Did this. All 4 sticks passed, but they fail together. That means at least one of them is borderline. It's slightly more stressful to run in multi-channel versus single stick configurations. I did mention this in the video.
wow the quality of your videos and the professionalism has grown so much keep up the good work i miss these days when it wasn't such a loud spontanious ad for a sponsor
2022, and this is still cannon. Thanks Linus! Love all your stuff. Trying to diagnose my AW X17 R1 with 64gb XMP... Damn thing blue screens all the time. Especially with XMP enabled
@@billcipher5440 So, don't turn the CPU Undervolt lower than -30mv. I haven't had a serious crash in a few weeks since I set the Undervolt at -30mv. -50mv is too low and it hard crashes at that level. Also, the GPU Overclock is sensitive as hell. I can't get mine to stay stable over 60mhz core and 60mhz memory. Seems like low numbers, but I think the GA104 silicon is just binned poorly on the laptop units, practically maxed out at factory settings.
@@ChryslerLeBaro Ive been having blue screens on mobo ASrock B760M, with ddr5 5600 trident z5, everything passes on memtest what is my best bet to do? ive tried using pc with two sticks of 16 gigs and it works fine without any issues. I added a third one it crashed once. I took the two good ones out and installed just the one that caused crashed, it didn't crash at all. What should i do any suggestions.
Haven't tried T2. They used to be stable at T1, so I'm trying to find the degraded stick. It's still running since I filmed this last night, and I've been getting errors consistently around the 8 hour mark, so I think I've found the bad one. Last step is to go get the stick in my wife's machine, and run all 4 of them together to make sure everything is A-OK.
Memtest86+ often requires MULTIPLE passes to find the error. I use it sometimes, and use Prime95 other times. In my experience there is a chance that either of them won't work to find an error. I haven't tried memtesting this rig yet, but once it passes prime I will hit it with memtest before putting the RAM back in my wife's machine.
I have avoided memory that has caused me issues in the past. Agree with your statement memory errors are a nightmare to diagnose. This is why I only run Corsair. No issues with current motherboard for over 6 months.
Actually that won't happen. Page file is enabled, and it will swap out to the disk. As for using more updated programs, probably not a bad idea. Like I said in another reply, I'm a little bit old school that way.
When you've seen what I've seen, you'll know it's not that simple. Some sticks will only fail in multi-channel configs, some will fail in prime, and pass memtest, some will pass prime, and fail memtest. Some seem to pass both, then the system crashes in games until you replace the RAM.
This is where I am at. The sticks test fine on there own but when running windows and games the PC restarts. Have not tested the sticks together with memtest86 yet.
With RAM being so cheap these days, I'd rather just buy a new kit than have to deal with all this. But I know Linus's RAM is special, so I can't blame him for trying. Great guide anyway!
I've rebuilt my PC 3 times over the past 3 years and always used the same License Key for Windows 7 Home Premium. As long as you're the only activated PC, you can use the same license on multiple builds.
LinusTechTips are putting together a new idea where the viewers "us" like the videos, comment on them regarding the content of that particular video, and leave comments about donations. And at the end of the month they will donate money to a given charity. This may not start this month, but watch there last live stream on twitch and they explain all the details. GREAT idea !
Opening the cases cool better, but lets more dust and debris into the case clogging the heat sinks faster. Closed cases let the fans bring in as much air as needed and also filters the air that passes through. It is actually bad to close your case if u do not have enough fan power to move much air. If u also have a GPU or CPU that does not have a air sink to push air out of the back of your case, the heat will sit in the case and cause more heat than an open case.
Just had my first thought of a bad mem stick. been getting BSOD randomly. Doing the normal things. Sometimes it crashes a few times a day and sometimes not for two weeks. had to reinstall windows recently luckily i had everything on other drives. Not overclocked and even noticed it at 2166mhz and not 3000mhz, changed it and it did a boot cycle 3 times before starting normaly. now to run half my ram and see if it crashes.........
@@McWillis That sucks, hope you got it worked out. I recently decided to test my RAM after it was pointed out to me that the XMP settings may not be stable if you are overclocking your CPU, well, turns out my RAM is giving errors in Memtest86 even with everything set back to stock. My system hasn't crashed or anything so who knows how long my RAM has been bad, but my original Win10 install did develop some really strange quirks with things like the volume mixer and task manager until did a full wipe and reinstall some months ago. I suspect my RAM has been slowly corrupting my OS/programs, but who knows?
@@DelphinusVyse my PC refused to boot up when my friend donated her Hyper X fury ram to me in order to match my other fury x ram for dual channel. It turns out I had to clean her RAM THREE TIMES with an Eraser and Rubbing Alcohol because it was FILTHY as hell
Good Luck either way, btw did you try to use T2 Timings inplace of T1? T2 can be slightly more stable while slowing down just a little. just a thought. Take care and good night. :)
UGHH I needed this video. I ordered some used ram on ebay(now i no not to do that anymore) a while ago thinking that ram couldnt go bad and now every so often i would get a blue screen... so frustrating! and very annoying!
Linus. Try PC Check by Eurosoft. It will perform isolated RAM testing and confirm issues on individual modules, takes the guesswork out of the equation. Also it runs outside of Windows, so bluescreens are a thing of the past.
Linus: a quick way to diagnose a problem with the RAM-stick itself: use an Ubuntu live-CD with a memchecker built in. Where i had to wait about 6 hours till prime95 found any problems, the memchecker built into my Ubuntu 9.04 Live CD found it after 3 seconds ... This is because of they way it actually checks: first a quick read-write test to each bit on the memory, even the bits that Windows would usually block for use by applications.
Thanks for thr tip Linus. I usually find a dead RAM stick due to the system not booting. But as I see in this video, it's a little more complex than that. And I've also had a system turn on while I was working on it, only my finger stuck in the fan though ;P
You can take in on as carry on, it needs to go through an xray machine but its totally fine. Get a good protective bag in case it takes a knock or two.
I think the lesson to take away from this is that unless you own very special RAM (like that sweet Linus edition stuff) it is pretty much worth it just to buy all new RAM especially with its extremely low prices these days.
Linus puts computer components on his wall for show, yes. It's something he does. He wasn't suggesting that "people" should put their components up "on a shelf to show off", he was saying that Linus should just put them up on his wall and buy some new RAM.
What I did was I had an 8-9 year old desktop (with a very loud hdd) randomly crashing, mostly at various points at startup, but also randomly while it was running. I updated all drivers, scanned for malware, etc. until I decided to test the ram. I took 1 stick out and turned it on. It just had a constant beep. Then I replaced it with the other one. It turned on just fine, passed the memory check, and it hasn't crashed after a day of use. (which hasn't happened in months) I'm just glad it wasn't the hdd because it has sentimental stuff on it and I can't back it up.
Blue screens always have a chance of corrupting your C MOS, OS, or even corrupting a Hard drive. It could be a bad sector on a hard drive, it could be your CPU is not clocked correctly or does not have enough power. There are many things that can cause Blue screens. Not much that you can do other than test every aspect of the pc starting from hard drive and ending with the CPU or GPU. But if you get the "Out of Memory" You should probably add more Virtual Memory, or reset bios to default.
You can't get total coverage within the OS via P95 because the OS can hide the corruption from you if the memory cell is allocated in some fairly static buffer, especially when you're operating with small amounts of RAM (eg. one stick). I would trust memtest86+ more for that reason (even though it also uses memory too obviously, but significantly less).
Exactly the same issue. Random crashes with 4 sticks in. Each will individually pass Ram Checks. Just having 2 in, any two, and it will be fine. So like you 1 or more sticks is bad, but only shows up when in duel channel mode, (all4) Started to find out which one, but label fell of after 2 runs...... yes lol's were had. Thanks for post, made me want to fix it once and for all. Weirdly my memory is OCZ as well
@THEGAMINGRULER Think about it like this, say you have a total of 8 sticks: testing 1 by 1 (8x24hrs) or testing all 8 stocks and taking each one out until all erroneous sticks are found (4x24hrs)? Obviously the latter, because it is less time consuming right? So ya, it's pretty much about working the smart way! I like to call this method of troubleshooting "elimination"! You spend lesser time but still find all the erroneous sticks!
As a tech I never touch the edge connector on memory or the gold connector on video and other plug in cards, the oils on your finger can cause all kinds of problems from what seems to be bad memory to system instabilty.
I still have to turn my volume up higher to hear you (relative to most other youtube channels) but it is clear and crisp except at 5:19-5:38. Your voice is quiet and muffled during that period. Although that may have more to do with your position than that microphone.
Can you please think before you write ? You kind of answered you own question allready. You assume that you RAM is damaged, as sudden shutdowns/bluescreens are very often connected to RAM issues. What you can do now to verify you thesis is: Test you RAM with tool/diagnosis tools. If you got some old RAM or other ram from another PC or something you can try and install that to see if the problem is related to that. If not you can run only on RAM bar or try different slots.
Linus how does this relate? Prime95 is not actually capable of doing FFTs of any arbitrary size. It can do only sizes in the following list: 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 40, 48, 56, 64, 80, 96, 112, 128, 160, 192, 224, 256, 320, 384, 448, 512, 640, 768, 896, 1024, 1280, 1536, 1792, 2048, 2560, 3072, 3584, and 4096. Prime95 (version 23.8.1 and maybe others) has a bug which causes the program to hang if you enter a range which doesn't include any sizes from the list.
great DDR there, had the same ram on my rig, not that heat spreaders ofc :D, had the same problems, after some 3-4 years 1 of my sticks died, RMA it and still waiting for the refund, its been more then 4 months waiting. other then that great ram, love your videos
I´ve got a prebuild pc, so the wattage will be fine, i suppose. I think there is a certain RAM Fail when it crosses the line. I checked the temps already, they are fine. between 30 and 40. But thanks for such a quick responce, appreciate that
I've been testing my system using prime95 blend test/custom for a while too. From my personally experience, I've found that memtest often finds nothing even though there's obviously something wrong with the machine while prime95 tells me that there's an error. It does indeed take a long time for errors to be found though.. had one around the 28 hours mark...
i have had the most memory errors in my entire computing career with X79. there goes my RAM DISK/ RAM CACHE. interesting that the platform shown in this videos was X79.... Yippie so not alone Linus.
yes, not all but most now come with a power button on the motherboard for testing etc If you need to use the pins just crap a screwdriver or anything metal and touch the 2 pins at once which would represent the front panel connection
Either way. I usually just do it when it's in the socket. Less work. Just don't drip any on the board, should be fairly simple. Watch this, same concept, it's from one of Linus older videos. "watch?v=5xyxVWXQJOA" Same concept, just on a CPU. Hope it helps. Happy cleaning.
Why use P95 instead of Memtest 86+? The P95 blend test also involves the CPU which introduces another variable, plus any blue-screen happens in windows which isn't so great for your system. Memtest 86+ only tests RAM, and it is pre-OS so any crash doesn't affect the software. Is Memtest 86+ not vigorous enough to find the errors or something?
I've never had that issue surprisingly, but yes I've known that. Either way he works with so many, swapping hardware or not, that it'd be too frustrating.
can you still use memtest to diagnose memory (so you know for SURE its bad or not bad) or do you HAVE to do it so it takes 2-4 days. Maybe you could mention this in the next q&a. Thanks for the vid, very helpful.
Hey Linus. Try the oven trick on the dead sticks of ram. It worked when i had a dead stick of FB RAM in my server. Tested in memtest 24 hours stable. And it's been in my server running for a year now problems. Oh and the audio is good.
Yeah...i've had this happen...My dad was building a computer a few years back for an aunt, and It just wouldn't boot up. He bought a whole new Motherboard and processor, only to find that it was a stick of ram causing the problem
For sure, if it wasn't custom-made RAM, it would not have been worth the trouble. I'm sure however this video make Linus enough money to make even regular memory troubleshooting worth the time he spent on it.
Linus -- it's your TIMINGS not the RAM. Try the following: DDR3-1600 9-9-9-27-2N, DRAM Voltage 1.65v~1.68v, VCCSA Voltage 1.25v~1.35v. Those old OCZ sticks were crap then and they sure aren't any better now. The 'RATED' Frequency is for D-U-A-L Channel and certainly not Quad Channel. The biggest problem (errors) are coming from your (1N) Command Rate. Failing Prime 95, AIDA64 Extreme, Memtest, or you name it after 8 hours screams bad settings not bad RAM. Bad RAM will throw tons of errors.
Installed the H100 by myself on the Burton case I use (it fits , roughly) BUT the ga-990FXA-UD3 leaves almost no room between the reservoir+coolers and the memory locking clips. Solution: used a red hot knife to trim the clips down like black smoking butter. I had only one RAM issue since then (due to some infiltrated dust during the whole process)
You're the one suggesting that the aesthetics means anything at all. I said get new, regular ram. The time it takes to test ram is more valuable than the amount of money it costs to buy new, equivalent ram.
Maybe this ram set is just not liking X79 platform. Z77 are more picky with the RAM but X79 wont work with any ram set too. This OCZ set you have was born to run in a X58 3 channel chipset. This can be the issue Linus.
He isnt using a case because its too much hassle to change out his components all the time. He is using a test bench which allows quickly component swapping. He would only use a case if it was a proper system. Plus it takes too much time to to put everything in a case, every time he makes up a quick test bench rig.
And then you have IBT (Intel Burn Test), which is way better in anything that Prime is supposed to do. I ran Prime for over 20 minutes during which i got IBT. Then i stopped Prime, ran IBT, and i got a BSOD within 3 minutes. I'm not even sure that running Prime overnight would have caused a crash, since it happened so quick in IBT.
Memory fail test is not always means bad memory chip. Sometimes you swap two modules and all memory tests run ok. I think it is some sort of bad contact... or microcrack...
Yup, getting my system running fans and all the phase leds on mobo light up for about 6 seconds and then shuts down. It repeats the process a few seconds after it shuts itself down. I hope it's the RAM.. No extra working sticks available to be sure its the RAM :(
Did this. All 4 sticks passed, but they fail together. That means at least one of them is borderline. It's slightly more stressful to run in multi-channel versus single stick configurations. I did mention this in the video.
@Jero GT except the memory is failing in multiple machines with different MB and CPU.
Hi, could you do test or review of Memtest86 vs Karhu-Software Ramtest vs HCI Design MemTest Pro / Deluxe?
It took me about 4 days getting my GeIL memory to where I wanted them but, ultimately, it was highly rewarding.
Thanks, Linus!
wow the quality of your videos and the professionalism has grown so much keep up the good work i miss these days when it wasn't such a loud spontanious ad for a sponsor
2022, and this is still cannon. Thanks Linus! Love all your stuff. Trying to diagnose my AW X17 R1 with 64gb XMP... Damn thing blue screens all the time. Especially with XMP enabled
Same situation here, and it's driving me insane!
@@billcipher5440 So, don't turn the CPU Undervolt lower than -30mv. I haven't had a serious crash in a few weeks since I set the Undervolt at -30mv. -50mv is too low and it hard crashes at that level. Also, the GPU Overclock is sensitive as hell. I can't get mine to stay stable over 60mhz core and 60mhz memory. Seems like low numbers, but I think the GA104 silicon is just binned poorly on the laptop units, practically maxed out at factory settings.
@@ChryslerLeBaro Ive been having blue screens on mobo ASrock B760M, with ddr5 5600 trident z5, everything passes on memtest what is my best bet to do? ive tried using pc with two sticks of 16 gigs and it works fine without any issues. I added a third one it crashed once. I took the two good ones out and installed just the one that caused crashed,
it didn't crash at all. What should i do any suggestions.
Good point. I'm just old school and have never gotten around to making linpack or IBT part of my routine. I should try them now.
Memory can fail in time. This memory all worked before.
Oh
A linus tech tips episode with some actual tips about tech. Never thought I'd see the day.
The audio sounds amazing...like much much better than previous videos.
How's the audio quality on this one? Tried resetting my wireless mic to factory defaults.
it's great linus thank you
Studio audio my man
Yay!!! Another First Person Video from linus! I love these kinds of videos. Its like having a 1 on 1 talk.
Actually as long as you populate the first three channels, it is ;) An X79 board can run single, dual, triple, or quad channel.
Haven't tried T2. They used to be stable at T1, so I'm trying to find the degraded stick. It's still running since I filmed this last night, and I've been getting errors consistently around the 8 hour mark, so I think I've found the bad one. Last step is to go get the stick in my wife's machine, and run all 4 of them together to make sure everything is A-OK.
Memtest86+ often requires MULTIPLE passes to find the error. I use it sometimes, and use Prime95 other times. In my experience there is a chance that either of them won't work to find an error. I haven't tried memtesting this rig yet, but once it passes prime I will hit it with memtest before putting the RAM back in my wife's machine.
I have avoided memory that has caused me issues in the past. Agree with your statement memory errors are a nightmare to diagnose. This is why I only run Corsair. No issues with current motherboard for over 6 months.
Actually that won't happen. Page file is enabled, and it will swap out to the disk. As for using more updated programs, probably not a bad idea. Like I said in another reply, I'm a little bit old school that way.
When you've seen what I've seen, you'll know it's not that simple. Some sticks will only fail in multi-channel configs, some will fail in prime, and pass memtest, some will pass prime, and fail memtest. Some seem to pass both, then the system crashes in games until you replace the RAM.
Yaa
This is where I am at. The sticks test fine on there own but when running windows and games the PC restarts. Have not tested the sticks together with memtest86 yet.
The audio quality is fantastic Linus. Thanks for the video, and I'm sorry about the "Linus edition" RAM.
With RAM being so cheap these days, I'd rather just buy a new kit than have to deal with all this. But I know Linus's RAM is special, so I can't blame him for trying. Great guide anyway!
Thanks for the comment, much appreciated!
Crystal clear, Linus.
Urg... It doesn't run buggy before being activated. It just pops up a message once in a while.
I've rebuilt my PC 3 times over the past 3 years and always used the same License Key for Windows 7 Home Premium. As long as you're the only activated PC, you can use the same license on multiple builds.
LinusTechTips are putting together a new idea where the viewers "us" like the videos, comment on them regarding the content of that particular video, and leave comments about donations. And at the end of the month they will donate money to a given charity. This may not start this month, but watch there last live stream on twitch and they explain all the details. GREAT idea !
Opening the cases cool better, but lets more dust and debris into the case clogging the heat sinks faster. Closed cases let the fans bring in as much air as needed and also filters the air that passes through. It is actually bad to close your case if u do not have enough fan power to move much air. If u also have a GPU or CPU that does not have a air sink to push air out of the back of your case, the heat will sit in the case and cause more heat than an open case.
Linus you should do a Troubleshooting & Diagnosis series of videos, I'm sure everyone will watch.
looking this in 2018 xD
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Congratulations, you win *nothing* !
2019.
Just had my first thought of a bad mem stick. been getting BSOD randomly. Doing the normal things. Sometimes it crashes a few times a day and sometimes not for two weeks. had to reinstall windows recently luckily i had everything on other drives. Not overclocked and even noticed it at 2166mhz and not 3000mhz, changed it and it did a boot cycle 3 times before starting normaly. now to run half my ram and see if it crashes.........
@@McWillis That sucks, hope you got it worked out. I recently decided to test my RAM after it was pointed out to me that the XMP settings may not be stable if you are overclocking your CPU, well, turns out my RAM is giving errors in Memtest86 even with everything set back to stock. My system hasn't crashed or anything so who knows how long my RAM has been bad, but my original Win10 install did develop some really strange quirks with things like the volume mixer and task manager until did a full wipe and reinstall some months ago. I suspect my RAM has been slowly corrupting my OS/programs, but who knows?
@@DelphinusVyse my PC refused to boot up when my friend donated her Hyper X fury ram to me in order to match my other fury x ram for dual channel. It turns out I had to clean her RAM THREE TIMES with an Eraser and Rubbing Alcohol because it was FILTHY as hell
Good Luck either way, btw did you try to use T2 Timings inplace of T1? T2 can be slightly more stable while slowing down just a little. just a thought. Take care and good night. :)
UGHH I needed this video. I ordered some used ram on ebay(now i no not to do that anymore) a while ago thinking that ram couldnt go bad and now every so often i would get a blue screen... so frustrating! and very annoying!
Linus. Try PC Check by Eurosoft. It will perform isolated RAM testing and confirm issues on individual modules, takes the guesswork out of the equation. Also it runs outside of Windows, so bluescreens are a thing of the past.
you can short out the 2 pins on the motherboard that are for your power button. You can use a screw driver or any metal object thats conductive
It's pretty good, no problems or issues for me. Is there something in particular you are looking for?
After a very ling time ,i found something worth watching.
it is genuine but because he's switching components all the time there's no need to call microsoft
Linus: a quick way to diagnose a problem with the RAM-stick itself: use an Ubuntu live-CD with a memchecker built in. Where i had to wait about 6 hours till prime95 found any problems, the memchecker built into my Ubuntu 9.04 Live CD found it after 3 seconds ...
This is because of they way it actually checks: first a quick read-write test to each bit on the memory, even the bits that Windows would usually block for use by applications.
Search relevance. Need both keywords.
Thanks for thr tip Linus. I usually find a dead RAM stick due to the system not booting. But as I see in this video, it's a little more complex than that. And I've also had a system turn on while I was working on it, only my finger stuck in the fan though ;P
You can take in on as carry on, it needs to go through an xray machine but its totally fine. Get a good protective bag in case it takes a knock or two.
I think the lesson to take away from this is that unless you own very special RAM (like that sweet Linus edition stuff) it is pretty much worth it just to buy all new RAM especially with its extremely low prices these days.
Linus puts computer components on his wall for show, yes. It's something he does. He wasn't suggesting that "people" should put their components up "on a shelf to show off", he was saying that Linus should just put them up on his wall and buy some new RAM.
What I did was I had an 8-9 year old desktop (with a very loud hdd) randomly crashing, mostly at various points at startup, but also randomly while it was running. I updated all drivers, scanned for malware, etc. until I decided to test the ram. I took 1 stick out and turned it on. It just had a constant beep. Then I replaced it with the other one. It turned on just fine, passed the memory check, and it hasn't crashed after a day of use. (which hasn't happened in months)
I'm just glad it wasn't the hdd because it has sentimental stuff on it and I can't back it up.
Blue screens always have a chance of corrupting your C MOS, OS, or even corrupting a Hard drive. It could be a bad sector on a hard drive, it could be your CPU is not clocked correctly or does not have enough power. There are many things that can cause Blue screens. Not much that you can do other than test every aspect of the pc starting from hard drive and ending with the CPU or GPU. But if you get the "Out of Memory" You should probably add more Virtual Memory, or reset bios to default.
You can't get total coverage within the OS via P95 because the OS can hide the corruption from you if the memory cell is allocated in some fairly static buffer, especially when you're operating with small amounts of RAM (eg. one stick). I would trust memtest86+ more for that reason (even though it also uses memory too obviously, but significantly less).
Sound is good Linus! Thanks for sharing your memory woes. Stuff like this does help us plebs out.
Exactly the same issue.
Random crashes with 4 sticks in.
Each will individually pass Ram Checks.
Just having 2 in, any two, and it will be fine.
So like you 1 or more sticks is bad, but only shows up when in duel channel mode, (all4)
Started to find out which one, but label fell of after 2 runs...... yes lol's were had.
Thanks for post, made me want to fix it once and for all.
Weirdly my memory is OCZ as well
@THEGAMINGRULER Think about it like this, say you have a total of 8 sticks: testing 1 by 1 (8x24hrs) or testing all 8 stocks and taking each one out until all erroneous sticks are found (4x24hrs)? Obviously the latter, because it is less time consuming right? So ya, it's pretty much about working the smart way! I like to call this method of troubleshooting "elimination"! You spend lesser time but still find all the erroneous sticks!
As a tech I never touch the edge connector on memory or the gold connector on video and other plug in cards, the oils on your finger can cause all kinds of problems from what seems to be bad memory to system instabilty.
I still have to turn my volume up higher to hear you (relative to most other youtube channels) but it is clear and crisp except at 5:19-5:38. Your voice is quiet and muffled during that period. Although that may have more to do with your position than that microphone.
Can you please think before you write ? You kind of answered you own question allready. You assume that you RAM is damaged, as sudden shutdowns/bluescreens are very often connected to RAM issues. What you can do now to verify you thesis is: Test you RAM with tool/diagnosis tools. If you got some old RAM or other ram from another PC or something you can try and install that to see if the problem is related to that. If not you can run only on RAM bar or try different slots.
Watching good edited content in 2020 xD
8 years ago😵💫 still a W
It's the Linus' RAM, he can't just give up on it man.
Linus how does this relate?
Prime95 is not actually capable of doing FFTs of any arbitrary size. It can do only sizes in the following list: 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 40, 48, 56, 64, 80, 96, 112, 128, 160, 192, 224, 256, 320, 384, 448, 512, 640, 768, 896, 1024, 1280, 1536, 1792, 2048, 2560, 3072, 3584, and 4096. Prime95 (version 23.8.1 and maybe others) has a bug which causes the program to hang if you enter a range which doesn't include any sizes from the list.
great DDR there, had the same ram on my rig, not that heat spreaders ofc :D, had the same problems, after some 3-4 years 1 of my sticks died, RMA it and still waiting for the refund, its been more then 4 months waiting. other then that great ram, love your videos
Really like these informative videos. best vids to watch from you linus.
I overclocked my CPU and game-tested it for 30 seconds - Seems pretty stable to me!
I´ve got a prebuild pc, so the wattage will be fine, i suppose.
I think there is a certain RAM Fail when it crosses the line.
I checked the temps already, they are fine. between 30 and 40.
But thanks for such a quick responce, appreciate that
I've been testing my system using prime95 blend test/custom for a while too. From my personally experience, I've found that memtest often finds nothing even though there's obviously something wrong with the machine while prime95 tells me that there's an error. It does indeed take a long time for errors to be found though.. had one around the 28 hours mark...
Its a testbench, not a case. You can buy one from NCIX or pretty much any PC enthusiast store
i have had the most memory errors in my entire computing career with X79. there goes my RAM DISK/ RAM CACHE. interesting that the platform shown in this videos was X79.... Yippie so not alone Linus.
yes, not all but most now come with a power button on the motherboard for testing etc
If you need to use the pins just crap a screwdriver or anything metal and touch the 2 pins at once which would represent the front panel connection
Well congrats on figuring it out, even if it took that long.
Either way. I usually just do it when it's in the socket. Less work. Just don't drip any on the board, should be fairly simple. Watch this, same concept, it's from one of Linus older videos.
"watch?v=5xyxVWXQJOA"
Same concept, just on a CPU. Hope it helps. Happy cleaning.
at what moment in time before Atari did you figure out you are clever fella ... your good .very good keep it up very interesting site
Why use P95 instead of Memtest 86+? The P95 blend test also involves the CPU which introduces another variable, plus any blue-screen happens in windows which isn't so great for your system. Memtest 86+ only tests RAM, and it is pre-OS so any crash doesn't affect the software. Is Memtest 86+ not vigorous enough to find the errors or something?
I've never had that issue surprisingly, but yes I've known that. Either way he works with so many, swapping hardware or not, that it'd be too frustrating.
just a suggestion when changing computer parts turn off the power supply then press the on button to drain the caps
ddr3 is faster,cheaper,bigger capasity etc etc.
but if u have ddr2 and ddr 3 in same speed and capasity, there is just minor speed difference or nan
can you still use memtest to diagnose memory (so you know for SURE its bad or not bad) or do you HAVE to do it so it takes 2-4 days. Maybe you could mention this in the next q&a. Thanks for the vid, very helpful.
So helpful, thanks linus
Hey Linus. Try the oven trick on the dead sticks of ram. It worked when i had a dead stick of FB RAM in my server. Tested in memtest 24 hours stable.
And it's been in my server running for a year now problems.
Oh and the audio is good.
Yeah...i've had this happen...My dad was building a computer a few years back for an aunt, and It just wouldn't boot up. He bought a whole new Motherboard and processor, only to find that it was a stick of ram causing the problem
Derp😂
I always love these personal videos :3
For sure, if it wasn't custom-made RAM, it would not have been worth the trouble. I'm sure however this video make Linus enough money to make even regular memory troubleshooting worth the time he spent on it.
Canada is just looking better and better
Linus -- it's your TIMINGS not the RAM. Try the following:
DDR3-1600 9-9-9-27-2N, DRAM Voltage 1.65v~1.68v, VCCSA Voltage 1.25v~1.35v.
Those old OCZ sticks were crap then and they sure aren't any better now. The 'RATED' Frequency is for D-U-A-L Channel and certainly not Quad Channel. The biggest problem (errors) are coming from your (1N) Command Rate. Failing Prime 95, AIDA64 Extreme, Memtest, or you name it after 8 hours screams bad settings not bad RAM. Bad RAM will throw tons of errors.
Installed the H100 by myself on the Burton case I use (it fits , roughly) BUT the ga-990FXA-UD3 leaves almost no room between the reservoir+coolers and the memory locking clips. Solution: used a red hot knife to trim the clips down like black smoking butter. I had only one RAM issue since then (due to some infiltrated dust during the whole process)
Very informative , ty Linus.......
You're the one suggesting that the aesthetics means anything at all. I said get new, regular ram. The time it takes to test ram is more valuable than the amount of money it costs to buy new, equivalent ram.
Wow he was so diffrent back then
Was he?
Takes forever.
The sounds is great.
There's either a power on button or a metal pin on every motherboard. So you can turn it on with a screwdriver, or something metal.
Agree, consoles often lacks active cooling. There maybe on just 1 fan...
Maybe this ram set is just not liking X79 platform. Z77 are more picky with the RAM but X79 wont work with any ram set too. This OCZ set you have was born to run in a X58 3 channel chipset. This can be the issue Linus.
Watching this in 2019 😂
2020
2020 🤣 feels weird not having a random sponsored video add inbetween
2020 :(
2020, check your dimm slots to be sure they are multi channel. :p. Where is p2; wonders if he is still testing the memory? 🤔
2020
He isnt using a case because its too much hassle to change out his components all the time. He is using a test bench which allows quickly component swapping. He would only use a case if it was a proper system. Plus it takes too much time to to put everything in a case, every time he makes up a quick test bench rig.
And then you have IBT (Intel Burn Test), which is way better in anything that Prime is supposed to do. I ran Prime for over 20 minutes during which i got IBT. Then i stopped Prime, ran IBT, and i got a BSOD within 3 minutes. I'm not even sure that running Prime overnight would have caused a crash, since it happened so quick in IBT.
Correct, he has stated it many times!
Memory fail test is not always means bad memory chip.
Sometimes you swap two modules and all memory tests run ok.
I think it is some sort of bad contact... or microcrack...
Why not use Memtest86?? In the passed that has made it so much faster and easy for me to see damaged RAM
I personally would use 1 stick at a time and test using memtest. You also have to consider the possibility the cpu or mb may be the cause
I just Seen a Tiger-direct ad before the video!
i love the side story than the video itself.
Check temps on GPU under max load, certain drivers cause the computer to shut down if the GPU is overheating.
from my experience, memetest isn't stressful enough. i can run that for a couple hours with no problem and then fail prime or intelburntest in miuntes
my stress test rule is to ask "how long do you want to run the system without restarting it? test for that long"
might be overheating, try using something like speedfan and see if the temps are abonormal
Yup, getting my system running fans and all the phase leds on mobo light up for about 6 seconds and then shuts down. It repeats the process a few seconds after it shuts itself down. I hope it's the RAM.. No extra working sticks available to be sure its the RAM :(
If you bought it in a kit and had one bad stick, I usually pack the whole thing up and RMA the whole kit and let them figure it out
2020 gan where you at