I just bought some brand new 4GB (2x2GB) of DDR2 800MHz memory.
G.Skill F2-6400CL4D-4GBPK
Its a higher end enthusiast memory with CAS 4 latency and is about
double the cost of the regular more common CAS 5 memory out there.
I did my usual MemTest86+ (v1.65 and v1.70) and it re****ts an error
on the memory right away! :-( It is a one bit difference from the
expected value. It happens on the exact same address of memory on
the several times I've run MemTest86 on it. In other words, the
error is reproducible.
The memory is *not* being overclocked and I've run it in both CAS4
and CAS5 latency settings.
I've also done about 36 hours of Stress Prime 95 (SP 2004 utility)
and got no errors at all! Could MemTest86+ not be reading this
larger 4GB of RAM properly?
On the other hand, I believe it is possible that such a small area
of memory might not be accessible by a user-mode Windows program.
That is, the memory is not being used but is reserved by the
Windows kernel -- a complete guess on my part and I have nothing to
back up this statement.
I'm of the opinion that if any memory fails MemTest86+ that I
should RMA it for a replacement. None of my OCZ memory has failed
in MemTest86+ but they were the smaller 1GB sticks. Can anyone
comment on Newegg and RMA on memory? Do they accept the Memtest86+
as a valid reason for replacement?
Thanks for any info...
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