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Hello
I'm running this ram in this link
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231225

they are plugged into this motherboard
EVGA LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX X58 SLI LE

And well during the summer time we had two big storms that knocked off the power to our home and well ever since then, my ram has been hit with memory errors, two of the three sticks have some errors on them, I do get some BSOD but have not had any in the past few weeks, but i can tell the PC is not running like it should be and i pretty sure its due to the ram. i have ran memtest and memtest 86 and they both are showing errors, so im pretty sure its my ram.

However I see the G skill guys says that should have 1.6V, Do you all think its worth trying to raise the volts to 1.6 and see if that helps or just buy new ram and be done with it?
 
I would not buy new ram the ram you linked has a warranty (well unless you bought it from ebay or stolen or something like that). Anyways I would first try to run the ram at the default bios speed which should be 1066 MHz. Remember that 1066 is the highest supported dimm frequency on any 1366 chip.
 
ya i can not rma as i do not meet the requirements........ I disable xmp and it still showing errors.
 
Slow the ram speed and adjust the timings to see if you can pass memtest without errors. Certainly you can try adjusting the ram voltage to see if it helps. If you can't adjust the issue away, replace the bad memory.
 
ya i been trying, I try to under clock them, but im thinking about just replacing them,
 
That would be my solution. Especially considering your description of how/when the errors began.
 
ya, My only other somewhat major concern is what if its the motherboard?

but i also think that if it was the motherboard,wouldn't it not even read the stick of ram, for ex: DIM 1 slot is bad, would it not even show the ram in the slot? or could it show the ram(and read/write) but with errors and could the motherboard be causing the errors? and not my ram ? Hope you know what im trying to say// thanks
 
If you test one stick of ram at a time, and not all sticks have the same issue (you stated only two of the three fail), I would say it's the ram and not the motherboard.
 
ya, im pretty sure it is, I just have a small problem of worry about stuff and i would hate to buy ram and it turns out to be the motherboard, but im pretty sure its the ram, game loading times are slow and game will stutter/lag, windows loading is slow,etc, I have checked for spyware/virus and all is clean so i hope it is. Only one way to find out. ram is cheaper then a new motherboard... :)
 
And, of course, there's always the chance that something is broken on both. But, I think the odds are in favor of the ram being bad and the board being okay.
 
yep, Im going to try my luck and get some ram 1st, If it is the motherboard, I hope to be able to rma it,
 
Make sure if you do that you do not go overboard on frequency. Again Intel does not support ram faster than 1066 MHz. So getting 2000 MHz (or better) ram and expecting that to work is a gamble. Also Intel supports 1.65V ram or lower (without having to mess with the ram controller voltage on the cpu) so stay away from lower quality 1.8 V ram.
 
Also are you overclocking? I am not convinced that the ram is the cause. I would start with some memory testing.

Run the following program.
http://hcidesign.com/memtest/support.html

Since the free version is restricted in allocation size run more than 1 simultaneous instance of the program so that you cover as much ram as you have.
 
Not sure why you don't feel that you're eligible for an RMA. The RAM vendors don't generally try to screw you over with weird RMA requirements - you usually don't need to do anything except send them the RAM.
 
drescherjm said:
Make sure if you do that you do not go overboard on frequency. Again Intel does not support ram faster than 1066 MHz. So getting 2000 MHz (or better) ram and expecting that to work is a gamble. Also Intel supports 1.65V ram or lower (without having to mess with the ram controller voltage on the cpu) so stay away from lower quality 1.8 V ram.
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The ram is 1600MHZ and i have it running at 1.5V, thought about trying to up the volts to 1.6V but i do not think it will help.


Also are you overclocking? I am not convinced that the ram is the cause. I would start with some memory testing.

Run the following program.
http://hcidesign.com/memtest/support.html

Since the free version is restricted in allocation size run more than 1 simultaneous instance of the program so that you cover as much ram as you have.
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No overclock other then enabling XMP profile, I have ran both memtest and memtest86 and windows memory tool and with or without the xmp profile i still have the errors, even when setting ram timing lower then the defaults it still have errors

Not sure why you don't feel that you're eligible for an RMA. The RAM vendors don't generally try to screw you over with weird RMA requirements - you usually don't need to do anything except send them the RAM.
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I will think about it and i send an email to them, and see what happens, but i do not think i be able to.....,thanks
 
If you run the ram at its rated speed - 1600 MHz, the memory controller has to run at least 3.2 GHz. Its default speed is 2133 MHz. You will probably have to bump the memory controller voltage up to run it that fast. But you should be getting stop 0x124 errors. Slow the ram speed down to 1066 MHz and the controller down to 2133 MHz and see what happens.
 
ya, i have pretty much give up on testing and just going to buy all new instead of hand me down ram, it lasted for a good while till the storms hit, My only concern is that i install new ram and still have the same trouble...... :)
 
correct, had two storms in one day really early in the day and again late in the day,typical spring storms and both times it knocked off the power to the home and from that day to now PC not been running properly and dummy me had the PC running and both times it lost power.
 
The most likely component damaged in lightning is the power supply followed by the motherboard. The memory and CPU both can be damaged but not as likely as the power supply or motherboard.
 
SO FAR NEW RAM IS RUNNING GREAT!!

ran all the tests and no errors!!!!
 
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