Failing RAM? In this economy?
Now to go beg to the RMA gods
Fffuuuuuu
Check the used market first
If it's still under warranty, why wouldn't you try to RMA it first?
If it's still under warranty, why wouldn't you try to RMA it first?
You can try... but several manufacturers are opting to refund you what you paid for the product, instead of replacing it, per their warranty terms. Terms that never were an issue before. And obviously what you paid years ago won't get you anywhere near a similar product now.
But OP would still get something.
worth asking anyway... but if they demand the pair back and only offer a refund, you're losing money over keeping a single stick probably.
They're very few addresses, you can tell the OS not to use them. Take a look at this: https://www.memtest86.com/blacklist-ram-badram-badmemorylist.html
Dawg you're the GOAT with that link
It didn't even occur to me it could be done, makes sense.
You can edit the grub config (assuming you're using Linux) and add reserved ranges for the affected physical address.
find the linux boot command and add a memmap=$ argument This tells the kernel to avoid the bad parts.
In your case it looks like a relatively small chunk of bad memory so.. memmap=64K$0x130FE0000
I've used this trick to stabilise systems with faulty RAM and it works.
Just buy a bunch of NAND gates and make your own registers
Sure, you can do that....if you're a casual. Real PC users build their own NAND gates out of MOSFETs.
Sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of my relays
Relays are for kids and cowards who are too soft to use mercury delay-line memory
Oh, the relays are just a side project that I'm toying with. My daily driver is a hamster-wheel-powered marble-run abacus running floating point arithmetic
I prefer to do the old fashioned way like granny taught me, by weaving my own damn memory.
Don’t know what brand you’ve got but I had two 16GB sticks of G.Skill DDR4 go bad a few months back and their RMA process worked a treat.
Wishing you success as well.
GSkill yep. Should be good. I originally built in 2020 with 2x8gb and then in October 2024 I got another 2x8gb because it was only $35USD why not lol
The exact same set is currently $135...
And go figure the new sticks were the ones that failed.
Just to be clear: are you trying to add the new set of two to the existing set? I.e., 4x8GB?
That can sometimes cause problems due to timing variations between batches. Make sure to memtest each stick individually, to make sure that isn't the issue.
Edit: just realized that you implied that this setup has been working since 2024, so you can probably ignore my advice here
maximum memory speed is also often slower with 4 modules vs 2.
Remove the sticks, blow out your sockets with some compressed air and re-test. I had something similar recently and a full memtest pass ran clean after that.
Also, disable any OC. I had my ram fail tests because it is not supported by my mobo. After reducing speed to factory stock it would pass flawlessly.
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Try blowing on it and inserting again
This usually makes me start working.
Seems like its always the same core that is creating the error. Could be a bad overclock. Try reseting the bios to default. Also try reseating the RAM (and clean out the slots with compressed air) and rerunning the test. I've had similar issues in the past that were fixed by this.
Once stable overclocks can fail after many years as it slowly wears out some transistors.
F. Godspeed.
i had to pronounce some ddr5 dead this morning. at least it was 'only' one 8gb stick, but it's in an omen prebuilt, out of warranty.
user's just a high school kid. gonna have to limp along with the remaining 8gb (not much for gaming then) or random crashes with 16gb until he or the parents can afford to replace it.
Linux? I've heard if you can identify the bad blocks (assuming it's just one group of bad blocks) you can tell the kernel to not use those. If you're technically inclined.
I ran this too on mine, I had the mode set to memmap. Badram is old, grub these days expects memmap.
There were a few areas but they were close enough, so this is what I ended with.
Blocks of 64K were enough to fix this.
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash memmap=64K\\\$0x3c8f0000,64K\\\$0x49068000,96K\\\$0xa24660000"
he has windows, but i'll mention the option to him next chance i get.
There is a option for Windows: https://www.memtest86.com/blacklist-ram-badram-badmemorylist.html#badmemorylist
Although it seems like it may be broken.
RAM has lifetime warranties, typically. Send in an RMA request, after you isolate which sticks are bad, and get new ones.
Not good. The pattern is not consistent.
Take the RAM out and carefully clean the contacts with e.g. alcohol and a piece of lint-free cloth.
F! That sucks. Time to mortgage your house.
Time to go back to weaving memory
They want RAM, not ROM ;)
If it’s not a large amount of bad RAM, there are tools to patch around it via EFI or kernel for many operating systems. It might get you by until you get new
Dang, i'm a bit worried for my own RAM as well. I keep getting random reboots on my pc every now and then. I initially suspected my distro to be the problem since it started happening after i hopped, but after feeling like i checked everything on the software side, i'm checking hardware now just to be safe anyway. Started with removing the OC from my RAM. I also have my 5800X3D undervolted though since i saw it recommended at the time. Now that it's a few years old i might just not be stable anymore at that voltage.
Yeah. One of my sticks also failed, doesn't boot with it in. Only 16GB is just not enough. And because I bought from a random ebay shop, I don't have the original receipt.
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