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Bad RAM

Aug 16, 2011 9:51PM PDT

I have two 1GB Kingston RAM installed in my PC. Lately, I installed Roxio Streamer and I found it crashed with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. I immediately uninstall Roxio, but one of my RAM became bad and preventing the system from booting. I heard a long beep. It is possible that one of the RAM turns bad, while another one still functioning? Will software crash affect the RAM?

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RAM
Aug 16, 2011 10:22PM PDT

Yes it is possible that one runs and other does not. This malfunction of ram probably has nothing to do with software ....
It dies by itself mostly. Software usually crashes because of faulty ram.

Try to clean your ram (contacts on ram) with pencil rubber and try to put it back in your computer ( take out working ram and put only ''malfunctioned'' ram in alone) . Try if it starts os.... if still beeps then trow it in trash...
Hope this helps......

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Tested
Aug 18, 2011 1:53AM PDT

Thanks, I tried. I just slotted in the faulty RAM and I heard no beep and nothing display on the screen. For the second trial, I slotted in both RAMs, I found distorted graphics on screen and the faulty RAM heat up quite fast. With both RAM operating, my Windows 7 just can't boot completely.

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Then One Stick Is Bad.. It Happens Frequently......
Aug 18, 2011 2:18AM PDT

Obtain a new, matching stick to the "good" RAM module and throw away the old..

Hope this helps.

Grif