I have an odd problem.
I have an odd problem.
Yesterday, my computer stopped working. The screen stayed frozen and I couldn't turn it off. So I unplugged the hard drive from the wall. When I plugged it back in to restart it, nothing appeared on the screen. Also, the CPU light was red and the RAM light turned yellow. So I took the whole machine apart, put it back together, and checked everything to make sure nothing broke. Then I turned it on again. Now only one of my memory sticks is glowing yellow because there are memory problems. So I uninstalled the second pair of ram sticks and put them into slots 2 and 4. After that, the computer started up without any trouble. But something strange happened. Because the PC used to work super well with all four slots filled before suddenly crashing, now it won't even boot when I plug in all four sticks at once. So I tried a new plan: I took each stick out and put them into different slots by swapping pairs of matched sticks. And guess what? It started up just fine. IDFK why does that matter though, because the real problem is that since I did that swap, my computer has had many weird issues like processes getting stuck or not responding. Mostly games won't even start. Could switching those ram sticks change how fast things run on the system? I also ran a memory training program from Windows to check for problems and there were none found. Any information would be really appreciated. Specs: i7-7700K - running at base clock 4.2 GHz, 32 GB total RAM, with two pairs of sticks that aren't perfectly matched (one is rated for 2133MHz and the other for 2400MHz), both working fine on XMP mode at 2400MHz using an Asus Z270F Strix motherboard.
There are around 4000 error messages and 18000 warnings coming up in the Event Viewer. Your computer is running well on memory tests, so what other issues should I look for to fix it?
You should look closely at Critical and Error messages first. Get a new device like another computer or phone and check what's happening on your PC. Use memtest86 because it finds problems more thoroughly than anything else. I would also recommend loading CPU-Z and looking at the SPD screen for each stick. Take a picture of the JEDEC/XMP timings and try to set both pairs' speeds manually, if you can. If RAM is running at 2400 but is rated for 2133, that could cause errors. Memory issues over time will corrupt your operating system. You might try doing SFC/DISM to see if that fixes it.
I guess I thought everything was fine until that crazy bump happened, which made things slow instead of smooth. Before the crash? Everything felt super easy and fun. Now loading takes half as long and it just feels really slow.
Actually, the times are way different from each other. I am surprised that this system could train both things to work at the same time. I believe the 3200 kit is faster than the 7700K can use. Something over 2400 watts counts as an overclock. Since the lower-rated kit has a low CL and XMP speed on target, I would go back out there and find those kits again to put the 3200 kit up for later use or sale.
Hey there mate, hope this helps with your issue? If not, maybe you have bad RAM sticks after all? Even if the sticks didn't fail before, it might cause problems again based on what you said earlier. The overclocking could make them break slowly over time, and software tests sometimes miss real issues too. Using a bad part usually makes other parts fail later, so I suggest checking which stick is causing the trouble. If there are more than one, take all of them out and test each one alone in every slot, measuring how fast it loads and responds. Don't mix them up until you've tried everything. You'll probably find that 1 or 2 sticks act really slow or won't start at all. I guess you can't just replace the bad part if a faulty piece makes the whole computer crash? Then you'd buy new ones instead. Just use your RAM always with the same speed, don't try to boost it too high. You might think that would make big changes, but probably not much since they're already in similar ranges and only give a few extra frames per second.