send my g-skill back under warrantee?

[Dublove]

Have had 8gb of Gskill ddr2 sat in my gigabyte ep45-dq6 for about 8 months now. The ram is the 1000mhz 5,5,5,15 2.1v spec.

So I've had it at 1008mhz, 2.1v, 5,5,5,15 with looser advanced timing due to having 8gb in. Its been fine for 8 months. Prime stable, IBT stable etc etc.

Anyhow, couple of days ago the system failed to post. On/off cycle till it gets into the bios and says that overclocking settings have failed. So cue a lot of testing from me the best I can now get out of the ram modules is:

955mhz @ 6,6,6,18 2.1v.

Doesn't matter if its one stick, two sticks or all of them. Same thing.


This should qualify me for replacement ram?

ta, jay
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[Art]

The ram is the 1000mhz 5,5,5,15 2.1v spec.

So I've had it at 1008mhz, 2.1v, 5,5,5,15

the best I can now get out of the ram modules is:

955mhz @ 6,6,6,18 2.1v.

This should qualify me for replacement ram?

Doesn't overclocking it void the warranty though?

 

[hawker1986]

I would say that you do qualify for it to be returned, but youll need to work out which pair of sticks is doing it or if its all of them. It should work 1Ghz [email protected] and if doesnt then its faulty.

8mhz isnt going to void anything.

Hawker

 

[Columbo]

Yup your good for RMA. The memory you have bought is specced to run at 1000mhz, if it wont do that then its RMA time.

 

[ConnectionFX]

Manufactures allow a certain tollerance for frequency diffrences. you should check with G.Skill to asses how much they allow before RMA.

however 45-50Mhz diffrence does appear to be a good reason to RMA especially as the ram has supported faster speeds without fail before and is advertised @ 1Ghz.