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Hello, I'll try and keep this short.
For the past few weeks I've been noticing issues with my PC, I posted up on these forums but got no response at the time. I was getting the odd error at boot up, which I THINK was down to a faulty SATA cable. Cable replaced, not had the issue again, one problem solved.
On top of this I've been getting a Windows explorer error when shutting the PC down. Never when using the machine, never when it's idle, or even when gaming. The error contained a bunch of numbers and 'the memory could not be read' message. I did a fresh install of Windows 10, thinking it was just one of those things, but the errors came back not long after, again only when shutting down though.
I updated the BIOS but that made no difference so finally thought I would check the RAM. Testing both sticks together (2x8gb) came up with nothing, so then I thought i'd try each stick individually. Within about 5 minutes of testing each stick Memtest came back with loads of errors.
I raised a RMA ticket with Corsair (the sticks are Vengeance LPX 3000mhz) and sent the RAM off to them. This morning DPD arrived with a new RAM kit with the exact same specs. I popped one into the PC and just loaded up Memtest and it came back with over 600 errors!
Can Memtest be wrong? Surely I cannot be so unlucky as to receive two dodgy sets of RAM? Is it possible that something is wrong with other hardware in the PC?
I am getting desperate here; I would appreciate any responses!
Thanks
For the past few weeks I've been noticing issues with my PC, I posted up on these forums but got no response at the time. I was getting the odd error at boot up, which I THINK was down to a faulty SATA cable. Cable replaced, not had the issue again, one problem solved.
On top of this I've been getting a Windows explorer error when shutting the PC down. Never when using the machine, never when it's idle, or even when gaming. The error contained a bunch of numbers and 'the memory could not be read' message. I did a fresh install of Windows 10, thinking it was just one of those things, but the errors came back not long after, again only when shutting down though.
I updated the BIOS but that made no difference so finally thought I would check the RAM. Testing both sticks together (2x8gb) came up with nothing, so then I thought i'd try each stick individually. Within about 5 minutes of testing each stick Memtest came back with loads of errors.
I raised a RMA ticket with Corsair (the sticks are Vengeance LPX 3000mhz) and sent the RAM off to them. This morning DPD arrived with a new RAM kit with the exact same specs. I popped one into the PC and just loaded up Memtest and it came back with over 600 errors!
Can Memtest be wrong? Surely I cannot be so unlucky as to receive two dodgy sets of RAM? Is it possible that something is wrong with other hardware in the PC?
I am getting desperate here; I would appreciate any responses!
Thanks