I have a defective stick in my matched pair F3-1280CL9D-8GBXL - No need to memtest motherboard P8P67Pro has a nice little red light that goes bright red to show incompatible or not recognized memory. And with 1 of the two sticks it glows bright red and even if reset it returns to that state. (Pity i didn't notice this LED before spending 4 hours thinking it was a video card driver or some other problem with windows..repeated BSOD's with a different message each time..
With only the 1 good stick works fine..win7 64Bits i7 - 2600k. - 6970 Graphics. 850W 80+ P-supply
They both worked ok for over a year.
How critical is it to send both sticks in for RMA..vs replacing only the defective one..for proper dual channel operation and optimal speed.
I built this machine for optimal performance...but if i have to send both in I need to buy more or not have this baby to play with for a few days..which i would hate to see happen.
If i need to buy more while I RMA this memory should i buy the same or should i get something else and keep this memory for my next build...probably an i5 or an i3 2nd gen.
It would be interesting to use this memory until i'm ready for the new build and have 16Gb, although i haven't maxed out memory usage very often...a ramdisk is always a fun way to speed up things while doing video work.
Regards,
Please advise.
With only the 1 good stick works fine..win7 64Bits i7 - 2600k. - 6970 Graphics. 850W 80+ P-supply
They both worked ok for over a year.
How critical is it to send both sticks in for RMA..vs replacing only the defective one..for proper dual channel operation and optimal speed.
I built this machine for optimal performance...but if i have to send both in I need to buy more or not have this baby to play with for a few days..which i would hate to see happen.
If i need to buy more while I RMA this memory should i buy the same or should i get something else and keep this memory for my next build...probably an i5 or an i3 2nd gen.
It would be interesting to use this memory until i'm ready for the new build and have 16Gb, although i haven't maxed out memory usage very often...a ramdisk is always a fun way to speed up things while doing video work.
Regards,
Please advise.
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