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Just replaced my logic board with one from iFixit & now my ram is bad?

Hello all.

So I just replaced my old logic board with one I bought here from iFixit and it's now telling me I have bad RAM.

I ran Rember & MemTest86 it shows only one bad stick, so I tried swapping them out & booting off one at a time, EXCEPT now it boots & nothing comes up on my home screen. Before I installed the new logic board etrecheck showed no RAM issues. (Using 2 sticks 8G DDR3L 1600 CL11 1.35V.)

Did both my SO DIMM sticks go bad at once (since neither alone in either slot boots completely) or I’m missing something? The RAM is <1 year old.

Edit: I would post any of the test results except I can't get to them & am posting this from my phone so please don't ask.

EDIT 2/update 7/9: Crucial sent me new RAM & I installed them, but got stuck in a reboot cycle (after the 3 beeps of PANIC!) Tried switching out RAM slots w/new HD cable b/c why not? (moving to trying only one slot each). Back to reboot loop all 4x. Now trying this since they had the same issues: [invalid post link]

EDIT 3: So I fresh installed high Sierra & it FINALLY worked, but after about 15 minutes it told me i have no airport card. I went in & checked the connections (though tbh I've been able to use internet recovery this entire time w/o any issues). Not nothing. Contacting iFixit to exchange it. BUT! The above post fixed MOST my original issues. I should just admit I'm cursed lol.

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Did you replace the logic board or upgraded it ? What kind of RAM sticks are you using ?

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Can you tell us who's RAM you used and its specs.

The good news is iFixit will exchange your logic board if yours is defective.

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Added that info above. Just got 2 replacement sticks from Crucial: 8G DDR3L 1600 CL11 1.35V. Even replaced the HD cable since I had a brand new one I had lying around (why not?). Now FINALLY getting to Internet recovery mode booting from an external drive.

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Hi there,

Sorry to hear about the trouble! If you’re still experiencing issues with this logic board, we ask that you please contact our Customer Support team via help.ifixit.com and provide the iFixit order number and itemcode of the part in question so that we can consider this under the lifetime warranty.

Thanks!

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