Bsod from bad ram?

Cromewell said:
In short you are getting various blue screens off of core windows files. Very often this is a RAM problem. It could be another driver acting up. Lack of windows updates. We're stuck on RAM because it has all the right signs.

It could be a bad install, if you've got a fresh install anyway, there's not much hurt in redoing it. Some lost time.

You can try swapping the slots the RAM is in. It's unlikely the processor is bad. If it boots, it's probably not a seating problem either. Do you have a second machine to try the RAM in?
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Thank you sir. You are most helpful. I am still reinstalling windows. I've been busy the past few days so I haven't been able to run updates. However the problems were occurring with a fully updated genuine windows 7 ultimate 64. I do not have another machine to test the ram in. The ram I'm using is a DDR3 2x4gb 1600mhz Gskill. I have other ram that I can put in the pc its 2x2gb DDr2 800mhz gskill. I'll try the older memory after getting all the updates installed (if it is still BSODing).

Here is what I have:

MSI Z87-G45 Gaming mobo
Intel i7-4770k 3.5ghz 4-core
GSkill ripjaws 1600mhz DDR3 2x4gb
Asus geforce gtx 660 2gb
Corsair cx-750M
Seagate Barracuda 7200 2tb HDD

The gtx 660 is in the top PCI-E slot, the ram I ended up putting in the 2 slots furthest from the CPU only because the first 2 are rather close to the cpu. I don't know if there are any known issues with any of these parts. I normally don't go MSI or Intel or Corsair but I've never had issues with gskill, seagate, or Asus cards.
 
You can't put DDR2 in, it's a different interface. They are keyed to prevent putting in the wrong component.

From the manual you should be using slots 2 and 4. That said, not using them shouldn't give you blue screens though.

If I had to pick an order for potential bad hardware to cause these kinds of error I'd go RAM->Motherboard->CPU. And it's fairly unlikely that it's the CPU. Aside from being mistreated, I don't think I've seen a case were the CPU was at fault.

If there are BIOS updates for your board you could try that as well.
 
So I can't use ddr2 ram at all and I'm supposed to have my ddr3 in slots 2 and 4 not 3 and 4? But that wouldn't cause these BSOD? Just want to make sure I'm on the same page. And is there any way to test the motherboard or is it just get a new board and swap the parts?
 
Yeah, you can't use ddr2 in a ddr3 motherboard. They aren't notched the same, so they won't fit. The only way to test the motherboard is to get a new one and swap the parts out.
 
burnm3w1thf1r3 said:
So I can't use ddr2 ram at all and I'm supposed to have my ddr3 in slots 2 and 4 not 3 and 4? But that wouldn't cause these BSOD? Just want to make sure I'm on the same page. And is there any way to test the motherboard or is it just get a new board and swap the parts?
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No, there's no reason using slots 3 and 4 should give you a blue screen. Before you rip everything out, it's easier to reseat everything and see if it works. If it doesn't you get to start exchanging things.
 
Ok so the format and re-install of Win7 fixed the BSOD I can record without it crashing. It is running rather slow from what I have in it, but a friend of mine did some side research and found a few forums stating that the ram I have is not 100% supported by my board. He suggested updating the BIOS and something else that I forget at this point. But I'l going to have him take a look at it and see whats up. So bottom line it basically is bad ram but more like a fickle board. lol Thanks for the help!
 
make sure you have the correct ram voltage and frequency. I always add 0.05V to the ram above recommended for stability.
 
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