seelet Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 i purchased 2x512mb corsair value select ram sticks, from newegg less than a year ago. I have been running them dual channel on a ga-7n400 board with an amd 2800+. my computer has been acting up lately, random shut downs and install errors when installing a new os. i have already checked the following: 1. make sure the ram was seated correctly 2. the bois settings were correct Anyways i ran some diagnostic tests on the ram using memtest86 and i found that one of the sticks fails one of the tests. so i took out the stick of ram and left the other in, cleared up my problems. Basically i need an RMA so i can get another stick for this bad one Steven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted January 30, 2006 Corsair Employees Share Posted January 30, 2006 Let's get them both replaced. Please use the RMA request found in TSXpress or follow the link in my signature “I think I have a bad part!” and we will be happy to replace them or it! But you are running them at DDR333 at +.2 Volts Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seelet Posted February 21, 2006 Author Share Posted February 21, 2006 yes my motherboard settings are optimized and actually running the chip at 2700+ guess the ram limits the settings on this board. any ways i would rather not have to send both chips in just the one for the following reasons: 1. these are the only ram sticks i have, and i need the good one for my computer especially while i rma this other one. 2. sending in both sticks of ram is kind of a waste of resources (time and money) for corsair. On a small scale its not a big deal, when you start looking at it on a larger scale of maybe thousands or hundreds of thousands of sticks being replaced that need not be, i could see the replacement costs rising. so just the bad stick will do. steven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted February 21, 2006 Corsair Employees Share Posted February 21, 2006 You are welcome to get the failing module replaced but to insure the modules match I would suggest replacing them both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seelet Posted March 5, 2006 Author Share Posted March 5, 2006 what am i supposed to do with my machine and having no ram? I need this machine for school related purposes (research, papers, programming). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted March 6, 2006 Corsair Employees Share Posted March 6, 2006 You are welcome to try replacing the failing module, but if you have problems we will probably have to replace both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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