Question RAM Failing Consistently

[Garbo2002]

First time PC builder. Any help is appreciated.

Motherboard: Gigabyte Aorus Z790 Elite AX​

CPU: Intel I9-13900KS​

GPU: PNY GTX 1070 (placeholder)​

RAM: 2 X 32GB / 2 X 16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR5 6000mhz​

PSU: Corsair AX1600i​

Storage: 4TB WD Black SN850X​

CPU Cooler: Corsair H170i Elite Capellix​

Case: Corsair 7000X​

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I finished building my PC roughly one month ago, and all seemed well up until about one week ago. One of my Corsair RAM DIMMs failed out of the blue, and my PC failed to boot.

Luckily, as it just so happened, I had a spare set of RAM compatible with my motherboard that I had ordered due to a mixup when building it. I replaced the broken part, assuming that perhaps it simply was a lemon, as I tested switching it around slots and confirmed it was the DIMM that had broken. I switched out my 2 X 32GB set for my 2 X 16GB set, and after a quick CMOS clear everything booted up as normal.

However, today when I started my PC up, the exact same situation occured. Now my 16GB stick, also in the B1 slot, wasn't working. I once again tried switching slots, to no avail, and even tried testing the older RAM set again to find it was still broken.

What should my concerns and considerations be here? From what I've seen of people in similar situations, they say this is likely a PSU issue. Is there any chance it could be a different component that is of concern? Motherboard, CPU, the RAM itself? How do I go about testing the PSU to confirm whether or not it is the problem? Any help is appreciated.

As it stands, I can run my PC on a single stick from either set. I will keep the stick in the B2 slot, as the B1 seems to be possibly linked to the issue, being the only slot to have a DIMM fail, and doing it twice.

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

From what I've seen of people in similar situations, they say this is likely a PSU issue.

if two completely separate kits have both lost a module in the same DIMM slot i would definitely be blaming the motherboard.
if by some chance it was a power supply causing this it would not be limited to the same single DIMM slot each time.

the only way to verify at home would be to use another stick in that same B1 DIMM slot and see if it also kills that stick.

i would be RMA'ing the board and have the manufacturer test it at their home labs to verify.

 

[hotaru251]

i would be RMA'ing the board and have the manufacturer test it at their home labs to verify.

this.
if its a repeating issue in exact same dimm slot likely a fault in the MB itself.

 

[Bob.B]

First time PC builder. Any help is appreciated.

Motherboard: Gigabyte Aorus Z790 Elite AX​

CPU: Intel I9-13900KS​

GPU: PNY GTX 1070 (placeholder)​

RAM: 2 X 32GB / 2 X 16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR5 6000mhz​

PSU: Corsair AX1600i​

Storage: 4TB WD Black SN850X​

CPU Cooler: Corsair H170i Elite Capellix​

Case: Corsair 7000X​

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I finished building my PC roughly one month ago, and all seemed well up until about one week ago. One of my Corsair RAM DIMMs failed out of the blue, and my PC failed to boot.

Luckily, as it just so happened, I had a spare set of RAM compatible with my motherboard that I had ordered due to a mixup when building it. I replaced the broken part, assuming that perhaps it simply was a lemon, as I tested switching it around slots and confirmed it was the DIMM that had broken. I switched out my 2 X 32GB set for my 2 X 16GB set, and after a quick CMOS clear everything booted up as normal.

However, today when I started my PC up, the exact same situation occured. Now my 16GB stick, also in the B1 slot, wasn't working. I once again tried switching slots, to no avail, and even tried testing the older RAM set again to find it was still broken.

What should my concerns and considerations be here? From what I've seen of people in similar situations, they say this is likely a PSU issue. Is there any chance it could be a different component that is of concern? Motherboard, CPU, the RAM itself? How do I go about testing the PSU to confirm whether or not it is the problem? Any help is appreciated.

As it stands, I can run my PC on a single stick from either set. I will keep the stick in the B2 slot, as the B1 seems to be possibly linked to the issue, being the only slot to have a DIMM fail, and doing it twice.

If you only are using 2 sticks of ram why would you be using the B1 slot?

 

[Garbo2002]

If you only are using 2 sticks of ram why would you be using the B1 slot?

Named the wrong slot, it is A2/B2 I'm using.

 

[Garbo2002]

this.
if its a repeating issue in exact same dimm slot likely a fault in the MB itself.

Thanks folks, I'll have to get on that RMA.

 

[gamerk316]

Co-signing; while RAM does tend to have a higher fail rate then other components, two separate DIMMs failing in the same slot within a few weeks make me heavily suspect a motherboard problem, assuming all RAM is operating within their specifications.

It's possible there's a PSU problem, but I'd expect other things to be going wrong if that were the case. I'd RMA the motherboard for a suspected fault with the physical slot.

 

[geofelt]

Consider the possibility that you have a bent pin in the cpu socket.
The symptoms are usually ram issues.
A bent pin is a user caused defect and not a cause for RMA. If you have one, try using a needle to nudge the pin back into place.