Dealing with read latency on Galax B760M boards
This was a deep rabbit hole, logged under report R-2026-0405. On Win11, the game would just hang on a black screen. I ran CrystalDiskInfo and saw reallocated sector counts fluctuating between 3 - 7, with read latency peaking at a miserable 0.58s. I tried the System File Checker first, but it just spat out a bunch of DLL checksum failures. I shifted gears and used MemTest86+ to stress test address range 0x7F-0x8A. Once I confirmed the RAM was stable, I force-reinstalled all runtime libraries to a dedicated partition. After that, CrystalDiskInfo showed read latency dropped to 0.21s - 0.33s, and my controller haptics stopped lagging. I still catch a tiny 0.1s hitch at a few loading points, but it beats a total black screen. PassMark scores confirm the environment is stable, and my heart rate is finally back to normal.
