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I've done some more testing and BIOS config changes since my last post on this.
With XMP disabled / memory running in default/Auto settings I still get crashes at basically the same frequency of anywhere from 3-5 times a week to a few times a month.
Bought a new higher wattage power supply because my Corsair RM650i was ~8 years old and I thought that might be a problem, also so that I could have more longevity for future upgrades or new builds, and so that I could upgrade to a higher performance/higher power GPU in the future if I feel the need to upgrade.
The new power supply didn't solve the issues either.
I also have another type of crash I don't think I mentioned here earlier, what I will call a "soft crash" where I'm in Windows and actively using the computer where it will suddenly start not responding to inputs. I click buttons, shortcuts/executable items/programs and it just doesn't respond. Attempt to close a program (Firefox, EA launcher, Battle.net launcher, e-mail program, etc) and they remain open. Had this happen a couple of times this week, once while I was watching a video on youtube and the audio kept playing while the video portion was frozen and I couldn't move it along the timeline forward or backward to have any effect. When this happens I end up having to press the reset button on the front of my case to get it out of this "soft crash" mode, because I can't restart the computer from within Windows when this happens, because restart and shut down don't respond either.
After getting back into Windows I went to an Admin command prompt, ran the commands of DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth (I also tried the /CheckHealth and /ScanHealth options before this) and then SFC /SCANNOW to attempt OS Cleanup/File System cleanup. Neither seemed to indicate any File System corruption though, so that wasn't it, this time.
Ultimately ended up re-running a Windows 10 v22H2 from an ISO I had on hand to do an in-place reinstall/upgrade of the version of Windows I already had installed to see if that would resolve the "soft crash" issue. At least it hasn't done that since the reinstall.
At this point, I truly don't know what is causing my issues. I only know I've only experienced these issues on AMD socket AM4, and never on any other AMD or Intel platform that I can remember building/running.
I have also acquired some memory that is not G.SKILL, to try out, but haven't gotten around to putting that in my system yet (Corsair).
With XMP disabled / memory running in default/Auto settings I still get crashes at basically the same frequency of anywhere from 3-5 times a week to a few times a month.
Bought a new higher wattage power supply because my Corsair RM650i was ~8 years old and I thought that might be a problem, also so that I could have more longevity for future upgrades or new builds, and so that I could upgrade to a higher performance/higher power GPU in the future if I feel the need to upgrade.
The new power supply didn't solve the issues either.
I also have another type of crash I don't think I mentioned here earlier, what I will call a "soft crash" where I'm in Windows and actively using the computer where it will suddenly start not responding to inputs. I click buttons, shortcuts/executable items/programs and it just doesn't respond. Attempt to close a program (Firefox, EA launcher, Battle.net launcher, e-mail program, etc) and they remain open. Had this happen a couple of times this week, once while I was watching a video on youtube and the audio kept playing while the video portion was frozen and I couldn't move it along the timeline forward or backward to have any effect. When this happens I end up having to press the reset button on the front of my case to get it out of this "soft crash" mode, because I can't restart the computer from within Windows when this happens, because restart and shut down don't respond either.
After getting back into Windows I went to an Admin command prompt, ran the commands of DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth (I also tried the /CheckHealth and /ScanHealth options before this) and then SFC /SCANNOW to attempt OS Cleanup/File System cleanup. Neither seemed to indicate any File System corruption though, so that wasn't it, this time.
Ultimately ended up re-running a Windows 10 v22H2 from an ISO I had on hand to do an in-place reinstall/upgrade of the version of Windows I already had installed to see if that would resolve the "soft crash" issue. At least it hasn't done that since the reinstall.
At this point, I truly don't know what is causing my issues. I only know I've only experienced these issues on AMD socket AM4, and never on any other AMD or Intel platform that I can remember building/running.
I have also acquired some memory that is not G.SKILL, to try out, but haven't gotten around to putting that in my system yet (Corsair).
