This is part cautionary tale, part call for help.
I am building a Ryzen7 system. I started with the following components:
- Ryzen7 1700x
- Asus Prime B350 Plus MB
- 2x8GB Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 3200
- CoolerMaster 212 CPU fan
- Samsung 960 EVO M.2 drive
In addition I cannibalized a few pieces from a previous build: CoolerMaster case and fans, CoolerMaster 800W PSU, nVidia GeForce 750Ti (yes, yes, I know) and a few peripherals (DVD drive, etc).
My build immediately hit problems. The memory would not run at a speed above 2133 even though it was on the VQL. After I loaded Windows and a few other things, I got fast and furious blue screens - IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL, MEMORY_MANAGEMENT, a few others.
Given the quality of the memory, I suspected the MB. I upgraded the BIOS and tried a clean build. Same issues. I replaced the MB with the one described above - Gigabyte GA-AB350-Gaming. Same issues (AARGH). XMP profile failed to POST. Windows installation at 2133 resulted in frequent BSOD. I ran memory tests through Windows and they worked at 2133. I RMA'ed the memory anyways and tried again with new sticks.
Things got much better. It immediately accepted the XMP profile at 3200 (yay!). So off I went, doing installations with frequent system restore points. Then I got a BSOD with MEMORY_MANAGEMENT so I took it down a notch in speed. I got more BSODs and took the memory back to stock (2133).
I am still seeing BSODs about every 20 minutes -- IRQL and MEMORY. I ran memtest86 overnight with no problems. BlueScreenView didn't yield anything particularly relevant -- ntoskrnl for all crashes.
I don't have anything exotic installed. Win10 Pro, ESET, Office, Firefox, LightRoom/PhotoShop (most of my work is here, not gaming), etc. At this point I need a working computer.
A new BIOS just came out (F4). I will give that a try. I will also uninstall everything I don't consider essential. If that fails, I will do a clean install keeping everything stock.
Anything else to try here? Pulling my hair out...
Thanks,
Dan
I am building a Ryzen7 system. I started with the following components:
- Ryzen7 1700x
- Asus Prime B350 Plus MB
- 2x8GB Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 3200
- CoolerMaster 212 CPU fan
- Samsung 960 EVO M.2 drive
In addition I cannibalized a few pieces from a previous build: CoolerMaster case and fans, CoolerMaster 800W PSU, nVidia GeForce 750Ti (yes, yes, I know) and a few peripherals (DVD drive, etc).
My build immediately hit problems. The memory would not run at a speed above 2133 even though it was on the VQL. After I loaded Windows and a few other things, I got fast and furious blue screens - IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL, MEMORY_MANAGEMENT, a few others.
Given the quality of the memory, I suspected the MB. I upgraded the BIOS and tried a clean build. Same issues. I replaced the MB with the one described above - Gigabyte GA-AB350-Gaming. Same issues (AARGH). XMP profile failed to POST. Windows installation at 2133 resulted in frequent BSOD. I ran memory tests through Windows and they worked at 2133. I RMA'ed the memory anyways and tried again with new sticks.
Things got much better. It immediately accepted the XMP profile at 3200 (yay!). So off I went, doing installations with frequent system restore points. Then I got a BSOD with MEMORY_MANAGEMENT so I took it down a notch in speed. I got more BSODs and took the memory back to stock (2133).
I am still seeing BSODs about every 20 minutes -- IRQL and MEMORY. I ran memtest86 overnight with no problems. BlueScreenView didn't yield anything particularly relevant -- ntoskrnl for all crashes.
I don't have anything exotic installed. Win10 Pro, ESET, Office, Firefox, LightRoom/PhotoShop (most of my work is here, not gaming), etc. At this point I need a working computer.
A new BIOS just came out (F4). I will give that a try. I will also uninstall everything I don't consider essential. If that fails, I will do a clean install keeping everything stock.
Anything else to try here? Pulling my hair out...
Thanks,
Dan
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