Memtest86 showed with 3 errors, RAM faulty?

[jomari29]

Hey guys, heres my story 😀

Last Thursday 19/02/15 I bought two parts for my PC, a Thermaltake Water 3.0 CPU Cooler and Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB ddr3 1600 mhz. I installed both that day and things started to become stressful...

Firsty when I play Hitman Absolution (Just bought downloaded on friday) I got ONE game freeze, then suspected over oc-ed GPU, so I toned it down, launched it again, played for 15 minutes, BSOD twice showing an error in "PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA" . So I thought , ok maybe its the game itself so I stopped playing it.

Second, I got two BSOD while doing absolutely nothing, First BSOD showed "MEMORY_MANAGEMENT"

Next BSOD showed "IRQL_LESS_OR_EQUAL".

I blame the RAM, so I tested it using memtest86.
the result showed "3" errors

Result:
2015-02-21 15:50:15 - [MEM ERROR - Data] Test: 13, CPU: 0, Address: 169A67108, Expected: FFFFFFFF, Actual: FFFFFFFB

PC SPECS:

Windows 7 Ultimate
i7-4790k oc 4.9 Ghz
Asus Z97 Sabertooth Mark 2
GTX 980 oc 1.4 Ghz
Corsair RAM 8GB oc 1600 Mhz
Corsair AX760i
Corsair Graphite 780T

 

[Mr5oh]

Have you tries the testat stock speeds on the ram? I noticed you have OC after he ram?

Any errors in memtest is bad. Sound like you have bad ram, or ram that doesn't like to be OC.

 

[jomari29]

Have you tries the testat stock speeds on the ram? I noticed you have OC after he ram?

Any errors in memtest is bad. Sound like you have bad ram, or ram that doesn't like to be OC.

Yes when I tested the RAM for memtest it wasnt OCed.

I plugged in my old ram, so far so good.

 

[johnbl]

could be bad RAM but RAM secondary timing are set in BIOS and people don't update the BIOS and often people install RAM with out going to BIOS afterwords and resetting it to defaults. A lot of people send back RAM when their problem is related to BIOS RAM timing settings.

Hey guys, heres my story 😀

Last Thursday 19/02/15 I bought two parts for my PC, a Thermaltake Water 3.0 CPU Cooler and Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB ddr3 1600 mhz. I installed both that day and things started to become stressful...

Firsty when I play Hitman Absolution (Just bought downloaded on friday) I got ONE game freeze, then suspected over oc-ed GPU, so I toned it down, launched it again, played for 15 minutes, BSOD twice showing an error in "PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA" . So I thought , ok maybe its the game itself so I stopped playing it.

Second, I got two BSOD while doing absolutely nothing, First BSOD showed "MEMORY_MANAGEMENT"

Next BSOD showed "IRQL_LESS_OR_EQUAL".

I blame the RAM, so I tested it using memtest86.
the result showed "3" errors

Result:
2015-02-21 15:50:15 - [MEM ERROR - Data] Test: 13, CPU: 0, Address: 169A67108, Expected: FFFFFFFF, Actual: FFFFFFFB

PC SPECS:

Windows 7 Ultimate
i7-4790k oc 4.9 Ghz
Asus Z97 Sabertooth Mark 2
GTX 980 oc 1.4 Ghz
Corsair RAM 8GB oc 1600 Mhz
Corsair AX760i
Corsair Graphite 780T

 

[jomari29]

could be bad RAM but RAM secondary timing are set in BIOS and people don't update the BIOS and often people install RAM with out going to BIOS afterwords and resetting it to defaults. A lot of people send back RAM when their problem is related to BIOS RAM timing settings.

I thought of that when I upgraded RAM, I updated BIOS and set everything to default, turned off pc then changed RAM Sticks then boot to BIOS

 

[jomari29]

UPDATE: Since I plugged in my old RAMs. No BSODs or freeze during idle or anytime, so im 100% sure now that its RAM

 

[johnbl]

what was the RAM timing on the new RAM? 9-10-9-27 at 1.5V ?

It does look like bad RAM with a single bit problem.
0xf=1111
0xb=1011

UPDATE: Since I plugged in my old RAMs. No BSODs or freeze during idle or anytime, so im 100% sure now that its RAM

 

[jomari29]

what was the RAM timing on the new RAM? 9-10-9-27 at 1.5V ?

It does look like bad RAM with a single bit problem.
0xf=1111
0xb=1011

UPDATE: Since I plugged in my old RAMs. No BSODs or freeze during idle or anytime, so im 100% sure now that its RAM

9-9-9-24 1.50v
but it showed 3 errors on ,memtest86 but it only pointed in one of them.

 

[johnbl]

I would try the slower timing in BIOS and see if you still get the error. Sometimes you can even just swap the memory module slots and get it to work. I got the 9-10-9-27 timings just from a google search. Sometimes the timings set in the BIOS can be wrong.

what was the RAM timing on the new RAM? 9-10-9-27 at 1.5V ?

It does look like bad RAM with a single bit problem.
0xf=1111
0xb=1011

UPDATE: Since I plugged in my old RAMs. No BSODs or freeze during idle or anytime, so im 100% sure now that its RAM

9-9-9-24 1.50v
but it showed 3 errors on ,memtest86 but it only pointed in one of them.

 

[Lifeofgold]

If you purchased the RAM at a local retailer, then just take it back. If you got it from an online retailer, then contact them to get an RMA and return label. If it was second hand, contact the seller first, try to get a return, if not, try to get their proof of purchase or any info that will help so you can contact Corsair for a replacement. Make sure you can try to get both modules replaced as a "Matched Pair" from Corsair. If the serial #s are sequential, you should stress that you need a "Matched Pair" as a replacement. Don't complain or whine, but be very nice to the Corsair rep, asking for their help. I always treat customer service people with polite respect, and get more help than I deserve.