Blue screen error after RAM upgrade! please help

Arjunkansal

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Nov 21, 2015
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okay so my pc name is lenovo h320 and specs:
i5 650 3.2ghz
9gb ddr3 ram(it shows 8.00 gb usable) that i upgraded from 3gb ram
geforce dt 730 1gb gddr5
some unknown lenovo mobo.
i upgraded my pc by changing the graphic card and upgrading the ram. it worked fine. but then i was playing a game and suddenly a blue screen appears and shows some error. it rebooted automatically. it then happened again. i stopped playing and did some search. i got to know it is either due to hdd or memory. then i ran the windows memory diag, tool and it showed that that there is a problem in the memory hardware. my pc is still running but to keep it safe i want to solve it. please help.
 

InvalidError

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Download and install memtest86 on a spare USB thumbdrive, reboot into it and let it run for 10-20 hours to see if one of your new DIMMs might have a defect on it and confirm Microsoft's diagnostic.

If the memory issue is confirmed, the next step is to try the DIMMs one by one to see which one(s) or combination of is/are responsible for the errors.
 

InvalidError

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The more different DIMMs you put together, the higher your chances of running into issues. Run memtest86 and if you see errors at multiple random addresses, it means there are issues with address and control signals. If you get errors only on specific bits of specific addresses, you have one or more bad bits in one or more of your DIMMs and need to re-test the DIMMs one by one to see which ones are at fault.
 

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