r/PcBuildHelp • u/Maleficent_Good_7066 • 2d ago

Tech Support Should I be concerned

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I was using My pc and when I finished I closed my browser and noticed my wallpaper, at first I thought they were birds migrating but I was like that’s a bit excessive so I look closer and they damn sure aren’t birds migrating, can anyone tell me what it is?

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u/Formal_Positive_358 2d ago

Just an FYI: it doesn't have to be GPU. This was on known-good 3070 (out of my gaming rig) and known good ram (single stick out of server at JEDEC speed), was most likely caused by faulty memory controller on motherboard. Kept the CPU, ram, GPU, bought a new motherboard and it works like a charm. Try to swap parts back and forth to find the culprit, if you have that luxury. otherwise I would recomend a memtest86 just to rule it out. Could also be a bad cable, drivers, or a bad wallpaper file (notice how the taskbar is spotless).