External RAM failed memory test

chrismerck
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External RAM failed memory test

Postby chrismerck » Tue Nov 26, 2019 10:44 pm

Is there a known hardware issue with WROVER modules having intermittent "External RAM failed memory test"?

We've seen a few dozen units with this problem that prevents boot after a few days of operation, so unfortunately we did not catch in post-production test:

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E (1547) spiram: SPI SRAM memory test fail. 127917/131072 writes failed, first @ 3F800000
E (1547) cpu_start: External RAM failed memory test!

WiFive
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Re: External RAM failed memory test

Postby WiFive » Tue Nov 26, 2019 11:23 pm

Which wrover? idf version? sdkconfig?

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Re: External RAM failed memory test

Postby ESP_Sprite » Wed Nov 27, 2019 7:53 am

Also, can you give any details on the hardware you're using the module in?

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Re: External RAM failed memory test

Postby gryphon » Wed Dec 11, 2019 9:22 am

I have also one Wrover B module chip rev 1 with same behavior. Board is a custom design and idf version is 3.3
10 boards have been tested extensively and one have started failing after months of use.
It usually fails after flashing. It seems that heat has some effect, since the failure usually disappears after several reset loops.
I have not yet seen any unusual behavior during operation.

E (1582) spiram: SPI SRAM memory test fail. 7/131072 writes failed, first @ 3F8E6F00
E (1582) cpu_start: External RAM failed memory test!

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Re: External RAM failed memory test

Postby jgustavoam » Sun Feb 09, 2020 1:59 pm

"Board is a personalized design"
Post the schematic diagram of this board.
There are some restrictions on the use of the SPI interface on ESP32.
It may be that your problem is violating these restrictions.
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Re: External RAM failed memory test

Postby tandisbh » Mon Oct 07, 2024 9:36 am

Hello, I have same Problem:
I have designed a board with ESP32-S/WROOM-32, according to AI-Thinker_camera module. I used ESP32-PSRAM64H,but whenever it initialzes it fails in memory test and I get this error:

esp_psram: SPI SRAM memory test fail. 8672/131072 writes failed, first @ 3F800140

What is the problem?
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