CPU: ryzen 7 5800X3D RAM: 4x8gb GSKILL TridentZ Neo 3600 C16 Motherboard: X570 Aorus Elite wifi (v1.0)
I bought the motherboard back in February, and upgraded from a 3600 to the 5800X3D in April. Id had no issues with my system until about 3 weeks ago, when it suddenly started crashing on boot up. BIOS reset fixed it for another week, at which point it started crashing again.
It then got worse, crashing in games and then crashing on boot up again. I did a BIOS reset again, had the same issues. Took out the ram from slots A1/B1 and it was fine for a day, then started crashing again. At that point, I started noticing my RAM wasn't showing up in the right numbers, and XMP was disabled. XMP put the computer in a boot loop even with 1 stick in
After some testing, the RAM is fine. All 4 sticks show up as they should. I did a CMOS reset at the behest of some friends and it worked for a day, before crashing some more, at which point things got weird.
In slots A1/B1, it only showed 8gb. Slots A2/B2 only showed 8gb All 4 slots populated also showed 8gb. Initially Slot A2 worked (as well as B2 for dual channel), but eventually stopped working. RAM in slots B1/B2 shows as 16gb. XMP still does not work
Is it possible my CPU's memory controller fried itself? Is it maybe motherboard? I can't really test due to lack of backup parts (I have a B450 motherboard but it doesn't have 5000 series BIOS and I don't have any old CPUs), so any insight is useful right now
The hole is there, but is there a pivot for the second hand to press on to?
Is there a black art to second hand placement?
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