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Is it possible to tell macOS to blacklist a bad region of RAM

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2019 MacBook Pro 16"
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Radeon Pro 5500M
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I have a 2019 MacBook Pro 16" with 16GB of RAM which has a problem with crashes and freezes. memtest86 consistently finds memory errors between 29BA18270 and 29BA1F6C8. I've read that I might be able to use
Code:
boot-args="maxmem=11200"
to tell the kernel to ignore all memory after 11GB. But I'd rather not block out the last 6GB of memory.

Does the Hackintosh community know anyway to block just a small region of memory? What would be the easiest/most reliable way of doing this on Apple hardware? Would a re-install of macOS be required? (Currently running Ventura) Is the only option to get someone to solder on new memory chips?
 
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