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Cissouryne It is possible that your processor is on its way out. You probably heard about the problems with this and the previous generation, especially the high-end K-series models, where the CPU would crash the system under heavy but not unreasonable loads for reasons that took a while to diagnose. I read or heard one estimate that up to half of the units were affected, depending on the particular model, and that maybe half of those could be recovered with the BIOS updates meant to address the issue.
That of course means that some were not fixable, either because they were too defective out of the box or because the progressive damage from the problematic settings couldn't be reversed. It's impossible to tell for sure whether any particular CPU falls into this category. However, if you are able to RMA your CPU, I would definitely do so. This problem doesn't get better; either it's stable or it keeps getting worse. And Intel did eventually agree to accept RMAs from the two affected generations with fewer restrictions than would normally be in place, so you don't necessarily have to prove that your unit is defective in exactly this way. Hopefully a new one will be fine.
- Cissouryne22 days agoNew Novice
puzzlezaddict Thanks again for your advice, I'm going to see if i can RMA.
I'm now in a new situation with these crashes :
XMP off, Turbo boost off, Intel boost on ; i did my RAM tests.
RAM n°1 on A2, it works. RAM n°2 on A2, it works too. So, when I don't have any RAM on b2, or maybe when my pc doesnt have to deal with 2 RAM, I dont crash... I'll test with 2 RAM on different places, as A1 b1 to see if it can be stable.