 13 Feb 2006 at 00:35

Hi,

I built my new pc a month or so ago and seemed to be fine, however recently 3DMark05 started to crash (normally after the first test) however 3DMark06 worked fine... anyway I thought i'd give memtest a go, so I burned it onto disk and booted up with it and let it do its thing (not touched any settings as to be honist I havn't got a clue :$) anyway at time of writing (49 minutes) it has found 2 errors on tst 7. I dont suspect this is good... so is it time to think about sending the sticks back to OcUK? (Dual Channel 2GB corsair value kit @ £105 ish) Everything reguarding memory is default, no OCing etc.

Spec:

AMD 64 4000+
Asus A8N-SLi Deluxe
Leadtek 7800GT

Thanks in advance,
Brett

smids · 13 Feb 2006 at 01:12

Any memtest errors = bad RAM but you have to make sure you are operating it within the rated voltage. If it is running anywhere within the range, then it is faulty and can be replaced. Make sure you take a photo of that memtest screen for extra proof

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brettuk · 13 Feb 2006 at 01:18

Well nothing is overclocked (by me in anycase) so I assume its faulty... brilliant! (First my GFX was faulty and had to be RMAed, then the chipset fan died so I had to fit my own and now the ram... deary me) more annoying now as i've "moved into" my new pc... and dont have any DDR1 RAM around (my old machine was a P4 so I assume DDR2).

(think this what caused 3dmark05 to crash? And RCT3 to run slowwww (10 FPS!) with a reasonable park size?)

brettuk · 13 Feb 2006 at 01:29

Taken a picture...

http://www.brettandbutter.co.uk/ocuk/memtest.jpg
Worth noting that the two errors happened in the first pass (and since this photo taken there has been 3 passes)

smids · 13 Feb 2006 at 01:49

Try using memtest86+ v 1.65 (much better than memtest86) from www.memtest.org

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brettuk · 13 Feb 2006 at 01:56

k thanks, just started it now... think it will produce different results?

lol its finding another error in another test... within 1 min its found an error in test 3 (which it didn't find before...) so I assume my ram is well and truely buggered? How long should I leave it before taking another pic? I mean its already found an error..

smids · 13 Feb 2006 at 02:03

It's more sensitive, probably find more errors.

Run it overnight and take a shot in the morning

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brettuk · 13 Feb 2006 at 02:05

lol ok... looks like i'm on the lookout for some new ram...

brettuk · 13 Feb 2006 at 16:21

Well i've ran it for 14 hours or so, and the final result was pass: 20 errors: 25.

I'm about to ring ocuk (intrestingly though memtest found errors on tst 7, while memtest+ only found errors on tst 3... any significance?)

Both pics here:
http://www.brettandbutter.co.uk/ocuk/

Thanks for your help!

IzaLearnin · 13 Feb 2006 at 18:59

According to Ocuk Crucial ram pages the following applies to faulty ram:- For warranty support and RMA replacement call Crucial Direct on 0800 013 0330 or 01355 586 100 who will replace your faulty memory within 48 hours.

brettuk · 14 Feb 2006 at 00:11

Hey, sorry I meant corsair (ooops!) anyway OcUK are replacing it upon a test, will be sending it off tommorrow... hope i get a replacement quick got coursework to do