Odd problems, Windows 10 or ECS MOBO?

[asand1]

Background;
Running Windows 10 on an ECS A960M-MV I had no problems for 7 months. I recently did install 2x4gb KLEVV DDR3 1600 RAM, and maybe this has something to do with the problem.

Problem;
Just in the last week I have started having issues where:
A. The sound would cut out, both on my speakers through the on-board HD audio, and the USB headset.

B. When I hit the start (Windows) icon there is no reaction, no menu, no error message, no nothing.

C. There is no task bar.

D. I cannot tab out of my game (World of Tanks).

I ended up installing my video card, 2x4Gb KLEVV RAM, and 80Gb HDD into the Lenovo and everything seems to be fine. Surprisingly Windows 10 Pro did not mind migrating to a different machine that initially had W10 Home insalled on it. Less surprisingly, the 2x4Gb KLEVV 1600 is playing nice with the 2x2Gb 1333 Samsung(?) RAM. I am getting 70-110 FPS and 20 MS ping in game, so it seems the RAM and OS install is not the culprit.

Any thoughts?

BTW I am posting from an Nvidia Nforce 680i SLI lt running Ubuntu based Zorin OS.

 

[Subdued]

did the issue go away on the ECS system when you took the RAM back out?

there is a such thing as RAM compatibility. Some boards just don't like some memory.

 

[dparm]

You need to run one stick of RAM at a time to narrow it down.

I'm a bit confused as to why you're mixing two different types of RAM (not the brands, but rather, the speeds and sizes). That's not exactly optimal and I'd bet a nickel that the motherboard doesn't like that.

 

[asand1]

Originally Posted By: Subdued
did the issue go away on the ECS system when you took the RAM back out? There is a such thing as RAM compatibility. Some boards just don't like some memory.
I didn't try running it with any other RAM unfortunately. I will try later when I have another HDD, or I might try a a linux boot disk however I would be comparing apples to oranges.


Originally Posted By: dparm
I'm a bit confused as to why you're mixing two different types of RAM (not the brands, but rather, the speeds and sizes). That's not exactly optimal and I'd bet a nickel that the motherboard doesn't like that.


I wasn't mixing on the ECS board. It only had two DIMMs populated by two sticks of KLEVV 4Gb.

After moving everty thing to the Lenovo, CPU-Z is showing 12Gb at 1333 running Dual channel. Everything I have read points to mixing size, brand, and speed usually not being a problem at stock clocks. I played Tanks for a good 7 hours on high settings with absolutely no issues also.

 

[PandaBear]

ECS is usually not the best quality money can buy.

 

[asand1]

Well the same problem popped up with the Lenovo PC using the same HDD and install. Rebooting resulted in a properly running PC.

 

[Subdued]

sounds like you have a wonky hard drive