I've been having some frustrating problems with my RAM lately. I've got 4x 16GB Corsair DDR5 sticks; half I bought in 2022 and the other half in 2023. For over a year, I've been experiencing frequent kernel crashes related to memory. The Windows memory diagnostics aren't really reliable—they sometimes identify issues in one slot but not the other, and I've seen failures in all four sticks at different times. It's hard to believe all four sticks could be faulty, especially since they were bought separately. Could this be a motherboard issue? Is there any diagnostic I can run to figure it out?
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Have you tried using just two sticks instead of all four? Since you have two different kits, compatibility could be an issue. Plus, I've heard that using four DDR5 sticks tends to be less stable. I’m not certain about the specifics, but going from 2x to 4x can really complicate achieving stable memory speeds.
I was also using all four sticks at first, and I was crashing constantly. Once I switched to just two sticks, the system ran fine for months. I did, however, encounter a crash today while playing a new game, which led me to post about my issues.