Re: Things I Don't Need Today

On Wed, 6 Mar 2024 11:06:10 -0800, Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com>
wrote:

On 3/6/2024 7:33 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 15:37:08 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

On 3/5/2024 3:31 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

 

PC's broke.

 

Given what you describe sounds like the Win11 install possibly got
corrupted.  Have you tried re-formatting the HDD and reinstalling the OS?

 That was my first guess. Windows hosing itself isn't quite as common
as it used to be, but it's still an overly complicated system
(especially given its dependence on the registry).
 But given that I've pulled the HDDs and the problem still persists, I
think I can rule that one out.

>
I assume you tried pulling the memory out that you put in?

You assume correctly. More precisely, I tested each RAM module
seperately (since I don't have any other compatible DDR5 modules to
test in their place). The problem remained. It is possible that both
modules are faulty but, I think, unlikely. I'd suspect overclocking issues except, well, I'm not overclocking
(just because I'm terrified of stuff like this happening. I fried a
CPU once in the Pentium days ;-). But a recent report indicated that
Intel 13/14900K are apparently sensitive to overclocking, so maybe
even running at its intended speed is a bit too much for it.
(I'm trying to figure out how to underclock the CPU; the BIOS is not
particularly helpful. It has waaaay too many options all too similarly
named. Oh, for a simple selection of jumpers on the motherboard ;-).
But it's really down to only four compoents: motherboard, CPU, RAM or
PSU. The latter two seemingly are fine (the former based on RAM tests,
the latter based on testing individual rails). That leaves me with two
potentially very expensive replacements. But I won't be doing either
until I can figure out which one...
<grumble>