RAM Issues

[Ghetto Oracle]

I posted this in Technical Support too, wasn't exactly sure.

Okay, a month ago I got a new rig from Newegg, custom built of course. I order the Value Select 2x512 mb RAM. I put the sticks in and everything worked great for 3 days. After that Battlefield 2 started freezing mid-game and would finally restart without any input from me. After a day of the restarts during BF2 the PC would start up and instead gave me a beeping noise. I took out each RAM stick individually and 1 of them would allow the system to boot and the other wouldn't let it start up. I tried the stick that wouldn't allow startup in every slot and none will work, and I've tried the other stick in every slot and it works like a charm. Do you think that other stick was just bad? And is possible for a stick to work okay for a day or so then die on you, hence the restarting problems?

Thanks a lot for any help, it is greatly appreciated.

 

[Ghetto Oracle]

And also I forgot to mention, that I'm not worrying about returning the RAM. I just want to make sure my diagnosis was correct and that it is in fact a problem with the RAM and not the Mobo, etc.

 

[V00D00]

That "beeping noise" is an error code. Look it up in your motherboard manual.

Usually there is an error code for memory errors.

If it works with one stick in, but doesn't work with the other stick, then it's most likely a bad stick. Can you run the good stick in the other dimm slot? If you cannot then your motherboard is probably bad.

If it worked for a while with both sticks in there that is very peculiar.

If you can get it to boot up with both in there you can run memtest and see if you get any errors.

 

[Ghetto Oracle]

Yeah the good stick works in all 4 slots, while the other stick doesn't work in any of the slots. With both sticks in there together the machine won't boot up, and it won't boot up if just the bad stick is in there. In other words I have to run it off of just the sole 512Mb stick. The thing is, the bad stick worked for 3 days. I didn't know if RAM can die out like that?

 

[Ghetto Oracle]

And if the good RAM works in each spot does that eliminate the Mobo from being the problem. I REALLY don't want to RMA that.

 

[Ghetto Oracle]

Any more opinions on this issue?

 

[chocoruacal]

Stick 1: computer boots. Stick 2: computer doesn't boot. Seems pretty straightforward, RMA both sticks and get a healthy set in the rig.

 

[Ghetto Oracle]

Originally posted by: chocoruacal
Stick 1: computer boots. Stick 2: computer doesn't boot. Seems pretty straightforward, RMA both sticks and get a healthy set in the rig.

Yeah but it's the fact that one of the sticks worked for like 3 days and then died. Is that normal?

 

[Ghetto Oracle]

Or would the stick have been dead from the start.

 

[Ghetto Oracle]

Help please

I just need to know if it is possible that the stick died even after only 2-3 days of use.

 

[cpacini]

Originally posted by: Ghetto Oracle
Help please

I just need to know if it is possible that the stick died even after only 2-3 days of use.

sure. Not very common, but it could happen.

 

[V00D00]

Yeah, it's dead. That's all there is to it. Send one back if they weren't a paired set. Send both back if they were a paired set.