Jestersage Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Hello all, I am conducting a new build using a i7 2700k, H80, P8Z68-V Pro/gen3, and the 16gb Vengeance LP kit. While doing the first test using the memtest86+, one of the sticks seems to be failing in test 1 even in the first pass. Not certain if it's just the stick or MB, I tested it in all the other slots - same thing. Other sticks passed 5 times at least in memtest. BIOS was updated to 0402 (the newest). Does that mean I have a bad RAM, or something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexxsys Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I can only guess as yes. As I have the same board and ram as you. Same problem Ran Memtest and got errors on one stick out of the 4. It is not the board from my testing. See thread here : LINK What is your voltage set at? Auto? At or Manual? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jestersage Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 Default/Optimized setting, and when I checked, it should be all on auto (not even using XMP) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexxsys Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Ah okay, so you are not even running the RAM as 1600, but 1333. Hmm, well that shoots the first theory I had to the problem. (IMC on tbe board). Shot in the dark second theory, but what version is your ram? Mine is v2.12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jestersage Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 Yes, mine is also v2.12 - Are there known problems about those RAM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexxsys Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Hmm, well it seems that v2.12 has shown up as an issue with a number of post across the web. Not saying it is true, could be volume and luck. It looks to me like the majority of the issues with 16 GB and this Board is that XMP profile. But in your case and mine that is not the whole truth. I have found nothing on the Asus boards either. I am still waiting on my RMA, but in the mean time I picked up 2 X 4 GB kit and running with that. Going to keep investigating. If haven't already try again with the DRAM voltage set manually to 1.55. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Smith Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 My version is 8.16 and I am having issues with running 16G of this ram. Was all good for a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexxsys Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Well that shoots that theory all to pieces :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jestersage Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 Tried all the remedies - still got memtest redline. Anything else other than RMA, and if it will even work to begin with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexxsys Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Yup, same with me. If it doesnt I dont know what that means?? :sigh!::sigh!::sigh!: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Smith Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 No if you got redline with memtest then I think it's RMA time!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jestersage Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 Very well - if that's the case, what do I need to post in here to have RAM Guy allocate an RMA number, or can I just submit a ticket request on support page? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexxsys Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Very well - if that's the case, what do I need to post in here to have RAM Guy allocate an RMA number, or can I just submit a ticket request on support page? Just click the Request an RMA on the side bar on left side of this page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted January 23, 2012 Corsair Employees Share Posted January 23, 2012 wait, first thing to do is check with the respective MB maker and see if there is a newer BIOS available and if so please try that first and you should be able to install the modules then go to BIOS setup and load setup defaults and then enable XMP Profile one should be all you need to do. If you still have problems install just one module and repeat the steps above and test with http://www.memtest.org one module at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexxsys Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 0402 is the latest Bios Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jestersage Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 wait, first thing to do is check with the respective MB maker and see if there is a newer BIOS available and if so please try that first and you should be able to install the modules then go to BIOS setup and load setup defaults and then enable XMP Profile on should be all you need to do. If you still have problems install just one module and repeat the steps above and test with http://www.memtest.org one module at a time. BIOS is now 0402, and RAM setted to XMP. Tested each sticks in 2 passes in each slot. Still the same one being "faulty" The only thing I have not tried is to disable legacy USB, due to the fact i am booting memtest+ off of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexxsys Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Same result I had. Bios version and settings I can't see making a difference if it is always the same stick that is faulty no matter what you change. I could see the settings and bios version making a difference if it afterward you see another stick fail or the faulty one show success. Just my two cents. Sending my 4X4GB kit back today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted January 27, 2012 Corsair Employees Share Posted January 27, 2012 If one module fails then please use the link on the left and request an RMA and we can replace them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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