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Hi there, I am new to the forums & the software for that matter, and I'd appreciate some help. I built a new PC this year, Ryzen 3900x, ASUS ROG Hero Maximus VIII (wi-fi), & 32GB(4x8GB) RGB Corsair RAM in July when Ryzen 3rd gen launched. The first set of sticks was giving me BSODs everyday several times a day, so i went back to Microcenter and thought my problems were over after exchanging the RAM.
Its been about 3+ months since exchanging the sticks and I didnt see anything off about my PC til recently. I always have my PC on and set to never sleep or lock, and I saw myself at a lock screen. I passed it off as a windows update. Was playing dead by daylight the other day and the PC completely froze on me, so I went and passed it off as a hickup or my CPU getting super hot on stock cooler. Well I checked whocrashed and saw multiple BSODs over the past few days, so I went and started investigating. I tried Windows Mem Diags and it said I had bad hardware but it was still on 45% of the test after 12 hours so I cancelled it. I downloaded Memtest since I've heard good things about it, and Ran it with my 4 sticks in. I got failing results. I went to reddit and they said I should run the testing 1 stick at a time to ensure the most accurate results. I proceeded to do so, I tested every RAM stick in Slot 1 of my motherboard, and I got one stick which was faulty.
I didn't stop there though, I wanted to be sure my motherboard slots were all okay, so I took a stick that passed the testing, and put it in slot #2. Passed testing. Went and put it in slot #3, went to sleep. When I woke up, test was still at pass 2/4, with no failures, but I found that strange, and sure enough, the whole PC was frozen. The test wasn't running, leyboard was not responding.
At this point, I'm not sure what is happening. Is it my CPU memory controller thats bad? is it the memory that had a fluke and actually passed two rounds of diags in two slots but is faulty? is it the motherboard slot that's bad?
What should I do next? Any and all help would be appreciated, I really wouldn't want to have to RMA every component to get to the bottom of this, but I just want a working machine so I'd rather get it all taken care of at once if multiple components are at fault.
Its been about 3+ months since exchanging the sticks and I didnt see anything off about my PC til recently. I always have my PC on and set to never sleep or lock, and I saw myself at a lock screen. I passed it off as a windows update. Was playing dead by daylight the other day and the PC completely froze on me, so I went and passed it off as a hickup or my CPU getting super hot on stock cooler. Well I checked whocrashed and saw multiple BSODs over the past few days, so I went and started investigating. I tried Windows Mem Diags and it said I had bad hardware but it was still on 45% of the test after 12 hours so I cancelled it. I downloaded Memtest since I've heard good things about it, and Ran it with my 4 sticks in. I got failing results. I went to reddit and they said I should run the testing 1 stick at a time to ensure the most accurate results. I proceeded to do so, I tested every RAM stick in Slot 1 of my motherboard, and I got one stick which was faulty.
I didn't stop there though, I wanted to be sure my motherboard slots were all okay, so I took a stick that passed the testing, and put it in slot #2. Passed testing. Went and put it in slot #3, went to sleep. When I woke up, test was still at pass 2/4, with no failures, but I found that strange, and sure enough, the whole PC was frozen. The test wasn't running, leyboard was not responding.
At this point, I'm not sure what is happening. Is it my CPU memory controller thats bad? is it the memory that had a fluke and actually passed two rounds of diags in two slots but is faulty? is it the motherboard slot that's bad?
What should I do next? Any and all help would be appreciated, I really wouldn't want to have to RMA every component to get to the bottom of this, but I just want a working machine so I'd rather get it all taken care of at once if multiple components are at fault.
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