- Apr 7, 2012
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I have a computer that I constructed several years ago, and when I first purchased the parts I discovered that one of the ram sticks was causing the computer to turn on and off without any start or display (within the time of a second). Figuring the ram was bad, I uninstalled the chip and tried to get a new one from Corsair, to no avail. I decided I would just bite the bullet on this occasion, as it seemed anomalous enough, and I purchased a new stick of corsair ram, which worked fine.
Fast forward to now, I have purchased two more sticks of ram for the machine of the same type. Upon installing them, the shut on and off problem reappeared. After testing both chips, it seems that both of them are broken as well! I tried switching the slots that each chip was installed in in every such combination, but nothing worked unless both of the new chips were uninstalled. Oddly, one of the chips worked one time when it was the only one installed, but I have not been able to make that happen again.
Now, I am having a lot of trouble believing that 60% of the ram I buy from Corsair, a company which people haven't run out of the country, is broken. It just doesn't seem too likely to me. So any thoughts you have on a solution would be very helpful.
The specs are as follows:
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3(R2.0)
Ram: Corsair 8GB 1600MHZ 1.5V
1st stick is Ver.7.21 (Works fine alone or with stick 2)
2nd stick is Ver.8.16 (Works fine alone or with stick 1)
3rd and 4th stick are Ver.8.16 (Do not work)
5th stick is Ver.7.21(This is the one I purchased initially, did not work at all)
Fast forward to now, I have purchased two more sticks of ram for the machine of the same type. Upon installing them, the shut on and off problem reappeared. After testing both chips, it seems that both of them are broken as well! I tried switching the slots that each chip was installed in in every such combination, but nothing worked unless both of the new chips were uninstalled. Oddly, one of the chips worked one time when it was the only one installed, but I have not been able to make that happen again.
Now, I am having a lot of trouble believing that 60% of the ram I buy from Corsair, a company which people haven't run out of the country, is broken. It just doesn't seem too likely to me. So any thoughts you have on a solution would be very helpful.
The specs are as follows:
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3(R2.0)
Ram: Corsair 8GB 1600MHZ 1.5V
1st stick is Ver.7.21 (Works fine alone or with stick 2)
2nd stick is Ver.8.16 (Works fine alone or with stick 1)
3rd and 4th stick are Ver.8.16 (Do not work)
5th stick is Ver.7.21(This is the one I purchased initially, did not work at all)
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