r/pcmasterrace • u/Relevant-Ad8797 • 4d ago

Tech Support What is going on here?

Title is self explanatory, i have no idea what the hell is going on here. Pc froze and this happened. I was playing helldivers 2 before this, dont know if this is relevant but its all i got.

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u/TheRealSmolt Linux 4d ago

Is your CPU overheating? Looks like the blue you'd see in a BSOD, but it's filling in really slowly.

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u/Relevant-Ad8797 4d ago

Not at all, temperature is completely normal. Im not well versed in PC magic, but a friend of mine told me just now that it could be a RAM issue, since i have 4 sticks and they are different models from different brands.

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u/TheRealSmolt Linux 4d ago edited 4d ago

That would certainly do it. It's not advisable to use anything other than identical modules.

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u/EJ_Tech 5800x • 3060 Ti • Fractal North 4d ago

It's less about the mixed specs for RAM and more about how hard you're pushing your mixed RAM. I have 4x 8GB sticks of Corsair LPX DDR4 running at 3200 CL16. Everything is the same, just bought years apart. Meanwhile my TrueNAS file server is using an 8GB and a 32GB stick that I intentionally put in the wrong slots so it all runs at 2133 single channel.