Computer not booting w/ either RAM sticks + 3 Long Beeps

[iwantmyvisionback]

My internet browser has been crashing and my computer has been getting blue screen of deaths for the past 1-2 months. Today i booted with memtes86+ and saw a lot of red.

i then proceeded to test both of my ram sticks which are dual channel 2 x 4 or 4x2? gigs so 8 gigs in total.

i'm getting 3 long beeps with both ram in together or one by itself.

Custom pc by the way and the specs are

azrock z77 extreme 4-m motherboard

corsair tx650m 650 watt power supply

2 ram sticks each 4 gigs ram g skills ripjaw x compatible with z77

i5-2500k processor

1 tb harddrive barracuda or seagate don't remember

hyper 212 plus cpu fan

no graphics card

i've had this rig for a little bit over a year, how can the ram go bad this quickly?

What's going on? my computer was booting up fine before this.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[Tradesman1]

Try clearing CMOS and make sure you install in the correct slots - what mobo, CPU and DRAM model #

 

[iwantmyvisionback]

oh wow i think i figured out the problem, i forgot about how the ram is supposed to snap in.

About to test both ram

 

[iwantmyvisionback]

just tested both ram individually and the computer boots with both of them. YES, at least this isn't a hardware failure!

But if my ram sticks are fine why all the red when i run memtest86+?

i don't have a genuine version of windows 7 and have been updating it, though this crashing and bsod problem happened before. Could it be a problem?

 

[Tradesman1]

Could be, should get a genuine copy, in the meantime try raising DRAM voltage about + 0.05 over spec, i.e. 1.5 sticks - then set to 1.55

 

[iwantmyvisionback]

i just ran memtest86+ and one ram stick gets a bunch of red while another has none.

So the one with a lot of red should just be thrown away?

 

[iwantmyvisionback]

Could be, should get a genuine copy, in the meantime try raising DRAM voltage about + 0.05 over spec, i.e. 1.5 sticks - then set to 1.55

i do this in the bios? With both ram sticks inserted or just the good one? i'm getting a lot of red on one of them on memtest86+

 

[iwantmyvisionback]

the site has been loading slow for me preventing me from posting. I took out the supposed bad ram stick and am now just using the one 4 gig one at the moment.

And couldn't find the DRAM voltage in the BIOS.

 

[Tradesman1]

Should be in the Advanced page listed as DRAM Voltage