Is that RAM causing this?

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Ever since I got my new rig in Feb I see this kind of display corruption on the whatsapp web interface. I have G.Skill 3200mhz FlareX RAM and even running it with XMP off at the standard 2400Mhz this still occurs. I ran MemTest for hours and it did not pick up any issues.

Once I have enough dough to blow I'll buy some cheaper 2400mhz FlareX module and see if the problem goes away, but I am not sure it will.

It's a Ryzen 5 2400G so the APU uses system memory for video RAM.

Anyone else ever had something like this? Could it be the RAM?

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Did you try pulling the ram sticks out and then back in again? I got that on an old pc and just remove ram, use compressed air and popped them back in.Try it.
 
Start at the monitor and work your way back. It might even be the board!

Is it only WhatApp doing this and if yes, does it do this irrespective of the browser used?
 
Tried Edge too, still happened. It also happens when I remote in to the maschine via RDP.

It did that back when I had a Biostar board and I have since upgraded to a Gigabyte board - still the same.

Seems to happen with certain type of repeating background patterns on some sites, but mostly whatsapp.
 
What version drivers are you using? Specifically for the Radeon Graphics?

HW acceleration turned on or off in Chrome?
 
I know it is a bit of a stretch but have you tried a fresh install of Windows on a separate HDD? Another option is to change the refresh rate; for some-off reason my monitor does something similar when I set my refresh rate to 60Hz (it randomly blurs certain lines of text in Powershell windows and websites). When I put it on 59Hz it goes away.
 
Latest official drivers and BIOS, HW acceleration is on, will try with it off. But not sure what that will point to seeing as this happens in EDGE too. As I said I am not convinced it is the monitor as this happens over remote desktop too, and technically that uses it's own RDP chained DD - if I'm not mistaken?
 
Does it happen in other browsers? Firefox?

EDIT: hoop jy het nou meer as 50 bokke in jou sak:crylaugh:
 
Happens in EDGE, I'll infect my komper with Firepox and see if that makes any difference.

Nee pappie, sak is plat, ek het eff-all zak.
 
I'm going to place my bet (50 zak) that it's video drivers. Do you have a discrete video card you can use to test with?
 
Rouxenator said:
Flippit, now that you mention it I do actually have an ancient PCI Express card that I could fire up and give a try. Sure is a lot cheaper than spending more than 50 zak on new FlareX 2400 modules.

Edit : Just check this kwaai card I bought last year for 3 times 50 zak : https://www.bidorbuy.co.za/item/306810058/XFX_GF_8400GS_graphics_card.html
Click to expand...

Nice, I picked up one of these for R800 just the other day

https://www.gigabyte.com/Graphics-Card/GV-N470SO-13I#ov
 
I wouldn’t correlate this to main memory but rather video card memory if anything.

Problem has to be somewhere between drivers and graphics card itself.

Could very well related to overheating but then I would expect it to be consistent like this.
 
Timing dependend, as other member pointed out and it happens only on some application (remote desktop and data mining on your GPU by Whatsapp). ;)

Seriously, remote desktop is a special application piggybacking to the graphics subsystem, affecting ISR's responsee time. It looks to me drivers, interrupt serving routines, 99.9%. Did you check DPC latency, all drivers related stuff?
 
Give the GPU a fresh coat of thermal paste.

Have heard of incidents where people had same issue and after re-applying thermal paste the issue was gone.

Ek moet sê ek dink daai 8400GS het Noag gebruik op sy PC :D
 
It also happens when I am not encoding x265 so it's not that load. The CPU runs below 70'C at full load and idle temperature is just below 30'C so heat is not the problem here. Keep in mind this is an APU, there is not dedicated GPU nor video RAM.

Once I get home I'll pop in the old 8400GS and see how things goes. However I suspect it will work fine and that will still leave me with the initial question of the RAM. Worst case the APU which I will only be able to confirm if I swap in other memory.
 
My APU did the same thing on occasion and my RAM is similar to yours. I put my 1070 back in and the issue went away. The Raven Ridge APU drivers are still very unstable at the best of times
 
I have 4x4GB modules in my workstation here at work. Maybe I should "borrow" two of them for the long weekend and see if the problem persists. If it does then it is the APU drivers for sure.
 
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