ive been building computers, since 95? and ive never have had, this much wackyness going on. i can’t figure it out. i ran memtest 86? it is built into motherboard, and after it took 24 hours it passed 100% then i run intel cpu test, that they say will tell me, if there is a problem, it is a 14900k and it passed, no problems, motherboard is fine, i think, brand new, nvme 990 pro new. i really think it is a hardware issue, but the test keep saying no problems? i couldnt get 24H2 to install, just wierd stuff, get to answering those questions, and it would seem fine, then reboot and start asking me same questions again. and other strange problems, i had to resort to, installing a older verion, before 24H2. now when i go to install gpu drivers, for the first time, it just wont, gives me failed on all, and just wont install. but if i boot, into safe mode i can get them installed. Chrome Browser chrashes all the time, and edge but not as much. Some programs, just act odd or fail during install. really wierd stuff, from a clean install. i swear the cpu is bad, but reports it is good. right now, im just tired of fighting it, i give up. theres more problems, but it was a few months ago, and i forget what all it was, but now i need to do something, thanks!
You patched the firmware this, for right? I mean Wendell did a video that all the K SKU in the 13th and 14th gen intel has a bad CPU degradation bug… you know that, right?
Probably a bad CPU especially if you’ve been using it for a year+ without patching BIOS.
If it’s a brand new install I would verify that the CPU socket has no damage. It’s surprisingly easy to damage LGA by accident and can even be hard to spot unless you’re looking closely. I would also set RAM speed to base spec rather than XMP. I’ve had RAM that was fine in Memtest while XMP/EXPO was enabled, but saw instability in OS due to CPU+RAM combo being slightly off.
yeh, i did immediately, mine is water cooled, and i was just hoping it was ok, but i really think the intel test lies, i will warranty it.
i dont think i bent a pin, im very careful, it is watercooled, and i bought that plate, so its connection is more firm. i will warranty it, first i have to find the box, intel wants to start warranty.
Swapping out memory is probably the next step. Memtest can tell you if your memory is bad, it doesn’t tell you that it’s good.
Same behavior on Linux/BSD?
i havent tried, im going to swap cpu first, see how it goes.
That sounds like UEFI boot where the motherboard firmware didn’t switch to Windows Boot Loader after the pre-install so it boots the install media again.
I’d boot a Linux LiveUSB and do a CPU and GPU stress-test. prime95 for CPU, and for GPU there’s GpuTest (Fur Ring); I have a one-liner for a 720p test:
wget -O '/tmp/GpuTest_Linux_x64.zip' 'http://www.ozone3d.net/gputest/dl/GpuTest_Linux_x64_0.7.0.zip' && unzip '/tmp/GpuTest_Linux_x64.zip' -d '/tmp' && cd '/tmp/GpuTest_Linux_x64_'* && ./GpuTest /test='fur' /width='1280' /height='720'
With an NVIDIA GPU that might not work ideally without full-clocking for actual stress (not sure if there’s a LiveUSB Linux distro with NVIDIA proprietary drivers present in the Live session).
I’ve also only seen HCI memtest show errors.
On X470/2700X/4x8GB, open-source memtest86 would pass overnight no problem, but DX12/VK games would crash. HCI memtest showed errors overnight, I lowered RAM speed, and a re-run had no errors and games were fine.
Thank you, ill try that. there is this new jayz two cents video, that is almost, the same exact problems, so i think it is definetly the cpu. many of the same problems.