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The only hiccup I encountered with Windows 11 was the chipset driver being delegated to being an optional update. Other than that it's been stable for me

nice to see you active again ace. windows 11 is the only OS i have had issues with thankfully ;)

InspectahACE wrote: ↑Sun Oct 17, 2021 9:40 am The only hiccup I encountered with Windows 11 was the chipset driver being delegated to being an optional update. Other than that it's been stable for me

This question goes to both InspectahACE and DJTucker,
How long have you been running Win11 and how did you get it?


Update: I ran sfc/scannow again and it found corrupt files and could not fix them all.
I ran Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth and it completed successfully!
Then I ran sfc/scannow again and it came back with...Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.

And I went through all the drivers and they are all up to date!

camaroguy1998 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 17, 2021 9:56 pm

InspectahACE wrote: ↑Sun Oct 17, 2021 9:40 am The only hiccup I encountered with Windows 11 was the chipset driver being delegated to being an optional update. Other than that it's been stable for me

This question goes to both InspectahACE and DJTucker,
How long have you been running Win11 and how did you get it?


Update: I ran sfc/scannow again and it found corrupt files and could not fix them all.
I ran Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth and it completed successfully!
Then I ran sfc/scannow again and it came back with...Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.

And I went through all the drivers and they are all up to date!

started running windows 11 around 4 weeks ago. before official release so my issues are to be expected. trouble is not everyone with my gpu issues had those issues. however a beta update just released that has fixed (so far) all of my minor windows 11 issues

camaroguy1998 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 17, 2021 9:56 pm

InspectahACE wrote: ↑Sun Oct 17, 2021 9:40 am The only hiccup I encountered with Windows 11 was the chipset driver being delegated to being an optional update. Other than that it's been stable for me

This question goes to both InspectahACE and DJTucker,
How long have you been running Win11 and how did you get it?


Update: I ran sfc/scannow again and it found corrupt files and could not fix them all.
I ran Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth and it completed successfully!
Then I ran sfc/scannow again and it came back with...Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.

And I went through all the drivers and they are all up to date!

Downloaded the ISO from MS the day they officially released it..last week I believe.

Ok, so neither of you are really having any issues you were not aware of before you started!
I'm not running a dedicated GPU(Yet!) I'm using the Radeon Vega graphics on the 3400G which I hope won't be a problem!

More than 4days 17hrs and sfc/scannow still comes back with No Integrity Violations!
I will probably run it daily just to see if windows is degrading!

Still playing the "Wait and See" game!
One more issue and I am reloading Windows10.

For now I'm going to see how things are with Win11 in a couple months!

Well that didnt take long! Twice its Blue screened!
1. System Service Exception (ntfs.sys)
2. Attempted write to readonly memory

So i ran a windows memory diagnostic and it says my computer memory has a problem and to contact the computer manufacturer! Guessing that would be me!

When I started the memory diagnostic it had a message...
"Hardware problems were detected"
To identify and repair these problems you will need to contact the computer manufacturer!

I am running chkdsk at the moment just to make sure the memory is the only problem I am dealing with!

ok, it finished and there was no message when it rebooted!
I guess it passed!

After running memory diagnostic tool it failed and showed hardware problem.
I pulled stick number 2 and ran memory diagnostic again and it failed!
Going to switch the sticks and run mem diag tool again and see what happens!

Apparently bad memory has been my issue all along!?!

UPDATE: I switched the sticks and started a 2nd run on a single stick and....
it says "Hardware Problems Were Detected"
So i'm betting it fails also! I'll post back after the test completes!
Having a hard time believing both sticks are bad

Time to contact GSkill!

UPDATE 2: The 2nd stick failed the memtest too!
Just seems so odd to me to find 2 sticks paired together and both are having issues!

Could still be your power supply. It may just be fluctuating power and causing problems.

I don't think I ever had 2 sticks of memory go bad at once unless I had a power surge or something else happened in the computer.....even then I can only remember it happening once.

KnightRid wrote: ↑Fri Oct 22, 2021 3:29 am Could still be your power supply. It may just be fluctuating power and causing problems.

I don't think I ever had 2 sticks of memory go bad at once unless I had a power surge or something else happened in the computer.....even then I can only remember it happening once.

I've only had one other stick of memory fail in more than 20 years and that was probably 20yrs ago!
The other night when it BSOD'd and I went to reset it Failed to boot the first try, those 2 BSOD's gave me errors.
They were "Attempted write to readonly memory" and "System Service Exception" (ntfs.sys)
Whatever this is, it is progressively getting worse.
I wish I had another newer system to chk the memory in!

I sent an email to Gskill, have to wait and see what they have to say!
BTW...running mem diag tool is what they recommend and exactly how I did it!

camaroguy1998 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 22, 2021 3:52 am

KnightRid wrote: ↑Fri Oct 22, 2021 3:29 am Could still be your power supply. It may just be fluctuating power and causing problems.

I don't think I ever had 2 sticks of memory go bad at once unless I had a power surge or something else happened in the computer.....even then I can only remember it happening once.

I've only had one other stick of memory fail in more than 20 years and that was probably 20yrs ago!
The other night when it BSOD'd and I went to reset it Failed to boot the first try, those 2 BSOD's gave me errors.
They were "Attempted write to readonly memory" and "System Service Exception" (ntfs.sys)
Whatever this is, it is progressively getting worse.
I wish I had another newer system to chk the memory in!

I sent an email to Gskill, have to wait and see what they have to say!
BTW...running mem diag tool is what they recommend and exactly how I did it!

as your psu is fully modular, could you reseat all cables in the psu as that has been a problem in the past for a couple repairs i did.

DJ Tucker wrote: ↑Fri Oct 22, 2021 5:24 pm
as your psu is fully modular, could you reseat all cables in the psu as that has been a problem in the past for a couple repairs i did.

Have to add that to the list of "Must Do's" when I can get it on a table and open it up!
Right now I have the side panel off and had just enough room to get my hand in to pull the memory
and switch it around to run mem diag tool.
So far, I thought the PSU was my problem, then it seemed Windows was the issue and now it seems that memory is the issue!
I think reseating all the cables will be the first thing I do!
After that, I will probably pickup a single stick of memory and see if it passes memory diagnostic tool!
And go from there!
"Patience" Think I need a little of yours!


Update: I emailed Gskill and they said If I feel there is a problem with the memory to start the RMA exchange Process!

lets hope the memory is the issue here and thats an easy rma and fix and would save a lot of effort to slowly pull your pc apart as i did

Went to BestBuy today! They have a 14 day "No Question Asked" return policy on memory!
So I bought 16G(2x8) of Corsair Vengence DDR4 3600mhz memory.
I pulled the Gskill and installed 1 stick of 8G and ran Memory Diag Tool.
It PASSED!
I then installed the other stick and ran Mem Diag Tool again and
It PASSED!
I then ran a 2nd test on both sticks and they both passed "No Memory Issues"
Feeling pretty sure the Gskill memory is/was my problem!

Starting the RMA process tonight!

Ran sfc/scannow and still no Integrity Violations! So windows is not an issue!

That's good news. rma and hopefully be all up and running again

DJ Tucker wrote: ↑Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:03 pm That's good news. rma and hopefully be all up and running again

Rma submitted and accepted!
Shipped memory and its been delivered, just waiting for them to ship me some new memory!

Its been running(basically) since last sunday evening with "ZERO" issues!
I have rebooted it a couple times running Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool with no problems detected!
Guess its time to return the new memory to BestBuy!

camaroguy1998 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 31, 2021 3:26 am

DJ Tucker wrote: ↑Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:03 pm That's good news. rma and hopefully be all up and running again

Rma submitted and accepted!
Shipped memory and its been delivered, just waiting for them to ship me some new memory!

Its been running(basically) since last sunday evening with "ZERO" issues!
I have rebooted it a couple times running Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool with no problems detected!
Guess its time to return the new memory to BestBuy!

to quote a famous saying "i love it when a plan comes together"

DJ Tucker wrote: ↑Sun Oct 31, 2021 6:52 pm

camaroguy1998 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 31, 2021 3:26 am

DJ Tucker wrote: ↑Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:03 pm That's good news. rma and hopefully be all up and running again

Rma submitted and accepted!
Shipped memory and its been delivered, just waiting for them to ship me some new memory!

Its been running(basically) since last sunday evening with "ZERO" issues!
I have rebooted it a couple times running Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool with no problems detected!
Guess its time to return the new memory to BestBuy!

to quote a famous saying "i love it when a plan comes together"

Me2!

I was starting to get anxious with getting so many Odd Errors!
I'm still finding it really odd that both sticks failed testing!
But, with that said, they were both in sequential S/N order!
I figure some bad ICs or controller chips!?!
I wish I could find out what was up with them!

I was starting to get anxious with getting so many Odd Errors!
I'm still finding it really odd that both sticks failed testing!
But, with that said, they were both in sequential S/N order!
I figure some bad ICs or controller chips!?!
I wish I could find out what was up with them!

Unless you can see any physical damage there's not much you can do. it is also very odd to have 2 sticks fail at the same time but it does happen as you have proved.

Back up and running!
I shipped the bad memory out last Wed. and received the replacement memory today(Wed).
I installed it and have run Memory Diagnostic Tool twice and it passed both times!

Also returned the test memory to BestBuy and got my money back!
All is good and lets hope it stays that way!