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Gazanimal
03-04-10, 18:07
Ran MemTest on my 6gb OCZ 1600MHz for 3 hours & got 1 error.

Should I be worried or should I let it go?

I'll do more tests on each stick individually.
wonderlust
03-04-10, 18:19
Personally I would be worried.

May be worth, if possible, to do one stick at a time.
coiler
03-04-10, 18:29
even a single error in 5 hours = faulty memory,


as per WL, run one stick at a time and see which is causing the error
Gazanimal
03-04-10, 18:51
Will run a stick tonight & see.

From reading the OCZ forums their opinion seems to be that memtest will stress you ram less than normal day to day usage of Windows & your programs.

Will see what comes out.
wonderlust
03-04-10, 19:05
When ever I buy ram the first thing I do is run Memtest on it.

If it fails it goes back
DoubleTop
03-04-10, 20:09
When ever I buy ram the first thing I do is run Memtest on it.

If it fails it goes back

+1 and I'm glad I'm not the only one :D

DT.
michaelkenward
03-04-10, 21:43
Run it again. It could be something that happened on the PC.
mac124
04-04-10, 09:45
Are the voltages set correctly?

I had some memory that reported lots of errors, oddly enough i lowered the voltage and they went away.
coiler
04-04-10, 09:47
+1

yeah i did read is volts/cas latency is drastically out it could break the memory and cause a memtest fail
Gazanimal
04-04-10, 17:11
Voltage & settings are bang on the money.

Ran a single stick overnight = PASS
Ran another stick in another slot = PASS
Ran another stick in the last slot = PASS

Go figure? :?
michaelkenward
04-04-10, 18:08
Did you, as suggested, ever re run the original tests? It would eliminate a temporary issue, perhaps caused by a small spike on the power line.

You might even get a different result with the same memory sticks in different slots.

No research scientist worth listening to would rely on a single set of measurements before rushing into print.
Gazanimal
04-04-10, 23:51
I've tried every stick in every slot.

Only once have I had an error when the test has run.

The only other time something has gone wrong was when MemTest didn't load correctly & crashed after about 10 seconds
pk1964
05-04-10, 12:32
newboy here how do you run a memory test ?
many thanks
wonderlust
05-04-10, 12:36
Download a copy of Memtest

http://www.memtest.org/

Or if you have something like an Ubuntu Live CD it will have the option if you boot from the disk.
Ice Tea
06-04-10, 06:40
I hate it when people sell RAM and say they memtested it only to go and take a picture of the ram sitting on carpet or the end of their bed. :eek:
michaelkenward
06-04-10, 09:32
I hate it when people sell RAM and say they memtested it only to go and take a picture of the ram sitting on carpet or the end of their bed. :eek:
Yes. You run the risk of infection by bed bugs.
Ice Tea
06-04-10, 09:46
Maybe somebody should tell Dram manufacturers not to bother with Anti-Static bags then and supply bug spray. :p