Quote Originally Posted by Fire$torm View Post
Errrr..... Hmmmmmmm, I have an idea.

You have 2x sticks of RAM. Pull one out and run Collatz. Your system will probably run a little slower. After the test, pass or fail, replace the installed stick with the one you pulled. Test again.

Reasoning: It is rare to have all the RAM sticks go bad. And since it is fairly easy and painless to install/remove RAM, this will be a fast way of physically testing for bad RAM. So one of the sticks should be able to run Collatz. That would be the "Good Stick".

The "Bad Stick" is therefore possessed. Call for a Priest and have the silicon exorcised. Then burn it at the stake just to be sure.......
You know, I had a not dissimilar thought, but didn't know particularly how to test it...

I actually have 4 sticks - 4x2Gb sticks. The Mobo has two sets of two "matching slots" (technical term ). Can I just pull one stick at a time and run with it? And since all four sticks are identical, is the empty RAM slot an arbitrary decision, or is there one (or two) slots I need to make sure are filled?

@Harley - My BIOS is telling me it's running at 1333, but CPU-Z is picking it up at 1339.2. What do I change to fix that? What is a RAM ratio?

And yeah, kicking something is not far off. Maybe a child petting a dog...