Windows Memory Diagnostic fails on Stride6 test

Hi there,

Recently I have frequently been greeted with BSOD. From advice I read in this forum I ran Windows Memory Diagnostic. I let the basic test run twice over and it failed both times on the Stride6, which the tool describes as 'Uses a stride-6 pattern to simulate a checkerboard of ones and zeroes'.

The results given were:

I guess this pattern would repeat itself with differing addresses if I let the tests continue.

Does this mean that one of my memory sticks is dodgy? I have 2 sticks of Corsair Platinum Series XMS 3200 512MB 400MHz.

If so, how to I identify which memory stick it is?

Thanks for any help,
Nick.

 

Hi PeteC,

Thanks for your reply.

I read about a similar problem on the Corsair Support Forums. In regards to the suggestions, the only change I made to my BIOS settings was to raise the DDR reference voltage from 2.6 to 2.7 volts.

The motherboard manual (Asus A7N8x-E Deluxe) says that I can put the memory in one of two configurations:

Code:

          DimmA1   DimmA2   DimmB1
Conf1       x                  x
Conf2                x         x

I switched from Conf1 to Conf2 and ran WMD. There were no fails this time. I was curious that may be the memory was badly seated before so I reverted back to Conf1 and ran WMD again. There were Stride6 errors this time . So now I'm back to Conf2.

What does this prove? Perhaps a dodgy connection on the motherboard?

Any thoughts?

Nick.

 

Does it point to a bad connection from socket to board? It's possible, but very unlikely in my opinion. They give two possible configs as nothing works on every system out there. Don't quote me on this but I believe there are differences between the two configs on how the memory is handled.

 

I had a look at the configurator at www.corsair.com, but the models compatible for your motherboard were:
XMS 3200XL
XMS 3200LL
XMS 3200C2
I don't know if one of these is the type that you have.
Asus motherboards have been "fussy" about RAM. It may be that motherboard "prefers" to have those particular modules in that configuration.
I have an Asus board that will not run the stick in the first slot, but runs it quite happily in the second.

I could not be certain, but it may depend on the latency of the memory as to which slots it is situated.

Matt