- Joined
- Aug 4, 2011
- Messages
- 158
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte Designare Z390
- CPU
- i9-9900K
- Graphics
- RX 580
- Mac
- Mobile Phone
I think I've finally figured out what has been making my system hang from time to time. I am able to repeatedly without fail make my computer lock up by opening a bunch of tabs in chrome which lead me to believe it was related to RAM.
Videos of lock up:
Next step was to see which stick of RAM was the culprit. For reference I have the Corsair LPX 32GB (2x16GB) 3200MHz C16 DDR4. I loaded my ram in different configurations then tried to make my computer crash by opening a bunch of chrome tabs and running Rember/Memtest. We'll call each stick RAM 1 and RAM 2 and use the slot names from the chart below. Tests were performed with no peripherals attached via USB / thunderbolt except for mouse and keyboard. Results from my tests:
A2: RAM 1, B2: RAM 2: Crash
A1: RAM 1, B1: RAM 2: Crash
A2: RAM 1: Passed
A2: RAM 2: Passed
B1: RAM 1: Passed
B2: RAM 2: Passed
A1: RAM 1, B1: RAM 2: Rember (Memtest GUI) failed in SafeMode
B1: RAM 2: Rember (Memtest GUI) passed in SafeMode
So from these tests I believe that I have confirmed that the individual sticks of RAM are fine. The individual DDR4 slots are fine. The problem lies with how my computer / MOBO is handling two channels of RAM. I guess I could run a few more rember configurations but it was so time consuming. I'm not sure why these RAM issues are resurfacing since I have already replaced my RAM and memtest passed before I started noticing frequent lock ups.
Anyone have any suggestions what my next step should be? Am I missing anything to optimize the dual channel configuration? Should I try to get a replacement Motherboard? Unfortunately my return period from Amazon has passed so it would have to be through Gigabyte.
Videos of lock up:
Next step was to see which stick of RAM was the culprit. For reference I have the Corsair LPX 32GB (2x16GB) 3200MHz C16 DDR4. I loaded my ram in different configurations then tried to make my computer crash by opening a bunch of chrome tabs and running Rember/Memtest. We'll call each stick RAM 1 and RAM 2 and use the slot names from the chart below. Tests were performed with no peripherals attached via USB / thunderbolt except for mouse and keyboard. Results from my tests:
A2: RAM 1, B2: RAM 2: Crash
A1: RAM 1, B1: RAM 2: Crash
A2: RAM 1: Passed
A2: RAM 2: Passed
B1: RAM 1: Passed
B2: RAM 2: Passed
A1: RAM 1, B1: RAM 2: Rember (Memtest GUI) failed in SafeMode
B1: RAM 2: Rember (Memtest GUI) passed in SafeMode
So from these tests I believe that I have confirmed that the individual sticks of RAM are fine. The individual DDR4 slots are fine. The problem lies with how my computer / MOBO is handling two channels of RAM. I guess I could run a few more rember configurations but it was so time consuming. I'm not sure why these RAM issues are resurfacing since I have already replaced my RAM and memtest passed before I started noticing frequent lock ups.
Anyone have any suggestions what my next step should be? Am I missing anything to optimize the dual channel configuration? Should I try to get a replacement Motherboard? Unfortunately my return period from Amazon has passed so it would have to be through Gigabyte.
Last edited: