513,824 memory errors?!

[Resonance]

hi, i just did the bootup memtest86 and apparently it's found 513,824 memory errors in my xms6400 ram and the test isn't done yet! is that reasonable or what because my system crashes quite often.

 

[InlineFive]

All of those errors will cause your system to be highly unstable.

1. Double check that the memory is set to default settings in the BIOS.
2. Bump up the voltage by 0.1v.

If that doesn't do it you might have bad memory.

 

[Resonance]

http://img411.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00497vg9.jpg
a pic of it

 

[Lemon law]

To Resonance,

I cannot believe that system runs at all---as I look at the screen shot---every ram access is an error.

Or is there something you are not telling us?

I recently added a stick of ram and removed another---and got exactly the initial memtest86 results you did---every single ram access generated an error---a minor bios tweak reduced those memory errors to zero---but it took at least six bios changes to get my both of my ram sticks running at proper speeds and with no errors.

And with memtest86, you should test each ram stick individually---and not in combinations initially.

 

[Atheus]

Overclocked?

If not, you have a bad stick, or possibly two...

 

[chusteczka]

Can you provide a similar screenshot of the bios with the voltages?
What is the current memory voltage?
It may help to reset the bios back to its default configuration.

Is this a single RAM stick at 1024MB or two RAM sticks at 512MB each?
If there are two sticks of RAM, can you test them individually and see what happens?

 

[Resonance]

thank you for the replies guys, i just got an email from corsair saying they should send me a rma thing soon.

 

[Roguestar]

Ouch. That's just over a million errors at 3 passes! I thought mine was bad; I've been having trouble with my RAM and I think it's going to the great big integrated circuit in the sky - 121,000 errors after 10% of 1 pass .

 

[Lemon law]

Its very possible the ram is not defective at all---its just being run with the wrong bios settings---its also possible thats its now very defective due to some internal component going out to lunch.

 

[Resonance]

my bios is stock and default, i have not changed a thing. it went fine when i installed windows initially but i could never have the second stick of ram in it at the same time and would only boot up with one stick. Maybe it's when i installed aston desktop and uninstalled it because that was a pain in the butt desktop theme.

 

[Lemon law]

To Resonance,

1. Just because you have not changed a thing with your bios, does not mean it did not reset itself to some setting now incompatible with your ram---a bios reset is possible every time your system crashes.

2. Get thee to the corsair website and see if the ram you have is even compatible with your mobo. If it is, jot down stock timings and voltages.

3. Get thee to your mobo's web site---download a copy of your mobo manual which will contain bios settings. Then jumper reset your bios because it now remembers something you want it to forget.

4. Place in one and only one stick of ram. And in the boot up process---get into the bios before it boots. Follow bios instruction--take your bios off auto spd settings and into manual---set corsair stock timings, and then boot it up. Then run cpu-z which is a free program you should download. What does the memory tab say---what are the reported timings--are you running at the full memory bus
speeds? Go to the spd tab---make sure both sticks report the same spd to the bios. Then shut things down and run memtest86---have the errors gone away---if so shut down and add the second ram stick---fire her up and run memtest86 again---note if memtest86 is seeing the new stick---is it getting errors?---if not let it boot up and run memtest86 again--go to the memory tab---are you running in single or dual channel---did the timings stay put?--are you running at full memory bus speeds?

5. If you are still having trouble---go to the corsair ram forums---you will get a basic recap of this advice---but probably a better version.---especially if you find someone more familiar with your mobo.