Brutality Posted April 3, 2011 Posted April 3, 2011 (edited) I've tried Memtest86 3.5a on two pair of ddr2 dimms (newly bought) both failed. 4gb kit: http://www.transcendusa.com/Products/MemList.asp?axn=goSearch&srhMemWay=STD&L0No=XR&L1No=7&L2No=27&L3No=50&L4No=86&LangNo=0&Func1No=1&Func2No=12 Now I've bought a brand new motherboard, ddr3 dimms and whatnot. Tried Memtest86 4.0 b3, and got errors at test 9. http://www.edbpriser.dk/Product/Details.aspx?pid=447682 motherboard = ASUS P8P67 Pro cpu = Core i5-2500k Is it me, my luck or the software that fails??? What do you use for memory diagnostics? Cheers Brutality (It's getting depressing though.) Edited April 4, 2011 by Brutality Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedCrazy Posted April 3, 2011 Posted April 3, 2011 I'd say luck. Try and RMA both sets. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brutality Posted April 3, 2011 Posted April 3, 2011 (edited) I'd say luck. Try and RMA both sets. I've already RMA'd the Transcends and got money back both times, but I'll try Memtest 4.0 (the other was a beta version anyways, gonna cross fingers...) for the DDR3 now.. Updated signature so specs should be as they are. EDIT: But Memtest86 is the best memory diagnostic? (http://memtest86.com/) Edited April 3, 2011 by Brutality Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBags Posted April 3, 2011 Posted April 3, 2011 Have you tried Memtest86+? http://www.memtest.org/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted April 3, 2011 Posted April 3, 2011 Have you tried Memtest86+? http://www.memtest.org/ I use that, though it shouldn't make a difference if you use either. Have your tried running maybe prime95 in blend mode in windows and see if it fails at all?? (make sure "Round Off Checking" is enabled) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephilumos Posted April 3, 2011 Posted April 3, 2011 I thought that Memtest86+ was for 4GB+ of memory whereas Memtest86 was for 4GB and under? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brutality Posted April 3, 2011 Posted April 3, 2011 (edited) After checking the timings (fail that I didn't do that..) (they were good though) I just started a memtest with memtest86 4.0 (no beta version ) and it did a pass so far, in 9 minutes only (DDR3 ftw? (at least faster than DDR2 )) Do I need to run it for 12 hours when it can do a pass in only 9 minutes? (It's not a problem if I need to run it for 12 hours, it's more like, if there's no need to ) Edited April 3, 2011 by Brutality Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brutality Posted April 3, 2011 Posted April 3, 2011 I thought that Memtest86+ was for 4GB+ of memory whereas Memtest86 was for 4GB and under? Not anymore; http://www.memtest86.com/download.html Works with up to 64Gb of memory Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted April 3, 2011 Posted April 3, 2011 I'd run it for a couple of hours to make sure Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brutality Posted April 3, 2011 Posted April 3, 2011 (edited) See attachment.. sigh Gonna try prime95 with Round off checking to be sure now.. btw how long should I run it to be sure that there really are no errors? but what do you guys think? I know that memtest86 says "Don't buy cheap memory and expect it to work reliably." and I do find the Kingston ValueRAM cheap (I know it's Kingston though, and that should be good) but I trust more in you guys than memtest86, or myself lol Should I order a new pair (gonna rma or get money back for these if they fail prime95) or go for more quality (if there are... I'm new to DDR3 etc.) Cheers Brutality meh, seriously I can't believe I managed to get 3 faulty dimms in a row now... Edited April 3, 2011 by Brutality Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted April 3, 2011 Posted April 3, 2011 maybe it was a huge bad batch. Cheap memory shouldn't be less reliable, that'd be illegal to send. It may not have the overclocking headroom but it should always be able to run at it's rated speeds and voltages. maybe try bumpin up the ram voltage two clicks and see if it passes. Hopefully it's not your motherboard Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedCrazy Posted April 3, 2011 Posted April 3, 2011 Wait... 9 mins? My 1600mhz dimms took 45mins. I was running Memtest86+ 4.2. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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