I recently assembled my system (25 days ago)
Saphire HD 7850 OC (at default OC)
i5 2500k (turbo enabled, i.e. 3.7 ghz while gaming)
16 GB Corsair Vegeance @ 1333 CML16GX3M4A1600C9B (but can activate XPM for 1600 but would this really help at all?)
Maximus IV Gene-z/Gen 3 Motherboard BIOS - 0402 (first released BIOS)
Blue Caviar WD 500 GB
Seasonic Semi Modular 620 W PSU
I made a thread here: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/311741-30-memtest-error-replace
Because I found several errors in the same address while running memtest. So this is what I did: I tried each stick individually in slot #1, all passed except 1, then tried one known good stick on the remaining slots and no problems at all. Which pointed to bad RAM, so I got a replacement from Amazon, I was extremely careful in placing them in the motherboard, ran memtest got error on the same address with same pattern on test #2 all the time, if I let it run more I also get similar addresses errors on test #5.
So at this time, I am not sure what the problem is, could it a problem with something else?. In between waiting for my replacement I took out the bad stick from the first memory I got from amazon and ran memtest 86+ with only 2 sticks and got no errors at all, which reinforced my theory that the problem was with the RAM.
I guess it is possible that I got yet again another bad stick of RAM from Amazon, possibly due to lousy packaging?. I was thinking since I have all 8 sticks here, I am going to try and find the bad stick on this other set, and mix and match?. I know that is not a good idea, which is why they are sold as a set. But I figured if it works... What do you guys think?.
I also tried setting vram to 1.53 and memory controller to 1.2 and same results.
Other notes: Other than the memtest errors, I have not experienced any other stability or BSOD issues. I only started to suspect RAM because some files got corrupted twice in Starcraft II that is it.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Oscar
Saphire HD 7850 OC (at default OC)
i5 2500k (turbo enabled, i.e. 3.7 ghz while gaming)
16 GB Corsair Vegeance @ 1333 CML16GX3M4A1600C9B (but can activate XPM for 1600 but would this really help at all?)
Maximus IV Gene-z/Gen 3 Motherboard BIOS - 0402 (first released BIOS)
Blue Caviar WD 500 GB
Seasonic Semi Modular 620 W PSU
I made a thread here: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/311741-30-memtest-error-replace
Because I found several errors in the same address while running memtest. So this is what I did: I tried each stick individually in slot #1, all passed except 1, then tried one known good stick on the remaining slots and no problems at all. Which pointed to bad RAM, so I got a replacement from Amazon, I was extremely careful in placing them in the motherboard, ran memtest got error on the same address with same pattern on test #2 all the time, if I let it run more I also get similar addresses errors on test #5.
So at this time, I am not sure what the problem is, could it a problem with something else?. In between waiting for my replacement I took out the bad stick from the first memory I got from amazon and ran memtest 86+ with only 2 sticks and got no errors at all, which reinforced my theory that the problem was with the RAM.
I guess it is possible that I got yet again another bad stick of RAM from Amazon, possibly due to lousy packaging?. I was thinking since I have all 8 sticks here, I am going to try and find the bad stick on this other set, and mix and match?. I know that is not a good idea, which is why they are sold as a set. But I figured if it works... What do you guys think?.
I also tried setting vram to 1.53 and memory controller to 1.2 and same results.
Other notes: Other than the memtest errors, I have not experienced any other stability or BSOD issues. I only started to suspect RAM because some files got corrupted twice in Starcraft II that is it.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Oscar