MicroCode studio crashes while typing in code.

[CuriousOne]

Yes, no changes, but my computer started showing same behavior in other apps too, even fresh installed windows. I already changed video card - nothing, changed PSU - nothing. Today I changed RAM and let's see what happens.....

[Ioannis]

Have you tried safe mode?

[CuriousOne]

In safe mode everything works.
Seems like this was RAM issue.
Running microcode studio for 2 days with new RAM - zero errors displayed so far.

[Ioannis]

Well, isn't windows on power up, checking RAM for integrity?

If not, can you replace it with the defect one and run a RAM check utility?

Ioannis

[CuriousOne]

On paper yes - everything should be checked.
But in real life....
As I've found out, this is more compatibility issue, rather than hardware fault.
12th gen intel processors lower their operating speed at low load with different algorithm, so not all types of RAM modules can follow this (this is why it happened at low load) Most likely, when you type in text and studio has to change it to blue color, there's microscopic change in CPU speed, and RAM can't follow it.
I had PNY branded ram, replaced it with ADATA and it works fine. These PNY modules also work fine with the different computer (AMD 3000G).

[HenrikOlsson]

Again, this has been happening to several users over the years, there are multiple threads here and over on the Melabs forum.
Threads I find with a 2 minute search are from 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and now 2022.

I don't find it likely that multiple users across multiple operating systems and with hardware spanning a decade all should have marginal RAM or other hardware compatibility issue that causes only MicroCodeStudio to crash and not make the PC in general unstable and other applications to crash with the same frequency as MCS.

BUT - I don't have a better idea so I'll give it a benefit of the doubt.
Run it for a week or two to verify it no longer crashes. Then switch to the "incompatible" RAM sticks and see if you get the problem back.

[CuriousOne]

So I can confirm, after changing of RAM modules, there were zero crashes of microcode studio on my system.