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ANOTHER dead OCZ module?

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I've been having several issues with getting all 12GB of memory to work with my X58 setup. After some long-deserved troubleshooting I found I had a bad module. Everything was working fine with 6GB for the past several days, system chugging along perfectly. Then last night I started noticing that IntelBurnTest runs would fail after ~20 runs where it normally would not. Dropped the CPU multiplier, ran again. This time, failure after only a couple. Started running Prime95 runs. First run I had round-off failures after 9 minutes. Not even close to overheating. Dropped BCLK, ran Prime95 and this time round-off failures in a couple minutes. A couple reboots, BCLK and voltage tweaks later I was back to the exact settings I was at previously (which was running solid before). But now, Prime95 fails round-off within seconds of starting. Then the system BSODs and I only get 4GB of memory on boot. I swap around some modules and poof... ANOTHER module will not allow me to POST.

Long story short... in less than 2 months I have had two of my 6 OCZ memory modules fail on me. Nice quality control there...
 
This is the reason we have not used OCZ at the shop for over a year now, even if a customer wants it we will do everything we can to disuade them.

Even Patriot seems to do better anymore than OCZ with QC and if you really want a reliable memory product anymore G.Skill, Crucial ( non ballistix ) and corsair seem to do quite well.

On the other hand, you may want to break out the multimeter, find the memory voltage checkpoint for your motherboard and make sure your memory isn't being seriously over-volted. Either way I'd drop OCZ in a heartbeat untill they can meet the high level of quality they used to have with DDR. Seems like ever since the DDRII switch for them they've gone downhill in QC and customer relations.
 
This is from two different motherboards from two different manufactures, so I doubt it is highly over-volted memory. I am just thinking poor QC. I'm thinking of just picking up 6GB of G-skill. Both sets of their DDR2 have worked well for me.
 
Built a computer for my parents a couple weeks ago. Bad OCZ DDR1333 memory, had to get it replaced.
 
I'm just now getting around to replacing my s939 Opteron system which was using OCZ DDR. When I built it it was my first experience with overclocking and I had some questions, and over the course of a week the OCZ tech support rep basically step-by-stepped me through the entire overclock, including CPU-related settings on my DFI board. The experience was so positive I was sure I'd be an OCZ customer for life. Come 2010 and I'm looking at DDR3, and my first stop is OCZ. Newegg reviews on most of their kits are terrible but I always take those with a grain of salt so I check some forums and confirm they're having some serious QC issues. So I go with G.Skill which sucks because I'd really like to kick some money back to the company that went above and beyond for me back in the day, but not with the high risk of getting stuck dealing with a bunch of downtime and RMA headaches. Here's hoping they get everything worked out by my next build...
 
I have another module that is getting flaky. I can't trust this stuff to send emails with anymore! Just ordered some G-skill Ripjaw modules and am RMAing the OCZ. All of it.
 
I had them in my old 2x2GB rig 2 years ago and they still work perfect.
I guess that was the good times for OCZ...
G.Skill looks like the decent and inexpensive brand to me right now
 
I had multiple OCZ DOA years ago, and some went bad within months I stopped using them.

G.Skill going strong.
 
I had ocz when I built my Q6600 about 2-3 years ago with 8 gigs of OCZ 1066 memory. The memory was THE most inconsistent piece of crap I have ever dealt with. Stick A would be tested in slot 1 and fail, but passed in slot 2. Stick B would pass in slot 1 and fail in slot 2. Re-ran the same exact test with stick A and B in the same scenario and they both pass. Ran once more afterward and they both went back to the first inconsistent result.

Called OCZ for replacement modules and was given a wild goose chase, RMA number didn't come in for 2 weeks. I said the hell with them and never bought anything OCZ ever again. Even with OCZ SSD drives dropping in price or at a smokin hot prices, I will absolutely refuse to buy them.

I've had patriot memory for the past 5 years and they're still kickin strong. I'll stick with Corsairs or Patriot memory from now on.
 
Obviously YMMV, but I have been running 4x2GB OCZ DDR2-1066 Reapers for years now with a Q6600. I have not had one issue.

Also, they are in a overclocked 24x7 machine.
 
If you head over to OCZ's tech support forums you'll find that there are a decent number of complaints about their RAM RMA process. That tells me a few things...they either have (1) poor customer service and a poor RMA department or (2) they have so many RAM failures that they cannot keep up.

That being said, I have 12GB of OCZ RAM in my system and I haven't had any problems with it. But heaven help me if I ever need to RMA a stick of it.
 
So far the RMA process has been easy enough "on paper", but I haven't actually received any new modules yet...
 
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