One of the biggest cons with PGA vs LGA package type, and why Intel migrated to LGA a long time ago. You really have to be gentle during install, maintenance (removing the heatsink), removal and storage. Those are all actions that can bend/damage pins on PGA CPUs, and there is some redundancy for signal quality/power delivery, so sometimes CPUs can operate within spec with inoperable pin(s). Otherwise it looks like your ram or motherboard is defective. While the sticks can operate at XMP solo, there could be signal matching issues, speed/cycle-time issues when running as a 'matched' pair. Motherboard traces or the AM4 Socket itself could be defective, you'd need to run RAM tests on another motherboard to confirm the issue. Plenty of sub-$100 AM4 motherboards you can grab as a test reference. check the AM4 slot itself under a microscope
So..... I tested all of my ddr4 ram kits in another system and specifically, the Corsair Vengeance ram I was using ended up having a bad stick!! (I used a bootable Memtest86 stick for this) I have since purchased a new 32gb kit of Corsair Vengeance and my system is completely stable again! About the 3800x I broke.... the pin that broke off ended up being labeled as "RSVD". It is currently running in another system and I haven't had any noticeable issues with it. Sometimes the universe throws you a break! Hehehe. Thank you very much for your comments and for watching.
One of the biggest cons with PGA vs LGA package type, and why Intel migrated to LGA a long time ago. You really have to be gentle during install, maintenance (removing the heatsink), removal and storage. Those are all actions that can bend/damage pins on PGA CPUs, and there is some redundancy for signal quality/power delivery, so sometimes CPUs can operate within spec with inoperable pin(s).
Otherwise it looks like your ram or motherboard is defective. While the sticks can operate at XMP solo, there could be signal matching issues, speed/cycle-time issues when running as a 'matched' pair. Motherboard traces or the AM4 Socket itself could be defective, you'd need to run RAM tests on another motherboard to confirm the issue. Plenty of sub-$100 AM4 motherboards you can grab as a test reference. check the AM4 slot itself under a microscope
So..... I tested all of my ddr4 ram kits in another system and specifically, the Corsair Vengeance ram I was using ended up having a bad stick!! (I used a bootable Memtest86 stick for this) I have since purchased a new 32gb kit of Corsair Vengeance and my system is completely stable again! About the 3800x I broke.... the pin that broke off ended up being labeled as "RSVD". It is currently running in another system and I haven't had any noticeable issues with it. Sometimes the universe throws you a break! Hehehe. Thank you very much for your comments and for watching.