Question Memtest showing error

[iMatty]

So as mentioned in the title, I have been having bsods for a few days now and I decided to test my rams just to be on the safe side, and I think I figured out why I have been having bsods every few days.
Memtest is still running while writing this but I will include a screen shot at the end of this post.

It's showing that I have 1 error so far does it mean I need to replace the rams? They are like 1 year old I bought them last year..

I do have XMP on but am not sure if that will be the case to show the error?

UPDATE:
it became 2 errors.

Link to image:

https://imgur.com/a/3Txqm4y

View: https://imgur.com/a/3Txqm4y

Thank you in advance.

 

[Lutfij]

If you're on the latest BIOS version for your motherboard and the BSoD's popped up recently in spite of your platform working without any issue prior to that, then your ram might be on it's way out.

Try and work with one stick of ram. Then drop your existing ram kit onto another known working motherboard)friend/neighbor) and see if the issue persists.

Oddly enough your Imgur link shows up blank even after going to the link(not just the preview).

Speaking of ram and motherboard, we advise users to include the specs to their problematic builds in the thread's body as sig space specs can and will change over time. When that happens, this thread and it's relevant suggestions re rendered moot to the end user in the same boat as you're in now.

 

[iMatty]

If you're on the latest BIOS version for your motherboard and the BSoD's popped up recently in spite of your platform working without any issue prior to that, then your ram might be on it's way out.

Try and work with one stick of ram. Then drop your existing ram kit onto another known working motherboard)friend/neighbor) and see if the issue persists.

Oddly enough your Imgur link shows up blank even after going to the link(not just the preview).

Speaking of ram and motherboard, we advise users to include the specs to their problematic builds in the thread's body as sig space specs can and will change over time. When that happens, this thread and it's relevant suggestions re rendered moot to the end user in the same boat as you're in now.

My specs are the following:

CPU: i7 12700k

Motherboard: MSI PRO Z790-P WIFI

Ram: G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB 32gb

Graphics Card: MSI RTX 4070 Gaming X Trio

Power Supply: NZXT C1000

Unfortunately I do not have another pc around or anyone near me that I know has one so I might just buy a new kit of ram

I have included a new link for imgur:

https://imgur.com/a/vsCVcAT

View: https://imgur.com/a/vsCVcAT

Update:
Another error showed up and the test ended up failing.
I might just order a new kit of ram

 

[Misgar]

I do have XMP on but am not sure if that will be the case to show the error?

Your second MemTest screen grab shows you're running XMP 6400MT/s which might be too fast for your CPU's Integrated Memory Controllers.

Switch off XMP and revert to the JEDEC default RAM speed (probably 4800MT/s) and run MemTest again.

With any luck, your system should be stable at 4800MT/s.

It's perfectly normal for systems to become unstable when running excessively high XMP speeds, especially if you have 4 DIMMs.

If you need more speed, learn how to manually change RAM timings in BIOS. Most DIMMs contain multiple XMP settings for different speeds. Your BIOS has automatically chosen the fastest (6400MT/s) when you enabled XMP.

I'd probably start with the RAM set to 5600MT/s (instead of your current 6400MT/s).

Work your way slowly up, 5800MT/s, 6000MT/s, 6200MT/s, testing with MemTest (full pass, no errors) for each new speed setting.

 

[iMatty]

Your second MemTest screen grab shows you're running XMP 6400MT/s which might be too fast for your CPU's Integrated Memory Controllers.

Switch off XMP and revert to the JEDEC default RAM speed (probably 4800MT/s) and run MemTest again.

With any luck, your system should be stable at 4800MT/s.

It's perfectly normal for systems to become unstable when running excessively high XMP speeds, especially if you have 4 DIMMs.

If you need more speed, learn how to manually change RAM timings in BIOS. Most DIMMs contain multiple XMP settings for different speeds. Your BIOS has automatically chosen the fastest (6400MT/s) when you enabled XMP.

I'd probably start with the RAM set to 5600MT/s (instead of your current 6400MT/s).

Work your way slowly up, 5800MT/s, 6000MT/s, 6200MT/s, testing with MemTest (full pass, no errors) for each new speed setting.

So if i disable XMP it will default back to like 3600MHZ i think, but am not exactly sure how to manually set the speed to 5600 if you would be kind to explain it to me?

I didnt really do a lot of overclocking last time i did i fried my old CPU somehow..

 

[Misgar]

So if i disable XMP it will default back to like 3600MHZ i think

MemTest shows your RAM is DDR5, so the default is likely to be 4800MT/s, not 3600MT/s, but it's not entirely impossible it will drop down to this speed if you have 4 DIMMs installed.

I've taken a quick look at the User Manual for your motherboard and the section on the BIOS is spectacularly unhelpful about the settings. Perhaps there's another guide I haven't discovered.

Somewhere in the BIOS there should be a section for RAM overclocking. You may find an option to switch from Auto XMP to Manual memory timings. See if you can adjust the 6400 down to 5600, etc after switching memory overclocking to Manual.

Unfortunately my most recent two mobos have been Asus with AMD CPUs (3800X, 7950X) so I don't have any experience of tweaking DD4 and DDR5 on Intel in a MSI BIOS.

If you Google your mobo part number and XMP overclocking you might find an illustrated guide.

For the time being, switch off XMP, run a full MemTest86 (several hours) and if you get zero errors, at least you'll know your RAM is OK at stock (4800MT/s) settings.

Although XMP gives a nice speed boost to some programs, it's far more important to have a stable system until you learn how to manually overclock your RAM. I'm not overclocking my DDR5 RAM because Adobe Premiere Pro doesn't benefit much from faster RAM on AMD systems.

 

[iMatty]

MemTest shows your RAM is DDR5, so the default is likely to be 4800MT/s, not 3600MT/s, but it's not entirely impossible it will drop down to this speed if you have 4 DIMMs installed.

I've taken a quick look at the User Manual for your motherboard and the section on the BIOS is spectacularly unhelpful about the settings. Perhaps there's another guide I haven't discovered.

Somewhere in the BIOS there should be a section for RAM overclocking. You may find an option to switch from Auto XMP to Manual memory timings. See if you can adjust the 6400 down to 5600, etc after switching memory overclocking to Manual.

Unfortunately my most recent two mobos have been Asus with AMD CPUs (3800X, 7950X) so I don't have any experience of tweaking DD4 and DDR5 on Intel in a MSI BIOS.

If you Google your mobo part number and XMP overclocking you might find an illustrated guide.

For the time being, switch off XMP, run a full MemTest86 (several hours) and if you get zero errors, at least you'll know your RAM is OK at stock (4800MT/s) settings.

Although XMP gives a nice speed boost to some programs, it's far more important to have a stable system until you learn how to manually overclock your RAM. I'm not overclocking my DDR5 RAM because Adobe Premiere Pro doesn't benefit much from faster RAM on AMD systems.

So memtest just finally running, I just turned off XMP and the test passed with no errors at all.
Link to pic:

https://imgur.com/a/CYpex2K

View: https://imgur.com/a/CYpex2K


I will be using it for a day or 2 to see if i will get any more blue screens after that i will tune the speed and run another memtest to make sure everything is working!