Critical process died error

[volcano1]

Ok I installed two gskill 8gb sticks rgb 3200 ram. That are exact same as 2, stick already in it. As soon as I turned it on I got blue screen of death error critical processed died. I removed the ram and ran system restore from desktop and problems seem to have stopped. Then I reinserted ram to see if I could run memory diagnostic and now I got error back but only now I can't boot into safe mode or even run system restore from repair menu even after removing ram for second time. When I try running system restore it gives yellow caution you must restore the drive that contains windows. Restoring other drives is optional. should I assume it's the new ram that is the issue? I never had any issues prior to adding more ram. I currently am in the process of downloading windows 10 via USB and reinstalling os.

 

[johnb35]

There has to be an incompatibility between the 2 sets. When you say you added 2 sticks, were they a dual channel kit? Or did you buy 2 separate sticks? Are all 4 sticks the same timings? Gskill is usually pretty good ram.

 

[volcano1]

They were the exact same dual channel ram. I ordered them both off of Newegg. Gskill pc4 25600.

 

[johnb35]

There could also be something going on with the memory slots themselves. Its possible its corrupted the windows install/boot files.

 

[volcano1]

There could also be something going on with the memory slots themselves. Its possible its corrupted the windows install/boot files.

I put the good ram in the other 2 slots and ran a memory diagnostics and came up good. I got an rma and am sending the ram back. I don't really need 32gb ram anyways.