DOA ram, does it always happen?

badjokes

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i've been looking at ram packages from Newegg, and almost every single review on about every pack i checked has a doa claim in it.

is doa ram a very common thing? and is there a way to get good ram that wont be doa?
 
RAM is probably one of the easiest components to kill in a PC with overvolting. It wouldn't surprise me if a lot of those DOA's are from people killing the ram themselves.
 
thats something i thought about, maybe they got mad and left reviews, and the people who were satisfied didnt have enough of a reason to review.

ok so if i leave the voltage at recomended then it should help.

is overclocking ram neccasry if i want to oc around 800-1000mhz? or can i just oc the cpu and leave everything else alone?
 
I wouldnt put too much stock in what people say at Newegg. (unless its 100% bad)

I have bought Hundreds of things and think only 1 was DOA.

Like XMS said a bunch may just be from people that messed the parts up on their own.

Another possibility is some of the newer stuff needs a little adjustment to work and rather than set the bios to the correct setting of the ram they just say "its DOA"
 
name='XMS' said:
RAM is probably one of the easiest components to kill in a PC with overvolting. It wouldn't surprise me if a lot of those DOA's are from people killing the ram themselves.

Very high %age I would have thought, just very hard to prove >.<

I`m supprize no1 has made a memory with a memory, so it can recall it`s last state.

lmao nvm the pricing would be silly.
 
name='Rastalovich' said:
Very high %age I would have thought, just very hard to prove >.<

I`m supprize no1 has made a memory with a memory, so it can recall it`s last state.

lmao nvm the pricing would be silly.

I'd think that manufacturers and retailers would be a bit more strict with RMA ram. Especially when you consider that most higher end modules are individually speed binned (i think), so the manufacturer knows that they worked when they left the plant.
 
They`d only test .. something silly like 1 in a 1000 tho wouldn`t u think ?

Test each one, which each strip`s value to them is in the $10-$50 region, can`t be cost effective.

Then again u could automate it some how. I`d like to see the unit that does this.
 
name='Rastalovich' said:
They`d only test .. something silly like 1 in a 1000 tho wouldn`t u think ?

Test each one, which each strip`s value to them is in the $10-$50 region, can`t be cost effective.

Then again u could automate it some how. I`d like to see the unit that does this.

Yeah I'm not sure to be honest. Maybe I'll see if I can find out some info. You're probably right - it would be extremely slow to test every module.
 
might it not be ram that needs an uncommon voltage?

I looked at some a while back and to use the ram required installing some ordinary ram, booting into bios and manually changing the voltage, shut down, change ram. I didn't have any ordinary ram, (first DDR2 build) so couldn't justify waste.
 
name='XMS' said:
Yeah I'm not sure to be honest. Maybe I'll see if I can find out some info. You're probably right - it would be extremely slow to test every module.

It`s too bad that alot (well pretty much all) the manufacturers are based in the far east, coz I`m sure they`d entertain OC3D on a tour ;)

I`m sure the UK sides of these operations would be more than happy for atleast the hosters to make a visit to their UK fronts.

(lol and I don`t mean just to grab freeee stufffz!)

(although..)
 
name='XMS' said:
I'd think that manufacturers and retailers would be a bit more strict with RMA ram. Especially when you consider that most higher end modules are individually speed binned (i think), so the manufacturer knows that they worked when they left the plant.

Hmmm well my ram slipped through :p I never took the voltage above 2.2 - oh, except one time with the airflow fans on - to see if that would make it run at its stock settings of 1066 5-5-5-15 - it didn't...

Actually, it was from newegg as far as I know!!!
 
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