newly added ram is giving me blue screens - is it the ram forsure?

[Milkin_it]

Just added ram yesterday. I get BSOD when I run photoshop as a second program (meaning having others open with it), I have to power down with the hard switch... but if I load PS first its fine. Wierd eh I know.

Is this ram no good? should I return it? grrr

[dealforme]

It sounds like RAM

Download docmem or ramtester to test it to verify

[Milkin_it]

would reinstalling the ram do anything or be a waste of time?

I thought Kingston was good stuff geez.

[Chrispy]

Is the RAM you added by chance Kingmax

EDIT: I read a bit farther, Kingston should be good for compatibility...

Yeah run the RAM tester application to determine whether it's faulty

[ProfessorChaos]

dl memtest86+ and boot from the cd.

[Amourek]

Try the new RAM by itself. Might not play well with each other.

[Zippity]

dl memtest86+ and boot from the cd.

do this.

[Nyte]

Try the new RAM by itself. Might not play well with each other.

That might be true, and thats what Im thinking too, but unless they work together, it is useless, unless he has another computer he wants to drop it into.

[Milkin_it]

Is the RAM you added by chance Kingmax

EDIT: I read a bit farther, Kingston should be good for compatibility...

Yeah run the RAM tester application to determine whether it's faulty

kingston

ran the tests, god it took an hour - no errors

[Milkin_it]

dl memtest86+ and boot from the cd.

which one do i d/l off the site? iso? so burn it onto cd?

[ChinpokoMon]

which one do i d/l off the site? iso? so burn it onto cd?

Yes, download the pre-compiled bootable ISO and then burn it.

[Cafe_333]

Check to see if your ram is even compatible with your motherboard. Check back to your manufacturer's website and see if there is a QVL (Qualified Vendors List) of compatible ram.

[Cyber6]

Easy thing to check... remove the RAm module. Try multitasking with Photoshop.. if you are ok then it is for sure the RAM.

Not all motherboard are compatible with all RAM speeds.. make sure you are not using the wrong type. And.. if you have the right module for your board.. is still possible that the Ram is defective (it happened to me once). Double check with a different stick.

C.

[Milkin_it]

ran tests no errors. umm, forgot to mention, the error im getting is a IRO_not equal or less whatever such such. Is that still a BSOD? the fatal death of error hahahabbi

[duckdown]

UGH

I hate the IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL crap

I've gotten it a few times, mostly when I push my Overclock too far after it fails prime95 but I say 'screw it' and play games anyways..

if you google that, there is no way to pinpoint that damn error, and its the worst BSOD there is..

My suggestion is relax your overclock, give your chipset/cpu/ram more juice and pray for the best

Battlefield 1942 has given me that a few times, even though its one of the least-graphically-intense games I own

Most people on the tech forums will say its driver-related, though.. You can try downgrading/upgrading all applicable drivers, and see if that makes a difference..