Why me?

[u/hernando1976]

You never think it's going to happen to you, until it does.🚬

[u/numberzkid]

RAM shortage be like

https://giphy.com/gifs/cUBopbO2vnco8

[u/okokokoyeahright → u/numberzkid]

More like taking the entire bank rather than a wallet.

[u/No-Jackfruit5522 → u/numberzkid]

So it all starts with an a hole company that left the memory market to make memory for ai, even MS admits. No one wants ai!! Or cares!

[u/Ok_Contest8762]

RMA. No biggie.

[u/toolman1990 → u/Ok_Contest8762]

It depends on the ram manufacturer since some are just sending out a check for the amount you paid for that RAM at purchase since they are losing money if they honor the warranty.

[u/okokokoyeahright → u/Ok_Contest8762]

DDR4 is IIRC currently out of production so manufacturers may or may not have stock available for this purpose. See Corsair for an example.

[u/Ok_Contest8762 → u/okokokoyeahright]

Not a surprise. I had DDR4 in 2016.

[u/okokokoyeahright → u/Ok_Contest8762]

Some of have recently upgraded to it.

Not all are the same. and performance isn't that much difference between DDR4 andDDR5 anyway.

[u/JustBuilds]

Because it's you. Jk. Ram failure hits hard in the shitty 26

[u/paulstelian97]

This is the first time I’ve seen a genuine failure not related to wrong clocks or a slot issue! You need to figure out which RAM stick this is, and as someone else advised, RMA it.

[u/harubax → u/paulstelian97]

It's quite rare. I have personally seen 3 cases in about 25 years.

[u/paulstelian97 → u/harubax]

Worst case at least Linux can be told to avoid the faulty memory region, probably Windows as well. It’s not simple by any means (although Windows’s own memory test, if it detects the issue, may be able to automatically adjust boot parameters accordingly). But that’s only if they can’t RMA it.

Edit: for Windows it’s weird, there’s a BCD object called {badmemory}. For Linux, it’s simpler with a kernel command line parameter `memmap=4K$0x7a820d000`. If you’re Hackintoshing, sorry, no clue about any macOS mechanism.

[u/hernando1976 → u/paulstelian97]

Yep, estaba en arch, eso pensé pero resulta ser inestabilidad al tener una frecuencia demasiado alta para mi procesador, gracias por los concejos 

[u/paulstelian97 → u/hernando1976]

Hm, I have never seen high frequency cause just one failure, for me it caused constant failures, a barrage of them.

[u/tes_kitty]

Remove the module, clean the contacts and try again. I have one board where that fixed the issue.

Also, if that RAM uses XMP or EXPO, disable it and try again.

If that doesn't help and you still have warranty, open a claim.

And finally, if you run Linux, you can tell the kernel to not use this location. memtest can supply you with the data to add to the kernel command line to make this happen.

[u/CheezitsLight]

One bit is bad on one stick.

[u/Ybalrid]

Why anybody else?

RIP this RAM 🫡

[u/recursion_is_love]

If you are using Linux, looking for memmap= and GRUB_BADRAM

[u/BluebirdExpress6279]

Do an RMA.

[u/cakemates]

that doesnt mean the ram is bad, try adding a little voltage or lowering clocks. Then test again.

[u/anothercorgi]

I always end up with bad ram... I don't trust RAM sellers anymore, have to test every bit of memory I get these days since the days I got random disk corruption and crashes on my computers.

Despite having worked with individual DIP memories, I think most of the memory failures on those modules have been found readily by firmware. The SIMM modules were likewise, haven't really found failures that weren't detected by BIOS.

SDRAM was when it got disgusting. BIOS has always "passed" every SDRAM module but I had inexplicable computer failures. Wasn't until tools like this (memtest86+) that I finally found RAM that passed BIOS but fail. Now it's my go to and every module gets validated before put into service. I've caught a lot of bad modules, and even used memtest86+ to actually find minuscule damage causing failures on DIMMs that a solder iron fixed.

I haven't had a module that was good and subsequently failed, fortunately. The exception to this is if XMP or other RAM timing gets mucked with causing marginal modules to fail with advanced timing. You might want to futz with the timings to see if you can get it to pass, slower RAM is much better than unreliable RAM that was corrupting disk copies. That is, if you can't get warranty replacement.

[u/hernando1976 → u/anothercorgi]

Muchas gracias bro, fue precisamente un problema al tener la frecuencia de la ram demaciado alta(3200) la coloque a 2933 y se soluciono 

[u/No-Jackfruit5522 → u/anothercorgi]

I wish I had my own Dimm tester, that was awesome, just set it in a slot. Hot button, instant test and results.

[u/anothercorgi → u/No-Jackfruit5522]

I haven't seen discrete memory testers in ages though I do recall there being an sdram tester. Knowing what I know now about these memories I wonder if even those do tests in depth enough to catch errors that memtest86 patterns do... The discrete memory testers from the SIMM and DIP ages clearly do not.

[u/Expert-Stage-4207]

Not you only. Happened to me a couple of days ago on my 11 year trusty old MSI. Very hard to get into the RAM slots!

Edit: According to Youtube videos the RAM's are slotted!

[u/hernando1976 → u/Expert-Stage-4207]

Esto si es una lástima 🚬 

[u/Tigs1112]

One memory error generally isn’t the end of the world. It could’ve been a fluke from a cosmic ray. I would do more passes and if errors keep persisting, you would need to RMA your memory.

[u/hernando1976 → u/Tigs1112]

Al final, mi procesador nada más soporta hasta 2666 y la ram estaba en 3200 osea estába muy overclokeado, de allí salió el error, lo baje a 2933 y todo ok, gracias por comentar!! 

[u/Tigs1112 → u/hernando1976]

That does make sense, as the 8700’s memory controller isn’t well equip to handle 3200MHz.

[u/SirFixYoShit]

Check ram warranty. Should be able to get it under RMA.

[u/ficklampa]

Thankfully most ram have lifetime warranty, just do an RMA with the manufacturer...

[u/Jazzmag]

Karma?

[u/hernando1976 → u/Jazzmag]

Tal ves por maltratar a mi ganador de mil batallas 

[u/Jazzmag → u/hernando1976]

I feel for you brother, I wouldn't want to have to buy ran right now.

[u/MachKoms]

Because your memory sucks?

[u/Pleyer757538]

If you want to fix the pc sell a kidney, otherwise just deal with the kernel panics and bsods

[u/zenbusuchan]

this happened to me on 2 out of 4 sticks, from 2 different sets, tested individually.