Is my RAM faulty?

JW1993

JW1993

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I'm currently running memtest on my desktop, the spec is in the sig. So far it says Pass 1 and Errors 1516.

Can anyone tell me what this means?

I'll post an image of the final result when it is complete.

Thanks for all replies :)
 
If it is set to the right frequencies, then yes it is faulty, you should have zero errors, remove sticks until there is just 1, then rerun the test, do them individually, and find which one is the offending stick.
 
lol 6gb OCZ Gold Tri-Channel. Almost certainly is your ram, check out the other threads complaining about it. I've no idea why ocuk sell this rubbish when there are so many faulty sets.
 
I ended the test last ight after pass three as I got bored and wanted some sleep but up to then I had 2087 errors. What's the best way to go about getting this fixed?

Run a full test on the memory first, then try each module?

Contact OCZ for an RMA?

Contact Overclockers for support?

Thanks for the replies!
 
Test each stick individually to confirm that it is one of the sticks. Could possibly be 2 of the sticks, if all 3 prove unstable maybe its some setting on the motherboard.

Once you have proven it is the ram at fault contact ocuk asking to rma them for a refund since they are faulty. Buy yourself a set of the corsairs in the mean time (these) which are a steal at £132.99. After the new ones arrive post the faulty ocz ones back to ocuk for a full refund. Voila problem sorted with minimal pc down time.
 
I like the sound of that ^ i'l get testing now. I doubt it'll be a setting on the motherboard as I updated the bios so it was at default settings almost but i'll see what memtest says thanks!
 
Can anyone help me with setting the bios correcty? everything is set to auto in terms on the DRAM timing control. It says:

First information: 9-9-9-24-6-88-12-8-24-0

What values should i be changing?
 
Just tested each stick individually and found no problems.
Set bios settings to 8-8-8-24 and 1.64V

Will test all 3 sticks together tomorrow to see if it brings up any more problems!

Thanks for the help
 
Hi footyfan93,

In your sig it says i7 920 2.8 GHZ . . is that a typo and your actually running a i7 930 @ 2.8GHz or are you slightly overclocking an i7 920?

Can you post up a CPU screenie showing the [Memory] tab please or tell us what Frequency the ram is running at? :)
 
My CPU does run at that speed, i don't know why as i've never overclocked it but thats what CPU-Z tells me.

The DRAM is running at 1600 Mhz
 
footyfan93 said:
Just tested each stick individually and found no problems.Set bios settings to 8-8-8-24 and 1.64V

Will test all 3 sticks together tomorrow to see if it brings up any more problems!
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footyfan93 said:
The DRAM is running at 1600 Mhz
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Hello again footyfan93,

thanks for the feedback, not sure whats going on with your processor speed but as long as CPU-z is reporting the memory frequency as DDR3-1600 then we can proceed and help get you back into happy land! :)

From a technicians point of view (and for RMA purposes) if each sticks passes memory testing with no errors then the memory would seem to not be faulty . . . . it is strange though that you have problems with Triple-Channel and not each stick alone . . . this could possibly be chipset/IMC/voltage related or perhaps a damaged slot or incorrectly installed Dimm?

Let us know how you get on with the Triple-Channel testing, I don't know how to configure a Intel® Core™ i7 for optimal memory operation . . . I would have thought it would be as easy as making sure all the sticks are installed firmly in the correct slots and setting the required voltage (vDimm) for the memory . . . the timings should be transfered from the memory sticks to the motherboard via the [SPD] info . . .

Good luck and let us know how you get on? . . . there are a handful of users on this forum that decided OCZ-Gold is "cursed" but it's worked fine for me and the majority of other people and I hope it's going to work fine for you also so lets not get out the pitchforks just yet until we at least patiently work through some basic troubleshooting proceedures . . . if you get time any chance you could post up a screenie from CPU-z showing the [SPD] tab please! :cool:
 
Heres the shot you were after :)

I'm not sure why the voltage says 1.5V im sure the Dram bus voltage is set to 1.64.
I'm useless with the bios and such.



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