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Can I get an F in the chat boys (thelemmy.club)
submitted 1 day ago by bdonvr@thelemmy.club to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
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Failing RAM? In this economy?

Now to go beg to the RMA gods

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[–] loric@piefed.social 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Remove the sticks, blow out your sockets with some compressed air and re-test. I had something similar recently and a full memtest pass ran clean after that.

[–] Shayeta@feddit.org 8 points 1 day ago

Also, disable any OC. I had my ram fail tests because it is not supported by my mobo. After reducing speed to factory stock it would pass flawlessly.

[–] 0x0@infosec.pub 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Its not a nintendo

[–] AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works 2 points 18 hours ago

you'd be surprised. it's not even a about dust. chip creep is still a thing in modern ddr and pcie slots, and can absolutely show up as a bad part. I've saved a few gpus and ram sticks from being declared dead after a bad test by just cleaning contacts and reinstalling.