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Gravel

Gravel

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Built my new PC. ASRock x870 RS Pro.

My issue is that I bought two sticks of 16GB RAM. One of them seemed fine, but I couldn't get the 2nd to work in any configuration. Basically it just wouldn't POST at all (fans would make a pulsing sound, but had CPU and DRAM error lights on MB; if I change BIOS from Auto to 6000 which is the RAM speed, the pulse goes away but still won't POST). Was going to RMA it, but they basically said they wouldn't send me a replacement until the other was sent back. So bought a 2nd set of RAM. PC has been working fine with the one stick for the last week and a half or so.

Got it today and it's basically the same issue. My one good stick of RAM seems fine, can't get the others to work in any configuration (single or dual). I did get one of them to work once (it seems finicky) but it was a mismatched pair and I think Newegg will likely throw a fit about sending two different SN RAM back. Tried to fiddle around with it some more and can't get anything but that one stick to work.

There's no way 3 out of 4 are crappy, and the MB itself seems fine since it works with that one stick of RAM.

I'm getting pretty frustrated and have no clue what is going on.
 
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Gravel said:
Built my new PC. ASRock x870 RS Pro.

My issue is that I bought two sticks of 16GB RAM. One of them seemed fine, but I couldn't get the 2nd to work in any configuration. Basically it just wouldn't POST at all (fans would make a pulsing sound, but had CPU and DRAM error lights on MB; if I change BIOS from Auto to 6000 which is the RAM speed, the pulse goes away but still won't POST). Was going to RMA it, but they basically said they wouldn't send me a replacement until the other was sent back. So bought a 2nd set of RAM. PC has been working fine with the one stick for the last week and a half or so.

Got it today and it's basically the same issue. My one good stick of RAM seems fine, can't get the others to work in any configuration (single or dual). I did get one of them to work once (it seems finicky) but it was a mismatched pair and I think Newegg will likely throw a fit about sending two different SN RAM back. Tried to fiddle around with it some more and can't get anything but that one stick to work.

There's no way 3 out of 4 are crappy, and the MB itself seems fine since it works with that one stick of RAM.

I'm getting pretty frustrated and have no clue what is going on.
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Did you try all 4 in single DIMM configurations?
 
Daidraco

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Gravel said:
Built my new PC. ASRock x870 RS Pro.

My issue is that I bought two sticks of 16GB RAM. One of them seemed fine, but I couldn't get the 2nd to work in any configuration. Basically it just wouldn't POST at all (fans would make a pulsing sound, but had CPU and DRAM error lights on MB; if I change BIOS from Auto to 6000 which is the RAM speed, the pulse goes away but still won't POST). Was going to RMA it, but they basically said they wouldn't send me a replacement until the other was sent back. So bought a 2nd set of RAM. PC has been working fine with the one stick for the last week and a half or so.

Got it today and it's basically the same issue. My one good stick of RAM seems fine, can't get the others to work in any configuration (single or dual). I did get one of them to work once (it seems finicky) but it was a mismatched pair and I think Newegg will likely throw a fit about sending two different SN RAM back. Tried to fiddle around with it some more and can't get anything but that one stick to work.

There's no way 3 out of 4 are crappy, and the MB itself seems fine since it works with that one stick of RAM.

I'm getting pretty frustrated and have no clue what is going on.
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Any MC or Best Buy near you that has anything in stock? Try to buy a "pair" that hasnt been beat the fuck out of by the shipping network. Second - is the motherboard rated for the speed you're wanting? What about the brand, does it work well with your mobo? One pair of sticks I bought had RGB on it and actually needed a hair more voltage than it was rated at, etc. But in that scenario, I could at least get into the BIOS.
 
Gravel

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Palum said:
Did you try all 4 in single DIMM configurations?
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Yep. They're G.Skill Flare X DDR5. The one stick works period. The auto I think puts em at 4500, but 6000 seems to make no difference. Like I said, the only thing it changed was the fans didn't do the pulsing thing, it sounded "normal." Except it just sat there not posting for 15 minutes (left it there on the assumption maybe it's training, which I don't understand, but also makes it hard to troubleshoot if it's doing anything or just broken).
 
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Gravel said:
Yep. They're G.Skill Flare X DDR5. The one stick works period. The auto I think puts em at 4500, but 6000 seems to make no difference. Like I said, the only thing it changed was the fans didn't do the pulsing thing, it sounded "normal." Except it just sat there not posting for 15 minutes (left it there on the assumption maybe it's training, which I don't understand, but also makes it hard to troubleshoot if it's doing anything or just broken).
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Ok so what I'm saying is, have you put all 4 in slot 1 and they each work but only single?

If so it's probably bad board
 
Gravel

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No, only the one seemed to work in slot 1 (well, B2). Tried them all individually, and switched the good one to A2 and tried the others in B2, and none of that worked.

Anyway, I've got the mismatched pair working. As I said in the first post, it was acting finicky to get it to work; I did also end up redoing all my PSU cables into the motherboard which may also have helped, but I honestly don't want to fuck with trying to swap it out again cause that just led me through a 2 hour nightmare of POST errors.

I'll just send back the other two and hope Newegg doesn't match SN's and hope for the best.
 
Palum

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Gravel said:
No, only the one seemed to work in slot 1 (well, B2). Tried them all individually, and switched the good one to A2 and tried the others in B2, and none of that worked.

Anyway, I've got the mismatched pair working. As I said in the first post, it was acting finicky to get it to work; I did also end up redoing all my PSU cables into the motherboard which may also have helped, but I honestly don't want to fuck with trying to swap it out again cause that just led me through a 2 hour nightmare of POST errors.

I'll just send back the other two and hope Newegg doesn't match SN's and hope for the best.
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Maybe you do have bad ram. Personally I wouldn't keep it. Ram is just finicky especially at modern speeds. If it doesn't boot and post flawless you're just asking for future trouble IMO, like phantom crashes and other errors.
 
Fucker

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Gravel said:
Built my new PC. ASRock x870 RS Pro.

My issue is that I bought two sticks of 16GB RAM. One of them seemed fine, but I couldn't get the 2nd to work in any configuration. Basically it just wouldn't POST at all (fans would make a pulsing sound, but had CPU and DRAM error lights on MB; if I change BIOS from Auto to 6000 which is the RAM speed, the pulse goes away but still won't POST). Was going to RMA it, but they basically said they wouldn't send me a replacement until the other was sent back. So bought a 2nd set of RAM. PC has been working fine with the one stick for the last week and a half or so.

Got it today and it's basically the same issue. My one good stick of RAM seems fine, can't get the others to work in any configuration (single or dual). I did get one of them to work once (it seems finicky) but it was a mismatched pair and I think Newegg will likely throw a fit about sending two different SN RAM back. Tried to fiddle around with it some more and can't get anything but that one stick to work.

There's no way 3 out of 4 are crappy, and the MB itself seems fine since it works with that one stick of RAM.

I'm getting pretty frustrated and have no clue what is going on.
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Update BIOS.
 
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