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Figuring out which RAM stick is faulty (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/techsupport

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So I've been getting the occasional BSOD and it recently started getting a bit more frequent, so I decided to run a memtest86 over night to check if it's maybe the RAM causing it.
I got 1 error, so then I tested each stick, 1 by 1 (every new stick I would test I also put in a different slot) but I only tested first 3 sticks, thinking that the last one is faulty, since they all passed the test, but yesterday I decided to test the last one as well and that one passed as well. So now I'm confused, not sure what to do...
I was running on 3 sticks for 2 days and I didn't get BSOD, but that still means nothing because it was rare occurrence anyways.

Should I test all of the sticks again? Is there a better test I should be using instead?

(RAM is not OC'd btw)

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[–] DrDominate 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I know I had a similar issue way back, ram issues are like chasing a mirage. It's possible the memory controller can't handle 4 sticks of ram anymore.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Oh, I haven't even considered that possibility. As I mentioned before, the PC is old, so anything is possible at this point. I will be testing them again, all at once, but with a different test and see how that goes, if it fails again it could be the controller I guess.