Jahren Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Okay I'm about to give up. I've had problems with the DDR2-1066 (Dominator-8500C5*SLI) 4X1 so 2X2kits My old motherboard was supposed to support it but for some reasons, after a few months, the ram exploded. giving infinite amount of errors in memtest I RMAed it and got exactly the same problem 2 months later. RMAed again and suspected my motherboard would be a ram killer. I ditched EVERY HARDWARE except my tower. I changed mobo, switched from intel to AMD, new video, the RMAed Ram, new hdds, new dvd, new PSU, EVERYTHING except the tower. BSOD and reboots. I removed one stick, so it runs in single and so far so good... testing each module in single works but fail in dual tested on a spare computer, same results Guess what, after a few months, my Dominator died again ! So there are 3 possibilities: 1 : My tower is shorting my mobo or something 2 : I got 3 times defect corsair 3 : I'm really badlucked (3 applies to choice 1 or 2 anyways) UPDATE : An other dimm died a few days after the first one. Same symptoms, died after idling for 2-3 days. Quick reboot shows corruption. Memtest fails. Removed a dimm, unplugged power cord, press power and reset buttons to drop the current, wait for 15 mins and power up. memtest shows no error. Based on past experience, an other dimm will die in a few days. I have tried but I think I would be able to get all 4 together again If I unplug the tower, ground the power and wait for the dimms to cool off any hint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted December 11, 2009 Corsair Employee Share Posted December 11, 2009 How many modules are you using in the system and what is the exact model of MB and CPU and what were the BIOS settings for both CPU and memory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahren Posted December 17, 2009 Author Share Posted December 17, 2009 Update : I ran memtest after removing one of the 4 dimms, and ran fine for hours I let the computer idle for 2-3 days. I come back the system tells me the checksum failed because its corrupt or something. Removed an other dimm and ran memtest again, runs fine :P but for how long! Looking at the forums tell me there is a recurring problem. Only bios setting I changed from default is dimm voltage up to 2.1v kicked NB a little so it handles the 4 dimms correctly. Now running with only 2 dimms and i'm pretty sure its going to crash in 2-3 days. any help would be appreciated besides RMA... I can't believe I got a third time bad rams! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 What's the exact model of your CPU? What you listed (which I moved to your specs) was incomplete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahren Posted December 17, 2009 Author Share Posted December 17, 2009 sorry, its the AMD Athlon II X2 245 The reason I didnt update my profile is that it is my media pc, not my main pc. edit : Is there a way to get something else from RMA? Or at least a refund. I'm sick of going throught this and finally end up paying shipping and customs and then get the same problem with different hardware. I have not tried yet but I think I would be able to get all 4 together again If I unplug the tower, ground the power and wait for the dimms to cool off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahren Posted December 20, 2009 Author Share Posted December 20, 2009 bump......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 If you want an RMA, Request an RMA. After you get an RMA number, contact customerservice@corsair.com with any non-standard requests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahren Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 thanks wired Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted January 25, 2010 Corsair Employee Share Posted January 25, 2010 Reading back through you case it seems the problem may not be the memory, have you tested all of the modules one at a time with http://www.memtest.org and what was the out come? And what are the exact BIOS settings you had set for both CPU and memory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthohol Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 ... so 2X2kits mixing 2 kits are unsupported and not recommended ever, and may never work at listed speeds together, have you tried all 4 at 800Mhz? wait for the dimms to cool offi have yet to see RAM get hot unless they are seriously overvolted. i have a pair of 3,4,3,9 Dominators at 2.4v and are still cool to the touch. i wish you luck none the less. try 800Mhz, that may be the answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 I don't think any AMD DDR based CPU is going to run 4 up at 1066 reliably. It's too much loading on the memory controller. You'll need to run the memory at DDR800 or if that is not stable, DDR667. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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