Question Problems with newly assembled PC

[ImInfinity]

Hello everyone,

I recently purchased a second PC with the following components.

B650 gaming wifi

ryzen 5 8600g

ddr5 xpg 6400mhz (currently 5200mhz no expo)

kingston m.2 pcie 4.0 1tb

Everything went well during assembly and installation of Win11, but problems started after a few hours.

At first, I installed some Epic games, played for a while to test them, and then when I installed LoL, I interrupted the installation of Visual C++ Redistributable. From then on, problems started. I barely had any network connection, the computer froze, and I couldn't even open the task manager.

After searching, I thought it was due to corrupted .dll files, so I decided to reinstall Windows since I had only installed a few programs.

Again, everything went well. I installed fewer programs but updated all the drivers and the BIOS, and I only installed one game to test the machine. Again, everything was fine until I installed AIDA64, when it started to run slowly and the same thing happened again.

At this point, I don't know what to do. I tested the SSD, CPU, and iGPU, and everything was fine. I tried to test the RAM, but I can't boot memtest86.

I don't know if it's a software error or a component error. Right now, the PC only displays the desktop image and nothing can be opened, nothing responds to clicks.

I hope you can help me solve these problems

 

[NightHawkRMX]

What happens when you try and boot memtest? I recently had a flaky SSD in a new PC that was causing crashing right off of the bat, but booting memtest from a flash drive does not involve the SSD so that may rule out this component.

What exact ram kit is this? If it has multiple sticks try installing just one.

 

[Gururu]

What you need to establish is if it works before you install non-essential programs. After you install Windows, check your settings to make sure all of your hardware is detected and the most updated drivers are installed. Update Windows in the settings and make sure everything in the BIOS is kosher.

 

[ImInfinity]

What you need to establish is if it works before you install non-essential programs. After you install Windows, check your settings to make sure all of your hardware is detected and the most updated drivers are installed. Update Windows in the settings and make sure everything in the BIOS is kosher.

In the end, it was m.2.

It seems that the Kingston NV3 PCIe 4.0 is not fully compatible with AM5, generating registry errors in the SSD that end up corrupting the entire OS.
Finally, I used an old Acer FA100 and I no longer have any problems.

I'll probably buy a Samsung Evo or WD, but from what I've seen, there isn't much difference between PCIe 3.0 and 4.0/5.0.

 

[ImInfinity]

What happens when you try and boot memtest? I recently had a flaky SSD in a new PC that was causing crashing right off of the bat, but booting memtest from a flash drive does not involve the SSD so that may rule out this component.

What exact ram kit is this? If it has multiple sticks try installing just one.

Memtest86 simply wouldn't boot, even after removing the SSD. I probably did something wrong with the bootable USB. I used Rufus and the one that comes with the same program, but it still didn't work.

In the end, it turned out to be the M.2 that was generating a corrupted OS over time. Currently, the PC is working with Expo profiles at 6400 MHz. It's a 2x16 XPG kit, model AX5U6400C3216G-DCLARWH.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Kingston NV3 is a fairly budget drive, so it could just be unreliable/faulty, rather than incompatible. I have gone through the process of a warranty claim on a Kingston SSD in the past and it was fairly painless, so maybe that is the a good road to go down if you can't return it.

If you do get another drive, My recommendation would be to look for a quality Pcie 4.0 SSD, as they're hardily any more money than a Pcie 3.0 SSD and can be quite a bit faster for copying files, games, backups etc. Also as Pcie 3 drives are geared for older systems at this point, the majority of drives available for Pcie 3.0 tend to be lower end cheap models. Pcie 5 drives are quite expensive, not worth at this point in time.