F5F Stay Refreshed Hardware Desktop Diagnostic checks are not working properly—possibly related to memory or RAM, and the system is crashing with a BSOD.

Diagnostic checks are not working properly—possibly related to memory or RAM, and the system is crashing with a BSOD.

Diagnostic checks are not working properly—possibly related to memory or RAM, and the system is crashing with a BSOD.

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ItzJarnoPvP
Member
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01-08-2020, 09:21 AM
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Hello, I've been experiencing BSOD recently over the past two days. Memory diagnostics showed one stick failing with an error. I tested all four sticks and everything passed. I replaced a faulty stick and switched to 24GB instead of 32GB, but the issue returned. Running diagnostics again for each stick now shows no errors. My Corsair Vengeance 4x 8GB 3200mhz (CMW16GX4M2C3200C16) has been with me since December 2020. However, sometimes it won't boot and I encounter a Dram error—either all sticks or just one. It's unclear if the problem is with the memory stick itself or the motherboard slots. During testing, my system runs at 3200mhz, XMP2 profile, CPU at 5.1GHz. The motherboard is an ASUS ROG Strix Z490-E. I've run diagnostics again on a single stick and it failed multiple times—first in slot A2, then B2, and once more in the same slot. It passed once but failed again later. Perhaps the slots are damaged or the memory is faulty. There were also several BSODs when updating content around 2GB while downloading or running games with over 16GB RAM, even though I used 24GB. Someone can help me resolve this. Thanks.
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ItzJarnoPvP
01-08-2020, 09:21 AM #1

Hello, I've been experiencing BSOD recently over the past two days. Memory diagnostics showed one stick failing with an error. I tested all four sticks and everything passed. I replaced a faulty stick and switched to 24GB instead of 32GB, but the issue returned. Running diagnostics again for each stick now shows no errors. My Corsair Vengeance 4x 8GB 3200mhz (CMW16GX4M2C3200C16) has been with me since December 2020. However, sometimes it won't boot and I encounter a Dram error—either all sticks or just one. It's unclear if the problem is with the memory stick itself or the motherboard slots. During testing, my system runs at 3200mhz, XMP2 profile, CPU at 5.1GHz. The motherboard is an ASUS ROG Strix Z490-E. I've run diagnostics again on a single stick and it failed multiple times—first in slot A2, then B2, and once more in the same slot. It passed once but failed again later. Perhaps the slots are damaged or the memory is faulty. There were also several BSODs when updating content around 2GB while downloading or running games with over 16GB RAM, even though I used 24GB. Someone can help me resolve this. Thanks.

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LorrenK
Senior Member
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01-27-2020, 05:10 AM
#2
It seems an MB error could attempt to switch to another identifier to investigate.
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LorrenK
01-27-2020, 05:10 AM #2

It seems an MB error could attempt to switch to another identifier to investigate.

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WereWolf87
Member
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01-27-2020, 11:12 AM
#3
Initiating running memTest86 for the initial time using a single RAM stick.
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WereWolf87
01-27-2020, 11:12 AM #3

Initiating running memTest86 for the initial time using a single RAM stick.

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Pyromax33
Member
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01-27-2020, 11:37 AM
#4
Following two hours with memTest86 on one of my BAD RAM sticks, only one unit showed issues. I’m currently using the second RAM stick and haven’t seen any errors yet.
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Pyromax33
01-27-2020, 11:37 AM #4

Following two hours with memTest86 on one of my BAD RAM sticks, only one unit showed issues. I’m currently using the second RAM stick and haven’t seen any errors yet.