Attention Dead Micron D9 Owners

[tool_462]

Chalk up another success story.

Nothing special but nice to know I have another backup set of XMS2 sitting around

[LennyRhys]

I've taken my Cell Shock 8000 C4 kit out - can't boot my PC if it's in, so there's nothing left to do. A lot of people have been getting the "C1" error and they say it's the mobo; in my case, the mobo is fine but the ram is dying. My other Cell Shock kit is no trouble at all.

EDIT: now it's on ebay. Ah well, it was fun while it lasted (when it worked lol).

Anybody see a Cell Shock 8000 C4 kit for sale, I'll have it.

[trinsic]

This extends much further than just HDD's and RAM. Users on head-fi do the same thing with music players and head phones (apparently it fixes/improves sound) and get the same sort of results (virtually 50/50).

[timmi]

I may confirm that this method is working.
I have 2 kits of Team xtreme TXDD1024M667HC3DC-M and older one( 2 Y )
started causing instaability.
Orthos and Goldmemory was failing immediately.
One stick is fine now but other one is still resisting.
Long winter is in front of that one )))

Oj101 thank you very much for sharing this.

[[XC] Oj101]

I'm glad to help

[gillbot]

Tossed a set of Team eXtreem TXDD2048M667HC3DC-M into the freezer for a week, still won't boot with as much as 2.4V so no good for me. I guess I'll try to battle through for an RMA.

[PizzaMan]

Tossed a set of Team eXtreem TXDD2048M667HC3DC-M into the freezer for a week, still won't boot with as much as 2.4V so no good for me. I guess I'll try to battle through for an RMA.

Try putting them in the oven @ 400F for ~8 mins. Then one more trip to the freezer. Worked for me.

[cdawall]

brought back my D9DCD's from a bunch of 3.5v runs

this is stable again

[[XC] Oj101]

Man, you just can't touch Fat Bodies... Stable at almost 2.8v? Madness Benched at 3.5v? Madness 3-2-2-1? Madness

[PatRaceTin]

what will happen if normal memory go into freeze like that ????

[[XC] Oj101]

Statistically, there's a 55.06% chance of it working again

[fatguy1992]

cdawall

Woah 2.77vdimm is a load

I thought it was bad that I needed 2.3v.

[gillbot]

Try putting them in the oven @ 400F for ~8 mins. Then one more trip to the freezer. Worked for me.

Nah, already trying to RMA though Teem eXteem RMA is rather difficult.

[cdawall]

Man, you just can't touch Fat Bodies... Stable at almost 2.8v? Madness Benched at 3.5v? Madness 3-2-2-1? Madness

what?

cdawall

Woah 2.77vdimm is a load

I thought it was bad that I needed 2.3v.

i just ran some benchies @3v 1080 4-4-4-12 so freezer works considering they couldn't post @stock 533 4-4-4-12

[MaSell]

I ran some benches @ 3.8v for few hours, only one stick (3 are ok ) have sometimes problems to boot - depends on mobo

[lha]

I ran some benches @ 3.8v for few hours, only one stick (3 are ok ) have sometimes problems to boot - depends on mobo

WUT ? 3.8v thats lot of juice.

[Bcc335]

Hey Guys, Have 1 stick of Crucial Ballistix Tracer that is giving me lots of errors in memtest. I tried 24hr in the freezer and this had no effect. I decided to try again so I've put it back in for 2 days so far. If the cold doesnt work I'm thinking to try the heating method.

This ram is the Tracer d9's with leds so I was concerned about to much high heat. Can someone here advise me what I need to do using the heat method of trying to bring the stick back?

From what I understand from reading back into the posts I should put it in the over for 20 mins in foil @ 350 degrees F/180C.

Whats the preferred method here for trying to bring this bugger back to life.

Someone here should really be following the procedures and success stories so that a best chance method and procedures sticky could be established and then dialed in by the results of all the people trying to bring bad memory back to life.
Tks
Bcc335

[[XC] Oj101]

cdawall, I just love old D9 Fat Bodies

Bcc335, the freezer method has a much higher success rate, but if it doesn't work for you the oven will almost certainly work.

Update to all... My RAM is STILL alive, I benched with it this weekend

[chew*]

Whats the safe temp for oven? I need to melt the solder points ever so gently, got overly excited at the first heatspreader coming off easily with hairdryer

Gonna use a couple C clamps to apply pressure. Its still attached to spreader and I actually did not remove heatspreader once I saw it pop off the PCB, so alignment is fine just need to melt the solder joint a tad.

[PizzaMan]

Been seeing most pl say either ~350 and 15-20mins or ~400 and ~8mins. Looks like delicate work for you. You will prbly need to put a very small amount of pressure on them while in the oven, if the spreader is bent back. The solder will cool and harden very quickly. If the spreader is not bent and looks like good contact, I would not press on the spreader.
Good luck.

[chew*]

haha I just tested a dead gpu, takes 2 minutes at 550F to cleanly remove a gpu core guinea pig is done ram going in one stick at a time.

[[XC] Oj101]

Hmmm, once you've perfected it can you please replace the 4.5ns RAM on my old graphics card with something faster so I can easily take the record?

[OC4/3]

Errr.........What to do with the ram after take it out of freezer???
Use hairdryer to dry it???What about the hs??Need to take out and dry as well?
Or just put it aside for 1 day or what then install it??
My Xtreem 1066mhz CL5 D9GKX had been spewing out BSOD so i put it into freezer for a day with aluminum foil wrapped

[OC4/3]

So far after plugging the ram in,it work and never chunk out BSOD
Haven't try to do another 1200 CL4 pass yet

[Burnt Toast]

I'm trying this on some old A-Data right now....

Edit: It worked...They were in the freezer for about 5 hours. They have been stable in Prime for 4 hours overclocked to 960MHz. I am a happy camper.