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    [SOLVED] Please Help: Random reboots and crashes

    @Dom - Please no worries at all about the delay! This all sounds great. I will mark this thread as RESOLVED :cool:
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    [SOLVED] Please Help: Random reboots and crashes

    Good questions. I can do an A/B test with the old RAM, but the cooler/fans/thermal paste are likely in the same state they were 3 days ago when I opened this thread. Maybe all the stress testing wore down the thermal paste in some way? I can try reapplying but its such a new system and it was...
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    [SOLVED] Please Help: Random reboots and crashes

    I have some compelling news to share. I popped in the new RAM last night, reset CMOS, and then enabled the EXPO profile. I then ran a test overnight using the large FTT test as you recommended. It ran for 10.5 hours with no failures*! Here's where the asterisk comes in: When I turned on my...
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    [SOLVED] Please Help: Random reboots and crashes

    Thanks for clearing up my misunderstanding. Glad things are all pointing to RAM right now! It feels like it is being narrowed down each time you post :-) Are you suggesting this is possible even though the slower timings resulted in 0 errors? i.e. the defective ram slot could be sensitive to...
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    [SOLVED] Please Help: Random reboots and crashes

    @Dom - I appreciate the detailed summary of information for my edification. This all makes sense. In the interest of gathering more data and comparing w/ and w/o DOCP enabled: Last night I ran a Prime95 (blended) test to put load on the CPU and RAM, with DOCP disabled. It ran 10 hours and...
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    [SOLVED] Please Help: Random reboots and crashes

    @Dom Thanks for the quick reply. I am impressed by your wealth of knowledge for such a niche thing. When I disable/restart/enable the DOCP profile (I had it enabled, but wanted to cycle to get a better understanding of what BIOS settings are changed), the following settings are modified...
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    [SOLVED] Please Help: Random reboots and crashes

    Hello all, I am turning to this community because I am at a total loss. I recently built a new PC that randomly reboots and/or crashes fairly frequently. It reboots/crashes without warning (i.e. no BSOD, and (seemingly) no Windows Event Viewer logs that point to a problem outside of the...
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