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RAM Diagnosis Issues, System Instability

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Dear LTT Forum,

I've been having some trouble with BSOD on my system lately, so I decided to test my RAM.  I've tested RAM before with MemTest and passed with no errors, but due to the nature of the errors I was getting I decided to test again.  My system has a 2x4GB dual-channel RAM kit in it.  I ran Windows Memory Diagnostic which determined within seconds that there was a hardware problem.  To follow up, I ran MemTest86 and received a whopping 570 errors across 4 passes, all in Test 10.

 

I then decided to test each stick individually to determine the culprit.  I tested each stick in my motherboard manual's optimal slot for single-DIMM configuration.  I tested what we'll call "Stick A" first.  Windows Memory Diagnostic and MemTest found no errors.  I then tested Stick B, but WMD and MT found no errors in that stick either.

 

Eh???

 

I’m not sure what this means and whether or not I should RMA my RAM anyways.  My system seems to be working okay now even under Prime95 blend torture, but things have been finicky for quite some time with issues appearing and disappearing randomly.  Have you had any experiences like this in diagnosing RAM or any ideas what may be happening?  Any suggestions or ideas would be appreciated.  Thanks for taking the time to read this and help.

 

System Specs:

CPU: AMD FX-8350

Motherboard: ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0, BIOS version 2301*

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 2x4GB Kit

GPU: GTX 760 (EVGA)

PSU: Corsair CX750M

OS: Windows 8.1 Pro

*There is a new BIOS version found here (2501), but the update only increases USB compatibility.

 

Other Notes:

Nothing currently overclocked, ASUS Optimized Defaults loaded in BIOS.

OS is updated regularly, last updated 5 days ago.

Norton Anti-Virus is running, MalwareBytes scanned and found nothing.

Personally built system assembled in August '14, my first build and entrance into the PC Master Race.

Borrowed a friend's stick of RAM to use as a control group or temporary replacement during troubleshooting.

 

Crashes/BSOD:

Various crashes over past few weeks include: System_Service_Exception; System_Thread_Exception_Not_Handled; Memory_Management; WHEA_Uncorrectable_Error; NTFS_File_System; Clock_Watchdog_Timeout; Kernel_Security_Check_Failure.  I understand that these errors may not all be RAM-related.

Minidump files: https://www.dropbox.com/s/3d1k8gdx7gxnf6p/LTTmdmp1.zip?dl=0

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Check in the second slot? 

 

 

Also... This profile pic is occupied brother.

 

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Check in the second slot? 

 

 

Also... This profile pic is occupied brother.

What sort of Twilight Zone situation is this?

 

But I second trying the second RAM slot.

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What sort of Twilight Zone situation is this?

 

But I second trying the second RAM slot.

I know... Got super confused when i saw it in recent posts lol

 

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Also... This profile pic is occupied brother.

What about this one, looks practically identical :P

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Check in the second slot? 

 

 

Also... This profile pic is occupied brother.

I actually thought it was you who posted this.

Try what the guys said.

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Some RAM sticks are just unstable on some motherboards could be the manufacturer settings for the ram could be the bios changing settings for the ram could be all sort of things

 

What i would do is RMA the rams and tell them that they are unstable with your sustem and get some other RAM, not the same kind ofc.

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Update: Ran WMD on Stick A in Stick B's usual slot and bam, the test found hardware problems.  Why would stick A fail the test with both sticks in, pass with just itself in, but fail in another slot?  Is that just a RAM oddity?

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Update: Ran WMD on Stick A in Stick B's usual slot and bam, the test found hardware problems.  Why would stick A fail the test with both sticks in, pass with just itself in, but fail in another slot?  Is that just a RAM oddity?

Actually that sounds like something is wrong with your motherboard 

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Update: Ran WMD on Stick A in Stick B's usual slot and bam, the test found hardware problems.  Why would stick A fail the test with both sticks in, pass with just itself in, but fail in another slot?  Is that just a RAM oddity?

Sounds like your motherboard man... Do you have any other ram you can test? 

 

 

*use the "Quote" feature so people can see when you reply. 

 

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 The cave/beast v2 (OLD) http://imgur.com/a/8AmeH                                  PSU 600W Raidmax RX600AF Displays ASUS VS278Q-P x2, BenQ Xl2720z Cooling Dark Rock 3, 4 AP120s Keyboard Logitech G710+ Mouse Razer Deathadder 

 

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Sounds like your motherboard man... Do you have any other ram you can test? 

 

 

*use the "Quote" feature so people can see when you reply. 

 

Upon further testing I think some of the previous results were inaccurate or I got them mixed up.  I'm contacting G.Skill for RMA now, thanks for your help everyone.

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