Possible RAM PRoblem?

Question

My pc started freezin a while ago, i tried to approach it as Spyware/virus problem, it wasnt.

Re-installed windows. Same problem the system kept freezin after some time.

Now to diagnose My rams, i get the memtest, they showed normal.
i tried using one stick at a time(i have 2x1Gb) if each alone they worked.
i tried switching each one on a different Slot, they worked.
but if i put them together my pc will freeze.

HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

I would suspect the hard drive.

Answer 2

Back a while ago I had a similar problem. When I would have two sticks of RAM in, my computer would BSOD. When I had one the system was completely stable. It didn't matter which stick was in, they both were stable, but when combined it BSOD'd me constantly.



How I fixed it was I bought a new stick of RAM from Newegg.com and now I can use two sticks and its stable, as long as the newly purchased stick of RAM was the the RAM slot A.



The one I bought is a Kingston, the other was some Japanese offbrand. Kingston is good, and they don't necessarily need to be the same manufacturer, just as long as they have similar capabilities.

Answer 3

you need to run memtest OFFLINE (put it on a bootable floppy or cd and boot your pc with it) overnight to properly test your ram , you should get NO errors.



any problems could be due to your motherboard , or unstable psu voltage , bios settings , its hard to trouble shoot at this point , run memtest (the bootable version) see what happens , then come back



its easy to say "get new ram" but if its a mobo problem your wasting cash

Answer 4

To be undemanding i do no longer think of the memory had a undertaking, i think of your motherboard had a undertaking in the 1st place! i choose to propose taking it to a working laptop or computing device fix shop, Or determining to purchase a sparkling computing device in case you have got sufficient money it.

Answer 5

other than the fact that they should be a matched set!! and 1 in slot 1 and the other in slot3 i couldn't tell ya.