mechstyle213 Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Hello, I just recently purchased the ram, mobo, and cpu listed in my specs and installed them. Everytime I boot up to the desktop, I would maybe have anywhere from 1-5 minutes before I would suddenly get a BSOD. I figured that it was an issue with the ram, but I didn't know what it was, so I just removed one of the ram sticks to see what would happen. When I boot up with one of them, I don't encounter any noticeable problems at all. I tested this out booting up with each ram stick individually, and there doesn't seem to be any issue. After testing them out individually, I put them back both back in again, and the BSODs continued. I ran memtest with each of the sticks individually and did not receive any errors. I ran it again with both sticks and I received errors #4, #5, and #8. I'm not sure what's wrong or how to further troubleshoot this, so I would appreciate some guidance. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechstyle213 Posted August 7, 2010 Author Share Posted August 7, 2010 So I booted up today with just one stick of ram thinking that I shouldn't have any problems, and the first thing that happens when I get to the desktop is a BSOD. I restarted again and managed to get to the desktop, but explorer.exe kept constantly crashing and I couldn't open up any programs. I ran memtest with this single stick and I didn't get any errors. After the third restart, everything worked normally again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechstyle213 Posted August 7, 2010 Author Share Posted August 7, 2010 So today, I decided to go back to Microcenter, where I bought my my new parts, and I replaced the ram with the same model to see if it was the ram that was the issue. When I installed the new ram, the BSOD popped up at the desktop screen quickly. I don't know if this is a compatibility issue with the motherboard, a defective mobo, or something else. I haven't tried increasing voltage yet so I'll see how that turns out. EDIT: Guess I can't change the voltage. oh well. I ran memtest with two sticks again and was receiving errors #1, 2, 3 and 4. Memtest eventually crashed not too far in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted August 10, 2010 Corsair Employee Share Posted August 10, 2010 You may want to try reseating the processor in the CPU socket and checking for any issues or debris in the socket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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