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healthhazad

healthhazad

healthhazad

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Right... new build is playing up :(

If your not familiar with the x79 sabertooth some of the bits below might not make sense.

The first time I boot my PC the DRAM LED warning light will stay on constantly and the system will not boot till I use the 'MemOK!' button.

The system will then go through this process and I will follow the instructions to enter the BIOS and save the new settings. I can then boot into Windows and if I desire restart the system without trouble. The issue however is that once I have shut down the system it will again fail to boot with the DRAM LED showing and I have to go through the whole process again.

The Corsair RAM was bought as a quad channel kit.

I have tried setting the BIOS to use the XMP settings but I still have the same issue as above.

Essentialy the MemOK! button seems to do its job though I am concerned that a quad channel kit that is meant to be screened and tested is giving me this problem.

Any advice? My mind seems to have gone blank, probably with panic :( :(
 
Couple of options that come to mind is check that your running the latest BIOS and perhaps run mem test to ensure you don't have a faulty module.
 
BIOS - did the update first thing with the snazy flashback port which worked great.

I've let the Win7 memory test run through and that didn't detect anything. Just downloading MemTest now so will run that next.

Any other suggestions feel free to shout them out :)
 
OK here is a MemTest86+ result from last night - need to run the tests again to see if I get a similar result

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Argh why does this have to happen :(
 
Looks like you might have some issues with your memory, what voltage is the BIOS showing?
 
When you do get the chance to check if it's at 1.5v try upping the voltage to 1.55v or 1.56v and see if that's helps.
 
OK back home for a quick stop before work again.

Machine has gone through its MemOK! button pushing and at present it's configured the RAM to 1.5v.

I tried changing the voltage to something higher as suggested and it still did the same thing. Not sure how high I should go?

According to the box the kit was tested to work at 1600 with the timings it has set at 1.5v

Does this mean there is a fault on a module(s)?
 
I am not 100% sure on the X79 systems what the max mem voltage it can take, but try to keep it under 1.60v.

If you get the same result pop a note in the customer section with the attached picture and they should arrange a RMA number for the RAM.
 
Ran MemTest again and I got the same message except the values under good and bad were different but basically the same error.

Got an RMA e-mail earlier. My only concern now is what if the RAM doesn't show up faulty when OC test it? I'm guessing the MemTest results are meant to tell me that it is the RAM that has a fault and not the mobo for instance?

Normally I would be OK with this stuff but I think because I just sank all this money into a new system I'm having a bit of a panic and can't think straight where it is concerned.
 
As an update....

I managed to find somebody who would lend me an older machine which would take DDR3.

Put this quad kit into the system it booted up (came up as a slower speed and different timings but the BIOS had no options to set anything).

Ran MemTest and a single pass didn't pick anything up. Might try running it for a few passes to see what happens but I have this RMA so need to return the memory.

Just worried that OC will put it in a machine, run a MemTest and not see an error and then I get charged.

Advice?
 
I had similar issues with my old i7 920 system with OCZ Gold memory, They would run fine at 1333mhz but soon as I put them to 1600mhz I had issues with stability and general operation.

It might be worth dropping the memory speed and see if you get any errors.

You could RMA the all the items and if one item is faulty you will not get charged.
 
Yeah think I will try altering the speed - barely had a chance to get to know the BIOS and all the new settings. Spent more time wandering in and checking on MemTest than anything else.

Would just really like to be able to identify the 'faulty' module(s) and be able to repeatedly reveal the fault via a test - I was so hoping the other machine would have shown a fault. Perhaps the slower speeds etc the RAM is OK with. If only the loaned machine was decent I could try altering.
 
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