No, dying HDDs do not typically cause RAM instabilities.
No, dying HDDs do not typically cause RAM instabilities.
To clarify my point, recently my HDD stopped functioning properly and since then I've managed to run the RAM at 3600Mhz as claimed by the manufacturer. While the drive was operational, I wasn't able to perform any overclocking, even if it was set to 3200Mhz, because it would cause the PC to crash. Initially, I thought the GPU might be failing, so I ran additional tests using an older GPU (970) and even then it crashed. I also tried running the RAM without XMP settings on default configurations, but the PC still experienced crashes once. After the HDD failure, I was able to keep the system stable with the RAM overclocked to 3600Mhz without any issues. Someone confirmed this by saying "dying storage can lead to instability, even when the OS isn't running on that drive, likely related to caching behavior."
I once repaired a computer using an outdated SSD. When I took the SSD out, the system started booting. At first, I believed the problem was with the power supply, since it would restart before showing the boot screen. This suggests it might influence the device's stability.
I originally intended to mention memory instability, but that wasn't accurate. It seems the memory was relocated to different slots during troubleshooting.
It's worth noting that the HDD wasn't responsible for the boot process; the SSD handled it.