Hi LTT crew,
Long time listener, first time caller. I've been told I should totally join hundreds of times and I finally did.
Recently bought a new rig and have encountered issues. I believe I have figured out what is wrong and in theory it should be covered by warranty but I need a quick fix to get me through the next week before I have time to travel the 4 hour round trip to the store to get it properly sorted.
A quick run through of what I have done and ruled out:
Drivers - gfx, motherboard and bios etc all checked/updated.
Windows update - all clear
chkdsk - run and all clear
GSmartControl - also no issues
MemTest86 - OH MY GOD SO MANY ERRORS
Load hasn't been a trigger either, I can be running almost nothing and crash (Windows 10 sadface is this the new BSOD?) or in the middle of Rocket League and crash.
My setup: (All 6 weeks old)
CPU: Intel i5-8400 2.8GHz (6 core)
RAM: PC4-23900 DDR4 XMP 2998MHz (TEAMG I think is the brand)
PSU: 650 Watt gigabyte
GFX: msi GTX 1060
Running windows 10 basic
*edit: I should add nothing is overclocked*
The windows 10 sadfaces I have gotten have been different almost every time.
I'll attach images I took from MemTest86 but basically it never got off CPU: 0 and aborted due to too many errors.
Is this the CPU core or is it the memory?
My hunch is that it's somehow an individual CPU core, which is why I can sometimes get stable use out of the computer, but eventually it will fall over.
I note that I can disable the number of cores I can use in msconfig but not specific cores - just limit it to 4 or 2 or whatever.
I've never used MemTest86 before so perhaps I'm completely wrong here? Please do tell!
Looking forward to being schooled.
P.S. Can I donate the CPU to LTT if someone's keen to try and fix it with glue?