blue screen after RAM upgrade

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nielsAK

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i recently decided to upgrade my ram from 8gb to 16gb. because i didn’t know exactly what i had installed, so i opened my pc and pulled it out. after putting it back in, my pc wouldn’t start. the fans would spin up, but no display output or anything. after some research i cleared the CMOS. after that it would output 1 long beep and then two short, but still nothing on my monitor. i reseated the ram, hoping that it would solve it. in a way, it did. now my pc gets to the splash screen, but halfway through the animation it freezes, and for a brief moment shows a blue screen (picture: http://imgur.com/XNMDosp). i have tried everything windows tells me to, but with no succes. i have tried booting linux from a usb which worked perfectly. i have now received my new ram, and switched it out with my old but there's no difference.

Would it work if i bought a 2,5’’ harddrive cover and copied the data to my laptop, reinstalled windows to my ssd, and transferred my user data back?

please help!
 
You can get people to install tools or viruses, but you can't fix the OP's issues with software or bloatware.

 

ok. thanks for your information
 


Thanks for the help! i now have 16gb ram working perfectly, and i didn't even up the voltage
 

No, 1800mhz
 

Sorry, i have no experience with memtest, so i'm going to need some help on how this is done :)
How would i set it up?