The disclosed embodiments describe methods, devices, and computer-readable media for protecting the integrity of volatile memory devices. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed comprising detecting a power interrupt condition of a memory device; and executing at least one operation in response to detecting the power interrupt condition, the operation selected from the group of operations consisting of: placing the memory device in a pre-charge mode, pausing a self-refresh mode of the memory device, forcing the memory device into a reset mode, or rewriting data in the memory device.