Multiple BSOD & RAM Errors

slyu9213

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Alright so I decided to do a fresh install of Windows 8 to install Windows 8.1. I've tried previously to upgraded it directly without a refresh/clean slate but my computer came with different kind of errors. Usually things go smoothly but this time everything was hell.

To start my computer was stable before reinstalling Windows 8. But after a new install I began getting BSOD's soon after. These BSOD vary from Memory Management. Bad Pool Header, and several more. The second install I struggled installing the OS itself. Almost every time I try to do a Windows Update there is a BSOD.

This is a laptop of course. I am using a 60GB Intel 520 SSD. I have removed the 1TB storage HDD and 30GB mSATA SSD. A quick diagnostic scan through Intel SSD Toolbox I got a Memory Integrity (Mis)match error. So I googled this error. Apparantly bad RAM/Memory can bring this error up for SSD/HDDs. Well I did a RAM test for a short few minutes but got over 3000 errors. I guess that means I have some bad memory.

Will removing the bad memory dim/sticks fix my BSODs?
 

slyu9213

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Seriously? No one knows much more about this subject? Well my laptop originally came with 8GB of RAM and later I added an additional 8GB from the same manufacturer. I removed the later dimms and I think the problems may be gone. I did have one BSOD but that was related to the OS verifying the GeForce drivers. After I disabled the verifiers once again I have yet to have a BSOD to start. I am currently updating 40+ things through Windows Update and it has not crashed.

Hopefully the problem is only the RAM and not the RAM slots itself. Acer advertises the Max RAM of the V3-771G series as 8GB and in some cases 16GB but physically and technically it can use up to 32GB of RAM. I don't know why this happened. 16GB worked well for approximately one year. I guess buying the RAM sticks used was a risk and now I'm out of 40'ish dollars. But as long as this is the only problem I will be happy.