My build has worked for four years but recently began having signs of a memory issue. Assumed faulty RAM stick, no flash drive for memtest86, ordered new ram. Here we go...
Old ram was A2/B2. Placed new ram into A2/B2, no post. Removed stick from B2: Post! DOA ram stick identified, time to RMA.
Replaced old ram into A2/B2. No post. Removed old stick from B2. Post! Faulty ram slot identified? Old sticks were fine all along? Apparently not!
So here's what I've found after some troubleshooting:
Old RAM (either stick in either slot):
A2/B2: no post
A2: post
A1/B1: no post
A1: post
New RAM (once again sticks are interchangable):
A2/B2: no post
A2: post
A1/B1: post
A1: post
So it does appear that B2 is faulty. But it appears that both old sticks are working fine, just not together. What gives? Any ideas?
Specs by request:
Mobo: ROG Strix Z-370e
CPU: I7-8700k
GPU: Geforce GTX 1070
Old RAM: 2x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16gb DDR4 3000MHz
New RAM: 2x Aegis G.Skill 16gb DDR4 3200MHz
Old ram was A2/B2. Placed new ram into A2/B2, no post. Removed stick from B2: Post! DOA ram stick identified, time to RMA.
Replaced old ram into A2/B2. No post. Removed old stick from B2. Post! Faulty ram slot identified? Old sticks were fine all along? Apparently not!
So here's what I've found after some troubleshooting:
Old RAM (either stick in either slot):
A2/B2: no post
A2: post
A1/B1: no post
A1: post
New RAM (once again sticks are interchangable):
A2/B2: no post
A2: post
A1/B1: post
A1: post
So it does appear that B2 is faulty. But it appears that both old sticks are working fine, just not together. What gives? Any ideas?
Specs by request:
Mobo: ROG Strix Z-370e
CPU: I7-8700k
GPU: Geforce GTX 1070
Old RAM: 2x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16gb DDR4 3000MHz
New RAM: 2x Aegis G.Skill 16gb DDR4 3200MHz
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