ECC error, just 1

[Grewterd]

I'm smoke testing my new build and memtest86 (not the +) is showing ECC corrected errors on bank 1. It seems to be on test 9 and 7 only. I'm looking for advice on this. First is this a concern? Should I return the ram or is the fact that the memory is correcting the error ok? I ran memtest86+ for about 3 days with no error first. The RAM was purchased used from eBay.

Board: Supermicro X10SRi-F
Memory: 2X Samsung M393A4K0BB0-CPB 32GB ECC
CPU: Intel Xeon E5 1620 V3

 

[Jailer]

RMA it.

 

[DrKK]

RMA. THe only acceptable number of errors is zero for RAM.

 

[Grewterd]

I'll do that. I'm still trying to figure out how to do that with Samsung. I called yesterday and let's just say their voice recognition software on their phone system and their humans is less than accurate.

What bugs me is if I had not tried the PassMark memtest86, I would not have seen the corrected ECC errors as the old memtest86+ (the one on just about every bootable ISO in the known universe) did not show these. Makes me uncomfortable.

 

[tulth]

Just curious: I am bringing up a new system as well and want to test the ecc memory.

Are you running the memtest86 without the + off the ultimate boot CD or a different version?

So far I have not been able to get any ecc information from either version of memtest86 on the ubcd.

x11ssm-f mobo
xeon e3-1200 v5 processor
Kingston value ecc ram, 2 x 16 gb

 

[Grewterd]

Just curious: I am bringing up a new system as well and want to test the ecc memory.

Are you running the memtest86 without the + off the ultimate boot CD or a different version?

So far I have not been able to get any ecc information from either version of memtest86 on the ubcd.

x11ssm-f mobo
xeon e3-1200 v5 processor
Kingston value ecc ram, 2 x 16 gb

Hello,

I have run both. The errors were picked up by memtest86 without the + only downloaded from PassMark. memtest86+, downloaded from http://www.memtest.org/ did not show the corrected ECC errors after several days of testing.

I wonder what the consensus of the more experienced members here is to be using. If I had not run the PassMark version, I would have assumed all was well.

Also, Samsung states the memory has no warranty. I figured this would be the case from what I have read about them.

 

[BigDave]

To clear up some of the confusion regarding MemTest, you might find this information helpful,
it comes from the PassMark website and I do not vouch for the accuracy stated therein.
http://www.memtest86.com/history.htm
I have personally used the PassMark version recently and have found errors that have gone undetected in the older versions.

 

[tulth]

Update: there is a follow up to the link that indicates the numbers below are very questionable

I thought I would share this:

Conclusion and summary
A system on Earth, at sea level, with 4 GB of RAM has a 96% percent chance of having a bit error in three days without ECC RAM. With ECC RAM, that goes down to 1.67e-10 or about one chance in six billions.

src: http://lambda-diode.com/opinion/ecc-memory