Hey guys, I made a thread in the motherboard section nearly a month ago, and I've been trying to diagnose this problem ever since. I'm thinking maybe this section will have an answer.
We came to the conclusion that it was either my motherboard, or my CPU. With two RAM sticks, my computer wouldn't boot up after a while at all. I took one out, and they both work individually, just not together. However, there are some new symptoms since I've been noticing with 1 RAM stick. For one, the computer will not shut down using the windows shut down option, I have to hold the power button. When rebooting, it may reboot 4 or 5 times before it gets going (this happened prior to using 1 stick though), and then it will run for days. But the second symptom I didn't notice previously was that the longer I have the computer on, the slower and more laggy it gets. Before, it would simply shut down entirely without any warning, it no longer does that with 1 RAM stick though. I've linked a couple pictures of the event viewer which shows the critical shut down error, and the device manager which shows what I assume is a non-updated driver(?) but I'm not sure. I am assuming this is hardware related, and if it is, I need help nailing down which piece it is so I can RMA it for a replacement. I appreciate any help you can give me, and I will cooperate with any requests. Below are the picture I mentioned earlier.
http://imgur.com/a/fTn2L#1
We came to the conclusion that it was either my motherboard, or my CPU. With two RAM sticks, my computer wouldn't boot up after a while at all. I took one out, and they both work individually, just not together. However, there are some new symptoms since I've been noticing with 1 RAM stick. For one, the computer will not shut down using the windows shut down option, I have to hold the power button. When rebooting, it may reboot 4 or 5 times before it gets going (this happened prior to using 1 stick though), and then it will run for days. But the second symptom I didn't notice previously was that the longer I have the computer on, the slower and more laggy it gets. Before, it would simply shut down entirely without any warning, it no longer does that with 1 RAM stick though. I've linked a couple pictures of the event viewer which shows the critical shut down error, and the device manager which shows what I assume is a non-updated driver(?) but I'm not sure. I am assuming this is hardware related, and if it is, I need help nailing down which piece it is so I can RMA it for a replacement. I appreciate any help you can give me, and I will cooperate with any requests. Below are the picture I mentioned earlier.
http://imgur.com/a/fTn2L#1
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