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Z68X-UD3H-B3. Is my Memory buggy or my mobo?

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Re: Z68X-UD3H-B3. Is my Memory buggy or my mobo?
« Reply #15 on: March 17, 2012, 04:43:56 pm »
Yes as soon as you fill both channels with memory the board recognises it and goes into Dual Channel mode. ;)
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Re: Z68X-UD3H-B3. Is my Memory buggy or my mobo?
« Reply #16 on: March 17, 2012, 04:46:41 pm »
Thanks for all the help Mantis. Should 3 passes be enough?

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Re: Z68X-UD3H-B3. Is my Memory buggy or my mobo?
« Reply #17 on: March 17, 2012, 05:54:49 pm »
To be sure you should do between 8 and 10. I know it takes a while but at least then there is no nagging doubt.
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Re: Z68X-UD3H-B3. Is my Memory buggy or my mobo?
« Reply #18 on: March 17, 2012, 06:07:31 pm »
Alright. How does this sound.

Run 3 passes on each individually, then run it overnight with both in?


First stick passed 3 with no problems.
« Last Edit: March 17, 2012, 06:10:11 pm by Thorn14 »

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Re: Z68X-UD3H-B3. Is my Memory buggy or my mobo?
« Reply #19 on: March 17, 2012, 07:49:46 pm »
This isn't a negotiation. You can run as few or as many as you like but I am just telling you how it should be done to be sure of the outcome. You need to run a minimum of eight passes individually and then you can run them together. Your call.
« Last Edit: March 17, 2012, 07:50:20 pm by Dark Mantis »
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
i7 920
Dominators 1600 x6 12GB
6970 2GB
HX850
256GB SSD, Sam 1TB, WDB320GB
Blu-Ray
HAF 932

Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
i7 3770K
Vengeance 1600 16GB
6950 2GB
HCP1200W
Revo Drive x2, 1.5TB WDB RAID0
16x DLRW
StrikeX S7
Full water cooling
3 x 27" Iiy

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Re: Z68X-UD3H-B3. Is my Memory buggy or my mobo?
« Reply #20 on: March 17, 2012, 07:59:46 pm »
True. Guess I'll run the first one over night. Thanks.

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Re: Z68X-UD3H-B3. Is my Memory buggy or my mobo?
« Reply #21 on: March 17, 2012, 08:33:20 pm »
It is one of those things that takes a long time and there is no shortcut I'm afraid. At least you will know 100% whether your memory is ok afterwards. If you see any failures appearing you can stop the test there as it has failed. Don't forget if either do fail they both have to be RMAed as they are a matched pair.
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
i7 920
Dominators 1600 x6 12GB
6970 2GB
HX850
256GB SSD, Sam 1TB, WDB320GB
Blu-Ray
HAF 932

Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
i7 3770K
Vengeance 1600 16GB
6950 2GB
HCP1200W
Revo Drive x2, 1.5TB WDB RAID0
16x DLRW
StrikeX S7
Full water cooling
3 x 27" Iiy