Re: Windows 10 printing breaks due to Microsoft June 2020 updates
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2020 9:56 am
You can disable both spectre and meltdown mitigation. That won't hurt stability.
One of the reasons I avoid 'performance' RAM like Gskill is because it generally requires you to override the default timing profile to make it run stable. I bought some GSkill several years ago because it was on the manufacturer's recommended list, and had a lot of issues. The default timing was unstable, the mobo manufacturer sent me some recommended timing and that helped, but I still had problems. Tried timing suggestions on various hardware forums from users with the same mobo and nothing helped. Memtest86 run for days never detected an issue. RMA'd the RAM and same thing. Only thing that helped was pulling one stick (either) which forced it to run in single channel, but that hurt performance.
This began to feel like the old days when we used to play Russian roulette with IRQ jumper settings. I finally gave up and ordered some stock Crucial RAM and the system was perfectly stable after that. It seems that certain combinations of hardware just isn't happy unless you find the magic timing setting.
I gave that Gskill ram to someone and it worked fine on their system. I've seen issues like that on lot's of systems. Clients that were talked into performance Ram in custom builds from local computer shops, when they really didn't need it, and had stability issues fixed when I installed stock Crucial RAM.
Since then I have never put anything in a rig except stock Crucial (not their Ballistix performane Ram), looked up on the manufacturer's database online as the recommended match for my mobo. Never had a problem since. I always buy the fastest recommended stock Ram they recommend.
With Ram fairly cheap it might be worth ordering some Crucial and give it a shot. Or try running the Gskill in single channel. I'd say if it's stable in single channel you can be pretty sure it's a Ram timing issue.
Hope this helps.
One of the reasons I avoid 'performance' RAM like Gskill is because it generally requires you to override the default timing profile to make it run stable. I bought some GSkill several years ago because it was on the manufacturer's recommended list, and had a lot of issues. The default timing was unstable, the mobo manufacturer sent me some recommended timing and that helped, but I still had problems. Tried timing suggestions on various hardware forums from users with the same mobo and nothing helped. Memtest86 run for days never detected an issue. RMA'd the RAM and same thing. Only thing that helped was pulling one stick (either) which forced it to run in single channel, but that hurt performance.
This began to feel like the old days when we used to play Russian roulette with IRQ jumper settings. I finally gave up and ordered some stock Crucial RAM and the system was perfectly stable after that. It seems that certain combinations of hardware just isn't happy unless you find the magic timing setting.
I gave that Gskill ram to someone and it worked fine on their system. I've seen issues like that on lot's of systems. Clients that were talked into performance Ram in custom builds from local computer shops, when they really didn't need it, and had stability issues fixed when I installed stock Crucial RAM.
Since then I have never put anything in a rig except stock Crucial (not their Ballistix performane Ram), looked up on the manufacturer's database online as the recommended match for my mobo. Never had a problem since. I always buy the fastest recommended stock Ram they recommend.
With Ram fairly cheap it might be worth ordering some Crucial and give it a shot. Or try running the Gskill in single channel. I'd say if it's stable in single channel you can be pretty sure it's a Ram timing issue.
Hope this helps.