Mem Test Errors?

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PhattyT

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what to do.... i ran it for no longer then 2 mins came 18 errors... i just stopped it.. i have 2 x crosair value rams dual gig kit. Anything i can do? they have heatsinks on em and i buoght them from another guy who said "have a new/hardly used dual channel kit of CORSAIR value RAM rated at PC3200 DDR400mHZ CAS2.5 ram in their original packet. the ram sticks have heatsinks on it and memtest on my DFI board for 8+hrs without any errors". i have a biostar motherboard. Any suggestions?
 
bumped it to 2.7v and the prime95 stress test had error =/ any other suggestions?
 
i'ma run small fft tonight till tomorrow and see... but i've been getting blue screens of death ALOT
 
i just ran small fft for 7 hrs with no errors... but i also just ran memtest86+ and it had 1354 errors.... does that mean my ram is faulty?!? because thats ALOT of errors..
 
hmm.. what's the rest of your rig?

you might want to update bios, maybe move the ram sticks to a different slot. or check to make sure the timings are correct

also, no errors in small fft + lots of errors in memtest means it's definitly the ram.. or possibly the mobo, but the latter is unlikely, unless it's a bios issue, thus update
 
the newest update for my mobo has a temperature reading problem... it reads 12C above normal temps... well compared the temps from my bios right now to the new one
 
so? just subtract 12c from the temps.. reported temps are exactly that, reported temps. may or may not match up with the real world ;)

here's what i'm thinking:
would you rather temps reported too high, or instability?
(though, we don't know the new bios fixes the issues, so.. yeah :p)
 
haha i agree XD ok updating bios now >.<!

well i just updated it and ran memtest86+ again for the hell of it... and still get the same errors... bout 4324 or so... so i think it is the ram =/ but how can both sticks have problems? i tested it one by one too and the same problem occured :( any other ideas?
 
PhattyT said:
what to do.... i ran it for no longer then 2 mins came 18 errors... i just stopped it.. i have 2 x crosair value rams dual gig kit. Anything i can do? they have heatsinks on em and i buoght them from another guy who said "have a new/hardly used dual channel kit of CORSAIR value RAM rated at PC3200 DDR400mHZ CAS2.5 ram in their original packet. the ram sticks have heatsinks on it and memtest on my DFI board for 8+hrs without any errors". i have a biostar motherboard. Any suggestions?
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If the other suggestions don't work, it *is* possible to get replacement RAM from corsair even though you are formally not covered by their warranty since you bought it from "some other user" rather than an authorized reseller. You have to go through their tech forum to request an RMA number which will be some pain to get because of your purchasing situation but if you're smart and humble about how you communicate with them you may get it. I managed to get replacement parts that way for bad RAM I bought on ebay.
 
found out one of the ram is faulity and it had alot errors in memtest.... i guess i would have to go through all that pain to get the RMA =/
 
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