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gamz247

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My system:
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
AMD Radeon 7900XT
ASRock B650E PG-ITX WiFi
32GB G.Skill Ripjaws S5
2TB WD Black SN850X

My issues:
In browser windows, characters in text randomly change size and spacing, whole sections of text flicker and icons change in size or look completely different. Firefox would not render text at all.
On the task bar, quick launch icons are bunched up and out of alignment, and the entire system tray is missing. Only half the Start Menu would appear.
Some programs would not load, and other windows would open with red blocks around them.
Sometimes the screen would flicker and lock and say there was an issue with DWM.

Here's what it looks like in Safe Mode:
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My actions:
I've replaced the 7900XT with an old RTX 2070, but the issues remain.
At one point, the Microsoft Threat Service had stopped, and I tried to restart it through the Control Panel and it failed. Then I tried through regedit and that failed, too.
I was able to install ESET HOME Security Premium and run a scan, but what it deleted didn't seem to make a difference.

What next?
Does this look like more of a memory issue? CPU issue? Motherboard issue? I am at a loss.
 
gamz247 said:
My system:
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
AMD Radeon 7900XT
ASRock B650E PG-ITX WiFi
32GB G.Skill Ripjaws S5
2TB WD Black SN850X

My issues:
In browser windows, characters in text randomly change size and spacing, whole sections of text flicker and icons change in size or look completely different. Firefox would not render text at all.
On the task bar, quick launch icons are bunched up and out of alignment, and the entire system tray is missing. Only half the Start Menu would appear.
Some programs would not load, and other windows would open with red blocks around them.
Sometimes the screen would flicker and lock and say there was an issue with DWM.

Here's what it looks like in Safe Mode:
View attachment 677628

My actions:
I've replaced the 7900XT with an old RTX 2070, but the issues remain.
At one point, the Microsoft Threat Service had stopped, and I tried to restart it through the Control Panel and it failed. Then I tried through regedit and that failed, too.
I was able to install ESET HOME Security Premium and run a scan, but what it deleted didn't seem to make a difference.

What next?
Does this look like more of a memory issue? CPU issue? Motherboard issue? I am at a loss.
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First I would have said a bad videocard (maybe VRAM). But you said you replaced the GPU.
Did you try a different video cable?

After that, Make a bootable USB with memtest and test your RAM. Those visual artifacts indicate to me a possible memory issue.
 
Turned out, finally, that it was the CPU, so I replaced it with a 7600X3D (and new motherboard and RAM, and a Windows refresh).
 
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