Need some help with confirming my error

[Pandabird]

Hey everyone, I have recently been getting multiple bsod, on the daily. I ran the test and it failed. Specifically on test 4, with an insane amount of errors, I dont know what to make of it, so I tried to follow the troubleshooting page for memtest, hence I updated my Bios for now, I just really want to know if its a RAM problem, or if it could be something else. Im getting many crashes in rendering 3D visuals, as well as plenty of crashes in games, and most of my bsod mention kernel, irql not equal or less, and other similar. These are my results: Summary

Report Date	2020-04-16 02:01:53
Generated by	MemTest86 V8.4 Free (64-bit)
Result	FAIL

System Information

EFI Specifications	2.60
System
Manufacturer	Micro-Star International Co., Ltd
Product Name	MS-7A34
Version	2.0
Serial Number	To be filled by O.E.M.
BIOS
Vendor	American Megatrends Inc.
Version	A.70
Release Date	09/20/2017
Baseboard
Manufacturer	Micro-Star International Co., Ltd
Product Name	B350 PC MATE (MS-7A34)
Version	2.0
Serial Number	H816378930
CPU Type	AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core
CPU Clock	2560 MHz [Turbo: 3200.3 MHz]
# Logical Processors	16
L1 Cache	16 x 96K (49804 MB/s)
L2 Cache	16 x 512K (45795 MB/s)
L3 Cache	1 x 16384K (21703 MB/s)
Memory	32731M (14235 MB/s)
DIMM Slot #0	8GB DDR4 XMP PC4-19200
	G Skill Intl / F4-2400C15-8GVR
	15-15-15-35 / 2400 MHz / 1.200V
DIMM Slot #1	8GB DDR4 XMP PC4-19200
	G Skill Intl / F4-2400C15-8GVR
	15-15-15-35 / 2400 MHz / 1.200V
DIMM Slot #2	8GB DDR4 XMP PC4-21300
	G Skill Intl / F4-2666C15-8GVR
	15-15-15-35 / 2666 MHz / 1.200V
DIMM Slot #3	8GB DDR4 XMP PC4-21300
	G Skill Intl / F4-2666C15-8GVR
	15-15-15-35 / 2666 MHz / 1.200V

Result summary

Test Start Time	2020-04-15 20:01:14
Elapsed Time	4:24:18
Memory Range Tested	0x0 - 81F380000 (33267MB)
CPU Selection Mode	Parallel (All CPUs)
ECC Polling	Enabled
# Tests Passed	28/28 (100%)

Lowest Error Address	0x3D0000 (3MB)
Highest Error Address	0x4BFFFC (4MB)
Bits in Error Mask	00000000FFFFFFFF
Bits in Error	32
Max Contiguous Errors	2

Test	# Tests Passed	Errors
Test 0 [Address test, walking ones, 1 CPU]	3/3 (100%)	0
Test 1 [Address test, own address, 1 CPU]	3/3 (100%)	0
Test 2 [Address test, own address]	3/3 (100%)	0
Test 3 [Moving inversions, ones & zeroes]	3/3 (100%)	0
Test 4 [Moving inversions, 8-bit pattern]	2/2 (100%)	712232
Test 5 [Moving inversions, random pattern]	2/2 (100%)	0
Test 6 [Block move, 64-byte blocks]	2/2 (100%)	0
Test 7 [Moving inversions, 32-bit pattern]	2/2 (100%)	0
Test 8 [Random number sequence]	2/2 (100%)	0
Test 9 [Modulo 20, ones & zeros]	2/2 (100%)	0
Test 10 [Bit fade test, 2 patterns, 1 CPU]	2/2 (100%)	0
Test 13 [Hammer test]	2/2 (100%)	0

Last 10 Errors

2020-04-16 00:25:31 - [Data Error] Test: 4, CPU: 4, Address: 4BFF98, Expected: 80808080, Actual: 7F7F7F7F

2020-04-16 00:25:31 - [Data Error] Test: 4, CPU: 3, Address: 3D0048, Expected: 80808080, Actual: 7F7F7F7F

2020-04-16 00:25:31 - [Data Error] Test: 4, CPU: 4, Address: 4BFF9C, Expected: 80808080, Actual: 7F7F7F7F

2020-04-16 00:25:31 - [Data Error] Test: 4, CPU: 2, Address: 3D0064, Expected: 80808080, Actual: 7F7F7F7F

2020-04-16 00:25:31 - [Data Error] Test: 4, CPU: 3, Address: 3D0044, Expected: 80808080, Actual: 7F7F7F7F

2020-04-16 00:25:31 - [Data Error] Test: 4, CPU: 4, Address: 4BFFA0, Expected: 80808080, Actual: 7F7F7F7F

2020-04-16 00:25:31 - [Data Error] Test: 4, CPU: 2, Address: 3D0060, Expected: 80808080, Actual: 7F7F7F7F

2020-04-16 00:25:31 - [Data Error] Test: 4, CPU: 3, Address: 3D0040, Expected: 80808080, Actual: 7F7F7F7F

2020-04-16 00:25:31 - [Data Error] Test: 4, CPU: 4, Address: 4BFFA4, Expected: 80808080, Actual: 7F7F7F7F

2020-04-16 00:25:31 - [Data Error] Test: 4, CPU: 3, Address: 3D003C, Expected: 80808080, Actual: 7F7F7F7F

[David (PassMark)]

Lowest Error Address	0x3D0000 (3MB)
Highest Error Address	0x4BFFFC (4MB)
Bits in Error Mask	00000000FFFFFFFF

This is more indicative of a firmware bug.
The addresses at fault are very low in memory and and very precise range. Plus all 32bit are in error.
Not at all random, like a typical RAM fault would be.

Might be that some hardware device is using the 3MB to 4MB memory range, but the BIOS didn't notice and flagged the addresses as free RAM. Resulting in memory corruption.

[Pandabird]

What would you suggest as a solution? The bios update did not work, if anything it put me on a bluescreen loop where I could not even get to my desktop without a blue screen. I took out two of the rams I had bought as an upgrade two months ago, and the problem is solved for now, for the first time I was able to play 2-3hours without a single crash. Does that mean that one or both of the ones I took out are faulty in some way? Sorry but as a real begginer in pc tech knowledge I did not fully understand your reply as to what exactly is the problem!

[David (PassMark)]

If there is no problem with 16GB of RAM, try swapping the pairs around, just to prove all the RAM is good.
It might be a firmware bug that only occurs with 32GB.

[Pandabird]

I think one of them is faulty, since I took my second pair of 16gb out, I put one of them in, which had 24gb total, and caused a bsod loop again, turned pc off took it out, put the other one of the new pair in and everything works. So this ends up happening only with one out of the two new sticks! Im guessing that just means that one of them is faulty right?

[David (PassMark)]

The would be logical. The initial error really didn't look like a RAM failure, but it can't be ruled out either.
With 3 sticks the memory access pattern will change as you will no longer in dual channel mode.

But there is a strong principle in diagnostics. If it works don't fix it.