Memtest ошибки test 6

  • ruifung

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    When running memtest86 in order to diagnose a string of random crashes and BSoD, I noticed that regardless of RAM used (I alternated between 2), Test 6 would consistently produce errors when ran on a specific CPU core, which is CPU 6 aka Physical Core 4. The same test, when run using other cores, does not produce any errors. Therefore, is this indicative of a bad CPU core? Also all tests prior to test 6 and does not produce errors on any cores.

    Log: https://pastebin.com/GMkidSNG

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    Looking at the log it is clear that something is wrong.
    Despite the CPU looking like it is at fault, RAM sticks are easier to change, compared to the CPU. So I would still be tempted to remove one of the RAM sticks at a time and retest.

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    I have tested each stick individually, removing one at a time. And they still show the same results, no errors up to test 6, and no errors on all but core 4.

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    Wow, this is an interesting coincidence. I’m hitting the same problem — one specific core is failing block moves. Have you resolved it yet?

    Here’s what I’ve done so far:
    — first memory kit worked in Windows for about a week, but showed some bluescreens after that
    — memtest86+ failed with first memory kit at this point (single cpu mode)
    — reseated CPU & RAM, no different
    — replaced RAM, different vendor also on motherboard QVL
    — passed ~12 hours of single threaded tests with memtest86+
    — wouldn’t boot Windows without bugchecking
    — switched to Memtest86, ran multicore tests
    — core 2 failing a bunch of stuff on block move & moving inversions and eventually hang. Core 0 or 4 will pass alone
    — Switched motherboard settings to use just 1 CPU core — Windows boots!

    This is the strangest issue I’ve ever dealt with.

    I’m about to try swapping the power supply because I have a known good one available. If that fails, I’ll try CPU tomorrow since I can’t get another of the same board motherboard locally.

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    For the record the CPU in the initial case as a Intel Core i7-7700HQ @ 2.80GHz and the errors where generally one or two bit errors,

    [MEM ERROR — Data] Test: 6, CPU: 6, Address: 2FCD4028, Expected: EFFFFFFF, Actual: E7FFFFFF
    [MEM ERROR — Data] Test: 6, CPU: 6, Address: 30D74F08, Expected: 00FFFF05, Actual: 0000FFBF
    [MEM ERROR — Data] Test: 6, CPU: 6, Address: 31483048, Expected: 00FFFF00, Actual: 0000BB7F
    [MEM ERROR — Data] Test: 6, CPU: 6, Address: 3154CF08, Expected: FFFE7FFF, Actual: FFFFFFFF
    [MEM ERROR — Data] Test: 6, CPU: 6, Address: 3172A188, Expected: 00FFFFF7, Actual: 0000FFFF

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    Originally posted by patricklang

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    Wow, this is an interesting coincidence. I’m hitting the same problem — one specific core is failing block moves. Have you resolved it yet?

    Here’s what I’ve done so far:
    — first memory kit worked in Windows for about a week, but showed some bluescreens after that
    — memtest86+ failed with first memory kit at this point (single cpu mode)
    — reseated CPU & RAM, no different
    — replaced RAM, different vendor also on motherboard QVL
    — passed ~12 hours of single threaded tests with memtest86+
    — wouldn’t boot Windows without bugchecking
    — switched to Memtest86, ran multicore tests
    — core 2 failing a bunch of stuff on block move & moving inversions and eventually hang. Core 0 or 4 will pass alone
    — Switched motherboard settings to use just 1 CPU core — Windows boots!

    This is the strangest issue I’ve ever dealt with.

    I’m about to try swapping the power supply because I have a known good one available. If that fails, I’ll try CPU tomorrow since I can’t get another of the same board motherboard locally.

    Well, regrettably for me, this is a laptop. And most of my crashing issues was worked around by configuring windows to only use the first 3 cores. So I’d say there’s probably something wrong with the fourth core?

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  • patricklang

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    Well I guess it may be possible for certain cores to fail now. I swapped power supplies — no change. I swapped CPUs today leaving the RAM alone and it’s passing with the new CPU. I have never seen a CPU fail that wasn’t overclocked and overvolted.

    Before swap (Intel i7-8700)

    Last 10 Errors
    [Data Error] Test: 5, CPU: 0, Address: 2B8301074, Expected: EE56B51A, Actual: EE56B53A
    [Data Error] Test: 5, CPU: 0, Address: 2B830105C, Expected: EE56B51A, Actual: EE56B50A
    [Data Error] Test: 5, CPU: 0, Address: 2B1F41174, Expected: A6EF1BCF, Actual: A6EF1B86
    [Data Error] Test: 5, CPU: 0, Address: 2B1F41164, Expected: A6EF1BCF, Actual: A6EF1BA6
    [Data Error] Test: 5, CPU: 0, Address: 2B1F41154, Expected: A6EF1BCF, Actual: A6EF1B59
    [Data Error] Test: 5, CPU: 0, Address: 2B1F41144, Expected: A6EF1BCF, Actual: A6EF1B59
    [Data Error] Test: 5, CPU: 0, Address: 2AC561174, Expected: B711BCD2, Actual: B711BCF2
    [Data Error] Test: 5, CPU: 0, Address: 2AC56115C, Expected: B711BCD2, Actual: B711BCC2
    [Data Error] Test: 5, CPU: 0, Address: 2AFE51174, Expected: 18D96198, Actual: 18D961B8
    [Data Error] Test: 5, CPU: 0, Address: 2AFE5115C, Expected: 18D96198, Actual: 18D96188

    After swap (Intel i3-8100 — only thing in stock)

    Test # Tests Passed Errors
    Test 0 [Address test, walking ones, 1 CPU] 2/2 (100%) 0
    Test 1 [Address test, own address, 1 CPU] 2/2 (100%) 0
    Test 2 [Address test, own address] 2/2 (100%) 0
    Test 3 [Moving inversions, ones & zeroes] 2/2 (100%) 0
    Test 4 [Moving inversions, 8-bit pattern] 2/2 (100%) 0
    Test 5 [Moving inversions, random pattern] 2/2 (100%) 0
    Test 6 [Block move, 64-byte blocks] 2/2 (100%) 0
    Test 7 [Moving inversions, 32-bit pattern] 2/2 (100%) 0
    Test 8 [Random number sequence] 2/2 (100%) 0
    Test 9 [Modulo 20, ones & zeros] 2/2 (100%) 0
    Test 10 [Bit fade test, 2 patterns, 1 CPU] 2/2 (100%) 0
    Test 13 [Hammer test] 1/1 (100%) 0

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  • David (PassMark)

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    Here’s the funny thing. I’ve been building and fixing PCs for 30 years. I’ve never seen a CPU failure either. Lots of RAM, disk failures. motherboard and PSU failures. Never a CPU. But in a single week we have 3 people in the forums saying they have CPU failures. Maybe the quality assurance processes are getting worse. Or maybe it was AMD pushing Intel into doing releases for new CPUs before they were properly tested.

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    Hi,
    This morning I stared to get browsers crashes and blue screen in Win10 (64). Three times in a row after system reboot.
    Then I’ve run memorytest84 7.4 and on 3th pass received CPU related errors on test 6 — attached.
    Is this the same thing as above mention or maybe something else?

    P.S. there is something like this in Event Viewer:

    [ Name] Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power
    [ Guid] {331C3B3A-2005-44C2-AC5E-77220C37D6B4}
    Keywords 0x8000400000000002
    [ SystemTime] 2018-01-28T11:16:47.362218800Z
    BugcheckParameter2 0xffffee0000015ee8
    BugcheckParameter3 0x80000001e69dc867
    ConnectedStandbyInProgress false
    SystemSleepTransitionsToOn 0
    CsEntryScenarioInstanceId 0

    I would appreciate your help on this one.
    Thank you in advance.
    Damjan

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    Damjan,

    At the risk of stating the obvious, your RAM errors reported in MemTest86 look like RAM errors. Replace the RAM.

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  • Axelgrey

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    I had the exact same issue as Damjan.
    Just want to let you know that it might not necessarily be a memory issue. Had it happen on the insanely binned trident neo 3600 cl14, possibly motherboard was not able to handle it as it acted differently with every bios update.
    Icreasing the voltage might have also fixed it but I went instead with increasing the delays slightly so it doesn’to overheat from 14-15-15-15-35 to 15-15-15-15-35 and now it’s completely stable with no noticable difference.

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    I’m not a super experienced person with computers. I started doing some research when my system would just suddenly turn off and reboot (not always successfully). My research lead to me doing a test with memtest86. I can’t give a full report like Damjam but I can say my BugcheckCode was 0 (meaning no error code was recorded). I’m wondering if my CPU has gone bad because of my overclocking (I keep my system cool, usually below 75c tops) any advice as to how I can further diagnose or fix would be appreciated. Also here’s a picture of my errors reported by memtest86

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I recently bought 2nd hand 2x4gb for my old laptop.
The ram i got is SK Hynix SO-DiMM 1.35v 1600MHz My CPU only uses 1333 only though.
Previously i had 3Gb 1x1gb 1333Mhz and 1x2Gb 1333Mhz oth 1.5v — some preinstalled modules frome the factory of Laptop.
i was using Linux Mint on that laptop it felt slow so i upgraded the CPU to the same that was listed on the compatible list from producer.

After installing those 2 modules the system booted up but the CInamon GUI or whatever it is crasshed on login, and it happens each time.
I did try to boot with 1 module out of those two and i had no crash on that Cinamon thingy. I did not try to swap out and see other module on its own I decided to do the mem test — found the memtest86 free and ran some test.

I had errors only on test-6 , bellow are some screens and logs. Im not sure if those errors are something thats common, or those modules are totaly bad and i should send them back, or maybe i should test them in some other way.

There could be some other error with the system itself cause i installed the system when there was only 3GB of ram, maybe there is some kernel problems when I install 8Gb im totaly newb and this is the frist time i used this system to try it out.

single module results

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after this first error I installed the other Dimm and ran the tests again

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System Information

EFI Specifications 2.00
System
Manufacturer ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
Product Name K53SJ
Version 1.0
Serial Number filled by O.E.M.
BIOS
Vendor American Megatrends Inc.
Version K53SJ.216
Release Date 04/27/2011
Baseboard
Manufacturer ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
Product Name K53SJ
Version 1.0
Serial Number
CPU Type Intel Core i7-2630QM @ 2.00GHz
CPU Clock 1996 MHz [Turbo: 2594.2 MHz]
# Logical Processors 8 (1 enabled for testing)
L1 Cache 4 x 64K (35159 MB/s)
L2 Cache 4 x 256K (25957 MB/s)
L3 Cache 6144K (16614 MB/s)
Memory 8104M (13390 MB/s)
DIMM Slot #0 4GB DDR3 PC3-12800
SK Hynix / HMT451S6DFR8A-PB / 27537BD7
11-11-11-28 / 1600 MHz / 1.5V, 1.35V
DIMM Slot #1 4GB DDR3 PC3-12800
SK Hynix / HMT451S6BFR8A-PB / 0E5C6DB5
11-11-11-28 / 1600 MHz / 1.5V, 1.35V

Result summary

Test Start Time 2019-04-11 04:45:50
Elapsed Time 0:31:06
Memory Range Tested 0x0 — 24FE00000 (9470MB)
CPU Selection Mode Single: CPU # 0
ECC Polling Enabled
# Tests Passed 7/8 (87%)
Lowest Error Address 0x1F304F018 (7984MB)
Highest Error Address 0x1F3907018 (7993MB)
Bits in Error Mask 0000000000020000
Bits in Error 1
Max Contiguous Errors 1
Test # Tests Passed Errors
Test 6 [Block move, 64-byte blocks] 3/4 (75%) 4
Test 13 [Hammer test] 4/4 (100%) 0
Last 10 Errors
2019-04-11 04:46:30 — [Data Error] Test: 6, CPU: 0, Address: 1F3907018, Expected: 00000400, Actual: 00020400
2019-04-11 04:46:30 — [Data Error] Test: 6, CPU: 0, Address: 1F35FB018, Expected: 00080000, Actual: 000A0000
2019-04-11 04:46:30 — [Data Error] Test: 6, CPU: 0, Address: 1F35DF018, Expected: 00000200, Actual: 00020200
2019-04-11 04:46:30 — [Data Error] Test: 6, CPU: 0, Address: 1F304F018, Expected: 00080000, Actual: 000A0000



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Memory modules sold as Singles have no guarantee to be compatible in any configuration other than as a Single module.

Memory is guaranteed in the form sold. Other combinations you decide to make have no guarantee to be compatible together.

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Ok i get that those are 2 DiMMS not as a set, however both have same same speeds and size, would the fact that those are not a SET create those errors? or is the memory faulty?

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I ran Memtest to test the stability of my build since I was noticing crashes in Prime95 and Intel Burn Test. It turns out I have errors with my ram, but they only appear on test 6. Is this an issue with my memory or another component?

When this issue began

I noticed my build was stable when I first put it together a few weeks ago. Since then, I’ve taken out the memory and reinstalled it because I needed room to get into my case (cramped mini-ITX build). I think I may have accidentally damaged the memory or the memory slots on my motherboard when reseating the memory.

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September 10, 2017

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Cause/Steps to recreate the issue

Ran Memtest, Prime95, and Intel Burn Test. Either my computer crashes or the program crashes.

What I’ve tried so far to resolve the issue

I’ve tried reseating the memory. I will try to run each stick individually and see if it’s an issue with a certain module. Edit: I ran Memtest86 twice with the ram sticks in different slots. The results are similar, but the error address locations are slightly different. You can see the images here.

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anybody know what memtest test 6 errors mean. I only get errors in test 6

For some reason, my computer which has been running fine for about 5 months starting resetting on me randomly…maybe.. once every week or so. I ran memtest and memtest only shows 1 or 2 errors about every other pass in test #6 only. I read about turning off legacy USB support and have done that already, but still yield the same results.

Specs:

x2 3800+ AC pro 64 (939)
a8n-e mobo
2x 160gb raptors RAID 0
2x 300gb hd
1x 250gb hd
480 watt antec truepower 2.0
7900gt co ac 5 rev 3
dvr 111d burner
2 sticks of twinmos 512mb (2.5-3-3-8 @ 201mhz)
2 sticks of corsair 1gb (2.5-3-3-8 @ 201mhz)

I though it would be the twinmos… so I removed one (from slot 4) and ran test 6 only… 2 passes, no errors, removed the other stick and put the other stick back in (also in slot 4)… 2 passes.. no errors… put them both in…. the setup doesn’t recognize the twinmos ram at all and gives many errors in memtest.

remove the twinmos and put 2×512 ballistix ram in place of the twinmos… ran memtest … 13 hours and 9 passes later… i get almost the same results. The ballistix are rated to run at 2-2-2-7 i believe, but i loosened the timings to match my corsairs at 2.5-3-3-8. Still getting 1 or 2 test 6 errors every other pass or so.

so my question is…. could it be my PSU not being able to put out enough juice? Faulty hd (ran scandisk, no errors)? Could it be my mobo? Could it be I need to up the voltage on the ram (running at 2.7v right now)

any insight would be greatly appreciated.

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The problem is most likely the ram
Either get it RMA’d. slow it down via FSB or timings or do as you suggested, increase the voltage slightly.
Before RMAing, try it in another pc to make sure the fault persists.

To see if you are pushing the psu too hard, unplug anything you dont need and see if it improves.
The power supply for the ram is generated on the motherboard and isnt a great power drain unless something is faulty.
As other ram works fine, its unlikely to be a motherboard fault.

Some motherboards are sensitive to particular memory modules so its good to see if there have been any BIOS updates for the motherboard that fix memory issues.
Check to see if others have had similar problems with your memory and motherboard.

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thanks for the reply… im trying each stick individually now and perhaps up the voltage to 2.75. I tried the twinmos on another system… no errors for 5 or so passes, but 1 pass shoes 12 errors in test 5.

i looked at the PSU… there should be no sweatin the power consumed by my compnonents.

x2 3800 is about 125w
7900gt is about 60w
at max, 2 raptors runs about 25w (read/write)
i assume 3 other hd’s are about the same.. so 35 w

so PSU shouldn’t even get close to reaching its limit, the TP2-480 is known to have good efficiency

going through each stick individually now (ballistix and crucial) to see which stick may be faulty… its a shame that it takes an insane amount of time for each pass in memtest.

thanks for you help nenu

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alright.. im confused now… i just tested each stick for errors individually…. zero errors come up … 3 passes each…

when all four are put together though.. it yields errors in test 6 only again…

failling addresses is diff each time, but it always fails on :

good: f f f f f f f b
bad : f f f f f f f f

i just cannot seem to figure out the problem… and its driving me crazy

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If you have enabled 1T timing in the CMOS, this wont work for 4 memory sticks.
You must select 2T for 4 sticks to work.

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im hopelessly lost..

nenu.. thanks again for ur help…

my config is already at 2t.

i’ve tried everythign.. isolated each stick. then i began removing all my hd’s and peripherals until all i had was the cd drive, psu, cpu and vidcard… and it still gave me the error (1 or 2 errors in test 6)… i’ve tried swapping slots on all the dimms… no go… upped the voltages.. loosened the timings… everything…

no idea what it could be….

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Sorry to hear the problem is persisting.

I had a similar problem when mixing ram on a friends motherboard.
Each pair of memory sticks would work fine but when put together to give 4 sticks, it was very unstable.
The culprit turned out to be the memory timings being quite different on the 2 pairs of memory sticks.

When the pc boots it will read one of the memory modules SPD and set the timings according to that.
If a speed setting on the chosen module is too fast for another module in the system, it can become unstable or not work at all.

The problem was a little more severe than that as we found that one pair worked best at rated speed and a little faster but became unstable when some settings were slowed down.
The opposite was the case with the other pair of sticks, they would work as rated speed and a bit slower on some settings.

We ended up testing the settings for a lot of timings for each memory pair and then found which settings worked for both pairs.
There was a narrow band of usable values for a few settings but it worked :)

Its a bit long winded but might be worth trying.

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ok.. after taking a couple days off.. i was at it again trying to figure out what is wrong w/ my setup…. the freezing has gotten worse… the computer gets the BSOD within 4 minutes of booting into windows

i have tried all sorts of timings and tests, isolation… even tried out microsofts memory diagnostic… which pulled up stride6 errors once every 3 passes. The test 6 errors (maybe one or two every other pass or so) are persistent.

I’ve tried overclocking.. underclocking… loosening timings … reduce ht multipliers… everything… nothing seems to work.

there was a single boot where the computer didn’t get the BSOD for atleast 20 minutes until i turned it off… (mem was running at ddr200, and ht at 200mhz). I tried this setting again after testing variations of speeds… got the BSOD within 5 minutes.

I am absolutely clueless as to what to do here. .. I can’t even pinpoint if its the memory anymore or if its some other piece of hardware causing the problem.

Any other things i should try out?. Please don’t hesitate to let me know. I toyed with the idea that the CMOS battery perhaps is dying and is causing the instability (I have yet to test this theory). I ruled out PSU cause i tried pulling everything out except CPU, cd, vidcard, mem.. and still gave me the memtest 6 errors. By that method.. also ruled out, soundcard, raid ide card, firewire card, any of the 6 hds. Whats left is… mobo, vidcard, PSU (maybe), and the memory.

Thank you nenu for all the suggestions you have given me thus far. I greatly appreciate it.

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I wouldn’t imagine its the PSU. Usually if you get errors like that, it is either the RAM or mobo. Maybe you can test it out on a friends rig? Maybe you can swap out the mobo if you are lucky and try that.

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In order to properly isolate the problem, you should try 1 stick at a time in the B1 (I think) slot…

If they all work, then it will get more tedious… you will have to start testing them in other slots… I am aware that you can only run 1 stick in certain slots with that board, so it might be hard to perfectly diagnose it

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thanks for all the replies..

the memory seems to be fine…. I tried isolating the problem… tested each single stick in first slot (which i assume is b1) and ran memtest test 6 for three to five passes for each… all passed.. no errors.

when I put them all together though (2 x1gb corsair valueselect, 2x 512mb crucial ballistix or 2x 512 twinmos) it rings up errors.

as for swapping out the mobo… i would like to say this is the absolute last resort or if I find out it is absolutely the mobo. Swapping out the mobo will take considerable time and effort lol.

thanks again for all the suggestions.

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do any of those 3 pairs work well individually?

if so, then it’s not so much that anything is wrong as much as motherboards are very picky about what you put when you load 4 dimms.

that’s why I didn’t even try adding my 2×512’s when I upgraded to 2×1024’s…

surprised you even ran it for 5 months without a problem.

If you can run the 2GB corsair kit stable, then I’d say just do that and try to be happy.

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i can’t remember if i ever just tried a pair by themselves… the idea of only 2gb vs 3gb and letting my ballistix go to waste makes me sad .. haha… but i suppose you are right.. i should give that a try and see how it goes..

thanks

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alrighty.. what i thought was okay ram.. was actually my corsair giving me the test 6 errors…removed that… and I found what I thought to be the culprit causing the memtest errors and system reboots….

but I was wrong lol…. slapped in some new memory… no memtest errors on either test five or 6 after about 10 passes.

few minutes after it gets into windows (every single time i boot windows)… i get the BSOD…

DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

which after some researching has to do w/ memory?… but i am seriously doubtin its a memory issue this time… as it passed memtest 6-7 times w/o any errors. It occasionally crashes before it even gets into windows. but i haven’t been able to capture the BSOD on that yet…

so it seems.. the memtest errors and the BSOD restarting issue was independent of each other…

::sigh::… this is depressing..

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Hmmm…

Well if I was in your shoes, I would try 2 sticks of whatever RAM is working in Memtest perfectly… JUST TWO STICKS. if you have problems, try the other slots, and if it works then, it might just be one of your DIMM slots is problematic on your board.

If that doesn’t solve things, try removing any unnecessary things from the system (i.e. extra HDs, soundcards, whatever) and reinstall windows.

See if everything is stable from there.

Really, the best way to prove it’s your motherboard for sure is to try another power supply as well, and another hard drive if that’s old too.

You may want to consider updating your BIOS to the latest version to see if that helps.

It’s not going to be easy to know what is wrong for sure unless you have some spare parts lying around.

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Hi :)

I have a problem, and I’d need to find some help because I don’t know what to do … and there’s job waiting to be done :(
Please, I need help with this.

My system :

Asus P5k-E/WiFi AP (Intel P35 chipset)
Intel COre 2 Q6600
G.Skill F2-6400CL5-2GBPQ (4 modules, 2gb each for a 8gb total) working in dual channel.
nVidia GTS-250 1024Mb
3x WD Caviar 500Gb HDD, 2 of them working in RAID1 configuration.
Memory card reader, DVD Burner, etc …
Windows Vista Ultimate x64 SP1

No overcloking, everything memory and CPU related set at Auto. Intel Speed step decides when to boost the CPU.

This is my problem.

I’ve been running this system without a problem for the last year, and before that I was using just 2 G.Skill DIMMs for a 4Gb total. I added the two new modules a year ago and everything was working perfectly since then.

A couple days ago things went wrong. The PC started hanging at random (or so it seems to me) and I’ve tried to pinpoint what the problem might be.

I decided to start testing the memory as any windows test I did was helping to pinpoint the problem.

I first tried some old memtest86 I had, v2.10 I guess, but the progran locked up … supposedly when it found errors, i don’t know. So, I downloaded the latest memtest86+ avalable, 4.10, burned a DVD and started testing. I also disabled USB legacy as i read it might be cause of truble.

These are my findings and the reason I’m completely at a loss :

I tested one module on the 4 different memory slots for 4-5 passes … so 20 passes in total. No error.
I tested each individual module for 4-5 passes on the same bank. No problem at all, no error

I tested each couple of «dual channel» DIMMs. 5 hours straight each, no error.

I tested all 4 DIMMs. Errors everywhere when the process reached test #6 (moving inversions, 32 bit pattern).
I’ve repeated the wholes test run a few times. It always start throwing errors when it reaches test #6. No other tests causes a problem that I know of.

I’ve a set the program to just perform test #6. Sometimes it needs 2 passes to start failing, but most times it starts in the 1st pass.
Sometimes the errors start at 2048M — 3328M, 16% complete … or at 8192 — 8960, 15% … or at 188K — 2048M, 6% … no consistency at all.

So, in short … it only fails the test #6 … and only when the 4 modules are set.

Another bit o info that I’ve observed.

DMI memory device info (hitting ‘c’, then ‘5’) shows normal info until the errors start. Then it shows corrupted text (IE, things like … DIMt3 instead of DIMM3, empty spaces instead of DIMM0, one module shows speed 65056 instead of 800, mapped to: no mapping on DIMM 0 … all the info looks weird, corrupted. ). But the program continues to perform apparently OK, though I usually can’t get out of test #6 or reboot pressing ESC.

On the main screen, CAS : 5-5-5-15 shows correct info, until the errors start appearing, then sometimes shows nonsense values like 45-64-37-1.

So … what’s your oppinion ? Any test that can help ? Any info you need me to provide ? What could be causing this situation ? Please, I need help.

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  • #2

Yes, 1.85 and 1.9.
And upping the north bridge voltage to 1.4 too.

No luck.

But one thing worked … relaxing the timings from 5-5-5-15 to 6-6-6-16. Or it’s working so far, don’t know if it will last.

But … I’m trying to find wich part is the one that went wrong.



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  • #3

The main things to stabilise 4 strips are going to be Ram Volts, N/B Volts, RAM Speed and Timings. If you are able to run each pair in Dual channel mode without errors they there isn’t likely a part which is ‘going wrong’. It is likely you have found a chipset limitation, that your P35 board is having trouble with 4 strips at certain speeds/latencies, especially as you have found relaxing the timings has helped the stability.

My bro used to have an Abit IP35 motherboard and 4x 1Gb Corsair Dominator 1066Mhz 5-5-5-15 RAM. We tried everything we could to stabilise them at 1066Mhz with N/b volts up to 1.6v but in the end the chipset just couldn’t handle 4 strips at that speed. He ended up running them at 850Mhz 4-4-4-12 with a small bump on the northbridge voltage.

To find out if this is the case with your board I would try setting all the RAM specs manually — 800Mhz, 1.9v, 5-5-5-15, then up your n/b volts incrementally up to around 1.5v max and see if you can stabilise it. If not, you know your n/b can’t hack it at those speeds/latencies no-matter what the voltage. Then you can start either relaxing timings or reducing the frequency of the RAM and trying the N/B voltages again to see if you can stabilise it. Eventually you should arrive somewhere where it stabilises.

geofelt



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  • #4

Yes, 1.85 and 1.9.
And upping the north bridge voltage to 1.4 too.

No luck.

But one thing worked … relaxing the timings from 5-5-5-15 to 6-6-6-16. Or it’s working so far, don’t know if it will last.

But … I’m trying to find wich part is the one that went wrong.

4 sticks will normally need more ram voltage than 2. It is strange that a previously working system should start to show signs of instability. It indicates to me that some component is gradually weakening, either the motherboard or ram. Probably the motherboard. Since you seem to be able to control the problem by losening the timings, then just stick with it, or even loosen them more. The higher timings or slower speed will not show up as a significant difference in real application performance.

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