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    Question Ram usage spikes to 99% then locks up pc, when practically doing nothing.

    Intel I7 7700k Msi b250m gaming pro EVGA 1070 sc Corsair vengeance LPX 16gb dual channel 2400mhz C16 Thermaltake tr2 600w bronze
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    Question Ram usage spikes to 99% then locks up pc, when practically doing nothing.

    So I just tested my old 8gb Corsair vengeance single channel stick on memtest, 4 passes and 0 errors, completely clean. My new ram that gets single errors on test 7 & 8 is 16gb dual channel. The difference between the two is that the one that passes good is single channel and runs at 2133mhz and...
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    Question Ram usage spikes to 99% then locks up pc, when practically doing nothing.

    UPDATE 2: updated my bios and gpu driver, also ran memtest again afterwords and I got 1 error on the first out of 4 passes on test 8 (when I got an error on my 1st memtest it was test 7 on pass 3, so the error was not reproduced) the rest were clean. I also ran malwarebytes and it found malware...
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    Question Ram usage spikes to 99% then locks up pc, when practically doing nothing.

    Bad news, on the 3rd pass I got 1 error on test 7. Super bummed, bought this kit on amazon a couple weeks ago... what a time to RMA something huh. Corsair Ram has a lifetime warranty correct?
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    Question Ram usage spikes to 99% then locks up pc, when practically doing nothing.

    UPDATE: completed the first pass on memtest, 0 errors. My bios haven’t been updated since 2017, so I may update them, maybe my old bios aren’t playing well with the new windows updates?
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    Question Ram usage spikes to 99% then locks up pc, when practically doing nothing.

    Just ran windows defender and it also came back clean. Think i should update bios? a bios update i missed says it has an update for " Intel Micro code for security vulnerabilities ". Gonna wait to do the memtest because i don't have a usb handy, but could it be? memory diagnostic said they...
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    Question Ram usage spikes to 99% then locks up pc, when practically doing nothing.

    Just did one using avast and found nothing. Also did a Windows Memory Diagnostic and it came back clean as well, should i try memtest too?
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    Question Ram usage spikes to 99% then locks up pc, when practically doing nothing.

    Alright fellas i need help with an issue that has stumped me. I bought new ram like 2 weeks ago, 16gb corsair vengeance 2400mhz. Works perfect, i game with absolutely no issues. Past couple days i've been having some lockup issues. I'll be browsing chrome, watching something on VLC and then...