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Bad ram slot?

dragantoe

dragantoe

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I just built a computer for my brother today and it was running fine until it had a bsod, so naturally I tested the ram first, and both sticks are good, but if the second slot is filled the computer will bsod before windows starts loading

the motherboard is an asrock a88x mITX motherboard with an athlon 760k
what should I do about this?
 
now for some reason with only one stock in, it blue screened, but switching the stick seems to fix it... I'll try adding a stick from my machine to see if it works
update: it booted up, I guess there was a bad stick of ram, it just acted weirdly it seems...
adding insult to injury: I put the stick into my sabertooth, and sure enough! it won't boot because it won't pass the memcheck built into the motherboard
 
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dragantoe said:
team vulcan, never had a bad stick from them...
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Well . . . how many sticks "of experience" would that be?

These are always problems that seem slightly tricky, and I feel fortunate.

However, I have this story from two days ago. I've got the big D14 cooler. I had all four slots of my Z68 board filled. I couldn't run the sticks at the speed I wanted without an occasional hiccup -- which drove me nuts over several months. Once we identified that, I wanted to get the same amount of RAM filling only two slots, so I order the kit.

These newer motherboard don't have "dual levers" on each side of the RAM-stick. The RAM stick pops up on one side, and you have to pull it to that side slightly to get it free. Especially, think of trying to do this with the heatpipe cooler hanging over the module you wanted to remove.

I started sticking the groove of a Phillips-screwdriver tip into the notch of the module trying to get it free. Wouldn't freakin' budge. As I watched the RAM slot heave up and down, I stopped my work thinking that I could literally rip the RAM slot off the board.

WEll, I only intend to use the mobo with 16GB 2x8-kit. I don't THINK I damaged that slot, but I wish I had all my brain working when I started with the screwdriver . . . .
 
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