Ways to test RAM? Experienced some crashes

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My system crashed a few times playing Company of Heroes and once just installing something. I turned down the high graphics and it didn't crash for 2 hours now. I wonder if this is a graphics card issue or other. When it crashes a bunch of info flashes on a blue screen, but it closes too fast to read it. Two loud long beeps and then it shuts down. Is there an easy way to test my ram? The CPU and GPU heat looks normal always... CPU running under load not over 42c and GPU around 72c

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milnyckyj

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I'd check your motherboard manual to figureout what beepcode you're getting, then run memtest86 (pretty much the best/only way to test your ram). Its not unheard of for a stick of ram to be bad, especially from a mid-quality company like gskill.

If you're lazy you can also try taking out one stick of ram at a time and running company of heroes or prime95. Let it run for until a crash or an hour, switch dimms and repeat.
 

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I can't find the beep code for 2 long beeps in the manual. It is commonly a memory error so I upped the voltage on the memory to 2volts and it hasn't crashed in an over an hour. It crashed again today before I raised it
 

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I ran memtest overnight and in test 5 it had 8000 errors and when I got out of that program it had the two long beeps again and reset. It says "warning!! system resets due to overclock plese setup cpu clock in bios setup" The only thing I changed was bumping the ram voltage from 1.8 to 2.0, no overclocking the CPU. Should I send this GSKILL garbage back and get new memory?
 
try the sticks one at a time @ the max voltage gskill will allow you to use and still keep the warrentee(2.0)....

If you do not give enough voltage ram will error.....

If you determine just one stick is bad....you can see if you can get new ram cross shipped to you...so at least you can run the good stick...if they are both bad....i guess its time to go corsair.....

Or ocz... but so far all my ocz looses there heat spreaders(the start to peel off :( the old ocz heat spreaders where better)...