Now I need to take a loan in order to afford 32gb for replacement thanks to the ai bros hoarding all the chips…
Tried on three different PCs, both Intel and AMD, both sticks are damaged, somehow
Now I need to take a loan in order to afford 32gb for replacement thanks to the ai bros hoarding all the chips…
Tried on three different PCs, both Intel and AMD, both sticks are damaged, somehow
No it’s some kind of hybrid bastard mobo from AliExpress where they use a soldered mobile CPU but with desktop memory in microATX form factor
Unless it’s ddr5 check your local ewaste recyclers, most have shops where you can buy used parts.
i wonder if it was the motherboard sending wrong voltage or something like that. What are the chances of TWO modules failing AT THE SAME TIME (although it’s the same kit, identical memory, so maybe it could be damaged silicon and i never noticed before)
Exactly my thoughts. Take your RAM and test it with another CPU + MoBo combo. Ask friends. I bet the RAM is good.
Yeah two sticks at once to me says mobo issue, IF you tested each stick individually and they both failed separately. Maybe not fried, I’d be hesitant to try them in a better mobo to not fry a slot too, but they might still be fine.
Did you test each stick individually to confirm both are dead? If two sticks are in there and it fails all that means is “at least one failed”. That’s just an indicator to go one stick at a time to determine which one.
Try and single out the cpu cache with cache less mode. 2 sticks is a weird issue if timing didn’t slip on the memory controller or overvoltage was applied.
Maybe 1 is causing the other to fail?
Could try the sticks individually.
It is strange that 2 sticks fail at the same time. It smells like a symptom instead of the root issue.
In fact they should try. Due to dual/quad mode the only thing testing multiple sticks at once will tell you is if any of the sticks have failed. Only going one by one will tell you which ones or how many, otherwise you’ll have red herrings
Yeh, the 16/32 in the screenshot and that 2 sticks are dead suggests they have 4x 8gb sticks, and lends credence that one channel is being messed with.
They said they tested the ram on multiple systems, but they might have just thrown both “dead” sticks in there at the same time - leading to a similar failure mode as they are both on the same channel.
I bet 1 stick is dead, and they could probably get away with 24gb of ram in a 3/2 channel distribution
Agreed. Luckily with RAM, you know pretty quickly if a stick is dead. Yeah the test can run for hours, but in my experience if a stick is dead, memtest will go red almost immediately, most of the time not even making it 2 minutes.
What kind of RAM? DDR4? I can sell you old G Skill DDR4.
I have an old team force ddr4 16gb kitm not exactly top of the line but should do the trick. I’ll gladly sell it to you for a much fairer price than what’s around these days long as you’re in the us. dm me if interested, no worries if not
Ah too bad, I’d have sold you the RAM at a great discount (~50€)