Kingston ECC error rate

[Cespool]

Hello!

I changed my motherboard a few days ago (had the asrock z87 extreme 4 and changed to the gigabyte z97x gaming).
After changing, windows 8.1 was running perfectly and was activated.
When i ran the S.M.A.R.T on my ssd (that has the OS), it was showing that ECC rate error was failing. Can this be caused by motherboard change without reinstalling the OS?

Thanks in advance

 

[glamdringfh]

Hello Cespool,

Yes, if you changed motherboards/ chipsets without re-installing the OS there is a good chance you will encounter driver conflicts and other random errors such as what you've documented above.

 

[Cespool]

Do you think that upgrading from Windows 8.1 to windows 10 might solve the problem? I'm really trying to avoid formatting my SSD.

 

[glamdringfh]

I doubt upgrading would solve everything. It might actually make things even worse, as you would then have old/ incompatible Windows 8.1 chipset drivers for the wrong chipset installed on Windows 10.

The best thing to do would be to reformat and install the OS fresh. Reformatting an SSD isn't going to severely damage it, and it would be the most sure-fire way of making sure all your hardware is working correctly.

 

[Cespool]

Well, guess I will try it and get back to you after.

Thanks for the reply

 

[glamdringfh]

You're most welcome, best of luck.

 

[Cespool]

Last question, sorry...
Since it shows that the windows is activated in the new board, is it safe to assume that the license was successfully transferred from one board to the other and I won't have problems activating it after the clean install?

 

[Karadjgne]

Depends on the version of Windows. OEM x86 and OEM x64 are tied to the mobo. The full retail version that has x86 and x64 is tied to itself, so swapping motherboards doesn't pose an issue other than the drivers. I swapped an Asus for an msi board and it took me a solid week of digging to finally get rid of the Asus drivers, some, like the Intel Sata drivers were fine to leave, same for both boards, and the marvel drivers were easy to find, but I do believe I did get them all. A simple reinstall of windows, not a full format would have worked. A reinstall wipes out the drivers section, so any add on drivers need reinstalling too.

 

[Cespool]

So should I try just to reinstall windows before doing a clean install and take it from there?

 

[Karadjgne]

Don't see why not. Sometimes a band-aid is all that's needed. At the very worst, Windows won't accept the old key as it's tied to the old motherboard. So then you get ahold of Microsoft support, explain to them it's a motherboard replacement, not a whole new pc, and they are usually happy to reissue you a new key.

 

[Cespool]

Just did everything, and the problem is still there. Guess it is the SSD itself. Thanks for all the replies

 

[Y0GI]

Just did everything, and the problem is still there. Guess it is the SSD itself. Thanks for all the replies

Buying a Kingston SSD is a crapshoot, a box of chocolates, whatever. Some are OK and others not.

May as well RMA to Kingston: Kingston RMA (Link)

Yogi