Elpida Hyper Graveyard

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1. Adata EE 1800 3x2 8-8-8-24 1.65-1.85v Elpida Hyper (I took off HS)

One stick dead, no boot at all. Some tests on Rampage II Gene if I remember correctly. VTT ~ 1.4v max, VDIMM ~ 1.65-1.8v. Died during overclocking all on AC.


1.) How did the memory die?
no boot
2.) What exactly happened?
Please refer above
3.) What board, pcb rev and bios version did you use?
Rampage II Gene, bios 0809
4.) What speed and timings did you run the memory at when it died?
1600 8-8-8-24 because GENE doesn't like Elpida Hyper and does not clock it well
5.) what speed and timings did you run the memory at most of the time?
New set, never tested, but other sticks in Dual Channel on Rampage II Extreme do 2000 7-8-7-21 @ 1.85v
6.) What vtt did you run when the memory died?
1.375-1.4v
7.) what vtt did you run the memory at most of the time?
I can't say because it's only review sample

Kingston HyperX 2000 CAS8 3x2 Elpida Hyper

One stick died after 10 minutes during installing OS. Booted at 1333 1.5v 9-9-9-24. But before installing OS on SmackOver DX58SO I put it into DFI X58 UT and ran at 1333 CAS9 1.5v and VTT default.

1.) How did the memory die?
no boot
2.) What exactly happened?
Please refer above
3.) What board, pcb rev and bios version did you use?
SmackOver DX58SO, BIOS SO4014P
4.) What speed and timings did you run the memory at when it died?
1333 CAS9 1.5v and VTT default.
5.) what speed and timings did you run the memory at most of the time?
New set, never tested, but other sticks in Dual Channel on Rampage II Extreme do 2000 7-8-7-21 @ 1.8v
6.) What vtt did you run when the memory died?
1.1-1.2v default
7.) what vtt did you run the memory at most of the time?
I can't say because it's only review sample

has anybody tried to revive his dead stick by putting it into the freezer?
this helps with most dead micron sticks, at least temporarily.... if that helps with the elpida chips as well then its most likely a silicon bonding/packaging problem...

I tried, put ADATA and Kingston into DICE and it didn't help.

Corsair DOM GT 1866 CAS7 3x2 directly from Bachus are working 4 months or more without any issue on the same motherboards: SmackOver, R2E, R2 GENE, EVGA X58 SLI, DFI X58 UT, Gigabyte X58 UD5... with voltages VTT 1.2-1.8v, VMEM 1.5v - 1.95v