Issue with PC RAM not recognizing or functioning properly.
Issue with PC RAM not recognizing or functioning properly.
I built my new PC today and it started up properly. I installed Windows and all my apps, but had to reach out to Microsoft support for activation help. Once that was resolved, the machine froze and became unresponsive. I turned it off briefly to see if it would work again, then rebooted via BIOS. The RAM speed was higher than what my CPU could handle, so I tried lowering it below 5400mhz, but it still wouldn’t boot. After resetting to 6400mhz, it booted but crashed after about a minute. The RAM and CPU indicators would flash on the motherboard sometimes. TL;DR: RAM speed too high, PC crashes when low, then freezes again.
Occasionally the system starts but then stops right away, and there were instances where it froze while the Task Manager displayed a high CPU usage of 4.8 GHz, though the actual value was only 3.5 GHz.