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Dayofpain

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Dayofpain

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I have 8 sticks of dominator ram in front of me.

 

4 x pc8888 AND

4 x pc8500

 

ONLY ONE passes memtest. ONE stick of pc8500 will pass memtest. This is rediculous. I can pop in OCZ platinum pc8000 and it will pass all day long. How the hell can you guys ship out that many bad pieces that 7 sticks could wind up in ONE persons hands?

 

Im talking about running it at stock settings. No OC stock voltage and it runs like poop.

 

Not to mention the fact that NONE of the pc8500 ram even registers as EPP SLI ready when I put in any of the THREE mobos I have.

 

I have always been a corsair supporter but this is dam rediculous. What should I do here? send 2 grand in ram back? cause its ALL bad? Thats just weak.

 

REALLY unhappy at this point.

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i think the best part of wasting all my time figuring out what the hells is wrong with my ram could have been better spent if any company on earth advised their tech support about their new products. Noone has any fricken clue how so many bad modules wound up in the hands of a single consumer., 7/8 of the best of the best ram. not to mention who do i call to get new modules? cause i know for dam sure noone i bought this crap from has any on hand to get me new ones.

 

any responses from any moderators?

 

bet the thread gets closed.

 

angry consumers usually dont get to post their views for long.

 

GG

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Dude Ive bought 8 sticks of DDR2 from standard XMS 6400C4 all the way to 8500C5 XMS and Dominators and overclocked the crap out of them with no problems. Its got to be your settings. I havent had a bad stick from corsair in over three years and thats a lot of ram bought. Its usually bad power supplies or not enough power to wrong settings.

 

I dont want to make you look bad but to have 7 bad sticks of dominator series memory is rare. :bigeyes:

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All I want is the lot code.....? The reason I want the lot code.. so we can check if we have a bad motherboard on the screening line. We can go back and reference which system we used to screen by the lot code. Sorry for the problems you are experincing.
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any responses from any moderators?

 

bet the thread gets closed.

 

angry consumers usually dont get to post their views for long.

A couple things you should know:

 

1. There was no response between your first post and the above quoted post because Corsair wasn't even open yet, therefore they did not read either post, therefore asking for a response is a bit premature. Keep in mind that Corsair is located in Fremont, CA, which is -8 GMT.

 

2. Moderators would not be the correct people to ask for a response from; you would want a response from a Corsair employee. In otherwords, not all Corsair employee forum members are part of the forum staff, nor are all forum staff Corsair employees.

 

3. We don't close threads. No reason to. Nor do we delete them. Feel free to scan the forums, I can guarantee you'll find threads from irate people. This is a tech support forum after all :)

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mobo/ram problems have kept my computer down till around an hour ago.

 

first things first, thanks RAMGUY. I will call tech support for further advice.

 

Heres the info you wanted anyway,

 

pc8500 0642024-2

pc8500 0642024-2

pc8500 0642024-2

pc8500 0642024-2

 

pc8888 0641247-1

pc8888 0641247-1

pc8888 0641247-1

pc8888 0641247-1

 

2nd. If I didnt have faith in corsair, I wouldnt have bought 8 sticks of the most expensive ram they sell. so to the fan boy off my sack please.

 

3rd. I have been to a ton of forums in looking forward to trying to fix this ram. from the mobo forum to the video card forums to nvidia forums. so i dont have time to check to see which moderators actually let people rant and who doesnt. but 7/10 times people dont. they dont want to look bad, hence my pecimistic attitude.

 

4th. usually employees of companies like this lurk their own forums even after hours because they are concerned about situations like these. also when they are open they tend to be busy answering phones and actually doing real work. in fact i know several companies where the employees start lurking only AFTER hours.

 

5th. dont you think i know having so many bad sticks is rare? i mean come on. derrrr. of course its rare, hence my post and hence why im a little upset. for all this bad ram to find its way into a single consumers hands is either a really bad coincidence or a whole lot of bad ram and noone knows about it. rather than just return everything and blow it off. I went to the source.

 

 

And finally to the RAM GUY. No Im testing in pairs. I didnt think it would be wise testing all four at once. I have also tested in single sticks. Hence why I know only ONE stick is good and the rest are failing desperately. Im running 2.4 volts on the pc8888 with the fan on. and 2.2 volts on the pc8500 with the fan on them as well.

 

Also I have a friend with pc8500 and his test fine he has two sticks from another lot number. BUT in 2 diff mobos his ram doesnt register as EPP/SLI. Either asus and evga are wrong and Ill be calling evga as soon as they open. OR theres a bigger problem out there.

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Wired is an Administrator here, not a Corsair employee, not a fan boy (but he does try to help).

 

I'm glad you're being understanding and feel free to rant since we won't close the thread just because of an irate person! Thee point of all this is to help people, not try to squelch them.

 

As for the modules, a bit of advice, when you get them replaced (as RAM GUY has requested) fill out the forms as X sets of TwinX, 2 modules per set. Hopefully this gets sorted since having that many bad modules is a sign of something bigger going on, especially if you've tested the friend's memory in your system.

 

PLUR

CK

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First thing, like we asked before please call our Tech support at 800-205-7657 and we can try to help you. But all of our modules are tested on a MB before they leave the factory so with that many failing there is more than likely some other problem. However we will be happy to test them for you if you like, but from what you have posted I would suggest testing with another system to be sure and maybe try just one Video card to make sure its not a power issue with those new cards!

 

Second thing,

I was in meetings all of last week and was not available much so myself and one of my staff was working on the forum after hours to help make sure everyone was helped. Normally we are only here during normal hours 8:AM to 5PM Monday Thru Friday excluding holidays.

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First thing, like we asked before please call our Tech support at 800-205-7657 and we can try to help you. But all of our modules are tested on a MB before they leave the factory so with that many failing there is more than likely some other problem. However we will be happy to test them for you if you like, but from what you have posted I would suggest testing with another system to be sure and maybe try just one Video card to make sure its not a power issue with those new cards!

 

Second thing,

I was in meetings all of last week and was not available much so myself and one of my staff was working on the forum after hours to help make sure everyone was helped. Normally we are only here during normal hours 8:AM to 5PM Monday Thru Friday excluding holidays.

 

 

I dont think Im coming across to everyone here. I completely agree that its most likely a 1 in a million shot that ALL my ram is bad. But the OCZ works fine. AND ONE stick of the nicer dominator. Tested and tried in another mobo with even less power than I have on my setup. I tried everything with only one card and only stuck my second card in when EVGA told me too. They thought the second card was the problem. Besides I always test both cards individually on 3dmark06 to make sure they are close enough together in spec for my taste. Also evga is sending me a second board because of the epp/sli not registering is with every single piece of ur pc8500. Not a single person can get those particular pieces of ram to register as epp/sli in the new evga board. go check their forums its the hottest thing to talk about.

 

My new evga board gets here tomorrow to fix a different problem. They are going to put a beta bios in it hopefully a side effect will fix the ram. But at the huge rate everyone who owns one of these boards is complaining, someone has to do something. if the pc8888 registers as epp/sli and the pc8500 doesnt then most likely its the ram. if ALL dominator didnt register in the boards then Id put my money on the board. EIther way something isnt right. why does the ocz work and not the corsair?

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Ive just come from a guy who had a similar problem with a motherboard every perfomance piece of memory failed memtest except a cheaper brand. Turned out to be the motherboard was autosensing the memory incorrectly and because of that memtest was failing, just cause a certain stick is working correctly and then the others arent doesnt mean that the sticks are faulty, the abit fatility board is renowned for not autosensing mem sticks until a certain bios upgrade was applied to the board.

 

have you manually set the timings on the motherboard? or are they autosensing.

 

if they are manual what have you got them set you and also is the rest of the board o/c in any way?

 

also in memtest are you using a standard test or using bios probe etc etc?

 

just curious and trying to help :)

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yeah i have tried doing manually but because RAMGUY wont release the "good" subtimings i have to leave them auto and I highly doubt they are correct.

 

Please post the information Ram Guy is asking of you. It is a reasonable request that he is asking of you so that he can help you better.

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ok tbh i cant find any last 6 digit number in addition to the numbers i have provided. not on the ram not on the box.

 

the ONLY number i can find is gold and on the end of the ram.

 

50-00170b-g

 

heres everysingle number and they are all the same on the pc8888

 

CM2X1024-8888C4D

XMS2-8888 1024 MB 1111 mhz 4-4-4-12 XMS8804v1.2 0641247-1

 

there are no other numbers and i looked around on the forum for any other clues about where the markings would be on the RAM itself.

 

here are ALL the markings for my pc8500

 

50-00170B-G

CM2X1024-8500C5D

XMS2-8500 1024MB 1066MHZ 5-5-5-15 XMS8505V1.2 0642024-2

 

 

perhaps the barcode would be of help pc8500 = 870584008125

 

pc8888 = 870584008118

 

dunno what other numbers i can pull out of my *** for you. but honestly i been over the modules with a fine tooth comb. please lead me to my idiocy as to where they would be located.

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as much as it pains me to say....

 

 

you should check the evga forums.

 

all the new 680i's fry whatever ram is placed in any slot save slot #1. so people are loosing ram by the casefull.

 

as much as id love to shove this mobo somewhere. i highly doubt that you guys are going to be willing to replace ram that has been fried by a bad bios or what kind of rep you have with evga. But i think its about time you guys talk.

 

Everytime ram that doesnt run at 1.9 volts stock IE a bios change needs to take place. Like with the dominator and my ocz which are now paperweights. The second blue slot destroys whatever ram is there.

 

as fas as i can tell with my volt meter its not an over voltage problem. what happens is the voltage varies SO much the it makes the ram unstable. however if you remove the ram from that slot and to slot #1 it will not regain its stability. I dont have a clue why, and evga cant even explain whats going on.

 

Ill supply pictures if u think u can still help me.

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http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/3927/dsc00172my0.jpg

 

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/9383/dsc00175bm9.jpg

 

http://img77.imageshack.us/img77//dsc00173hc2.jpg

 

 

sorry the picture of all of them is blurry, is not my camera.

 

also i returned 2 of the pc8888 for a refund.

 

newest update is I have had 3 evga boards now. none of the pc8888 worked in any of them and 2 of the pc8500 sticks work in the newest board. the "other" companies ram now doesnt work period. and it used to be more reliable than the dominator.

 

i have NO clue what to do. return it all is what im thinking.

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