Intermittent memory problems – is it the memory controller or the memory itself?
It has taken me quite some time to get to reproducible steps but I finally found them. Let me get straight to the core of the problem – I will give system details below.
I am running 8GB (4 x 2GB) of G.Skill DDR3 (F3-12800CL9D-4GBNQ) on a Gigabyte GA-P55-UD4P.
The system runs stable for about a day or two – then memory problems. They first pop up in apps (Firefox seems particularly susceptible) and if I keep going for long enough I get BSOD’s.
As soon as the memory problems start I run Memtest86+ and get massive amounts of errors right away. No matter how often I reboot – I get memory errors immediately. It almost seems as if every single memtest step fails.
When I power the entire system off (literally switch off at the power supply) that seems to reset the memory. After that the system runs stable. I can run memtest for hours without a single error. Until, after a day or so, it starts failing again and the only way to recover is to power off the system.
Since my Newegg invoice is dated 2 months ago I cannot RMA anything so I have to go for warranty replacement. But before I do this I thought I ask the experts in this forum.
Details:
Memory is certified for the mobo
I am running the memory at mobo defaults: 1.5V and 1333, 9-9-9-24 (I did try 1.6V and 1600 as well – but went back to mobo defaults to troubleshoot the problem)
Memory temps are between 30C and 37C
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-P55-UD4P Rev1 – running the almost the latest bios (G9)
CPU: i7-8600 Lynnfield 2.8GHz
RAM: 4 x 2GB G.Skill DDR3 (F3-12800CL9D-4GBNQ
Graphics: SAPPHIRE Vapor-X 100283VXL Radeon HD 5770 1GB
HD1: 2 x OCZ Vertex Turbo OCZSSD2-1VTXT60G 2.5" 60GB SATA II SSD’s in RAID 0
HD2: Western Digital Caviar Green WD5000AADS 500GB
It has taken me quite some time to get to reproducible steps but I finally found them. Let me get straight to the core of the problem – I will give system details below.
I am running 8GB (4 x 2GB) of G.Skill DDR3 (F3-12800CL9D-4GBNQ) on a Gigabyte GA-P55-UD4P.
The system runs stable for about a day or two – then memory problems. They first pop up in apps (Firefox seems particularly susceptible) and if I keep going for long enough I get BSOD’s.
As soon as the memory problems start I run Memtest86+ and get massive amounts of errors right away. No matter how often I reboot – I get memory errors immediately. It almost seems as if every single memtest step fails.
When I power the entire system off (literally switch off at the power supply) that seems to reset the memory. After that the system runs stable. I can run memtest for hours without a single error. Until, after a day or so, it starts failing again and the only way to recover is to power off the system.
Since my Newegg invoice is dated 2 months ago I cannot RMA anything so I have to go for warranty replacement. But before I do this I thought I ask the experts in this forum.
Details:
Memory is certified for the mobo
I am running the memory at mobo defaults: 1.5V and 1333, 9-9-9-24 (I did try 1.6V and 1600 as well – but went back to mobo defaults to troubleshoot the problem)
Memory temps are between 30C and 37C
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-P55-UD4P Rev1 – running the almost the latest bios (G9)
CPU: i7-8600 Lynnfield 2.8GHz
RAM: 4 x 2GB G.Skill DDR3 (F3-12800CL9D-4GBNQ
Graphics: SAPPHIRE Vapor-X 100283VXL Radeon HD 5770 1GB
HD1: 2 x OCZ Vertex Turbo OCZSSD2-1VTXT60G 2.5" 60GB SATA II SSD’s in RAID 0
HD2: Western Digital Caviar Green WD5000AADS 500GB
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