Question Memtest86+ errors

Feb 16, 2024
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I've been getting stability issues lately (i.e. compilation of huge projects fails with random errors). Memtest86+ showed a few errors for memory slot B2 (I've tried both sticks from the kit and also a separate 8 GiB stick I bought just to test this), about 64 of them or so (8 here, but will be more if left for a bit longer):
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In addition, I bought a new motherboard to test whether it is the problem and now I'm getting thousands of these errors each second in either slot:
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Original configuration:
Motherboard: MSI X670E Carbon Wi-Fi
CPU: 7950X
Cooler: Artic Liquid Freezer II 420
RAM: 64GB DDR5 (Kingston Fury KF560C36BBEK2-64)
SSD: Samsung 990 Pro 2TB, 970 Evo Plus 1TB
PSU: DeepCool PX1000G
New motherboard (cheapest I could find with 2 M.2 slots): ASRock B650M-H/M.2+
CPU is the only thing (well, also the cooler) which was the same in all tests. Is this a dead CPU or still could be something else?
I'm quite sure I mounted it correctly as this is not the first time I'm installing a CPU into LGA socket, but 8700k worked without any issues previously.
 
Feb 16, 2024
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Even one error in memtest is cause for a rma.
Call Kingston customer support for a RMA; your ram should have a lifetime warranty.
Verify that your motherboard bios is current.
Many updates fix ram compatibility issues.
Yeah, but I'm not sure whether it's a CPU, motherboard or RAM fault.

I've decided to give the old motherboard another chance (because it has more IO and gives higher boost clocks), but I'm still getting these RAM errors. It's consistently happening on the second pass of memtest (test 2).
BIOS is the latest non-beta one on the "old" motherboard.
It's showing errors in the same exact bit quite consistently.
 
Feb 16, 2024
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Be sure. It's memtest86+. It's only testing memory.
Technically, it doesn't test only memory. It could be a faulty RAM controller in the CPU or even something with the motherboard

Test them one by one to be sure which is defective or if both are.
That's the thing: I also tested them one by one (each stick was tested in each slot) and got similar results. I even tested another freshly bought 8 GiB stick and also got memory errors: