Question Check XMP RAM stability

[francisco94]

I've occasionally experienced crashes with the "radar pre leak" error in the Event Viewer. Since it's so sporadic, it could be a software issue, a problem with a specific game, Windows, etc. However, I've read that it can also be due to RAM instability, and this could be because I have XMP enabled (I'm using Intel).

Is there any software that guarantees 100% RAM stability?

Thanks.

 

[CParsons]

I've occasionally experienced crashes with the "radar pre leak" error in the Event Viewer. Since it's so sporadic, it could be a software issue, a problem with a specific game, Windows, etc. However, I've read that it can also be due to RAM instability, and this could be because I have XMP enabled (I'm using Intel).

Is there any software that guarantees 100% RAM stability?

Thanks.

No software can guarantee that but there's some testing you can do to dig in a little further if you wish:

• Disable XMP (or set memory to stock/default RAM frequency/timings) in BIOS and test for a few days, see if crashes go away.
• Use MemTest86 to test memory thoroughly: aim for 2–4 full passes (or more) with no errors.

 

[francisco94]

No software can guarantee that but there's some testing you can do to dig in a little further if you wish:

• Disable XMP (or set memory to stock/default RAM frequency/timings) in BIOS and test for a few days, see if crashes go away.
• Use MemTest86 to test memory thoroughly: aim for 2–4 full passes (or more) with no errors.

Since it's so infrequent and difficult to track, disabling XMP and observing isn't feasible, so I want to "force" the failure with synthetic tests in case it's a hardware issue. I'll try with memtest, thanks.

 

[francisco94]

No software can guarantee that but there's some testing you can do to dig in a little further if you wish:

• Disable XMP (or set memory to stock/default RAM frequency/timings) in BIOS and test for a few days, see if crashes go away.
• Use MemTest86 to test memory thoroughly: aim for 2–4 full passes (or more) with no errors.

I tested the RAM with two default Memtest86 tests (each running four times through each of the 13 or 14 tests), as well as two one-hour memory tests from OCCT and one hour of the TechPowerUp test.

All tests came back without errors, so I understand that everything is fine and that these were just isolated software glitches.

Thanks.