Is my RAM faulty?

[Krishnik]

Please keep in mind that I know close to nothing about computers.

My PC had randomly crashed and then kept crashing every time I tried to start the PC (with a BSOD each time) so I completely reinstalled windows. Now I keep getting BSODs randomly, most often with the error message "memory management", so I ran memtest86+ and it was showing thousands of errors. Does this mean that I definitely need to replace my RAM or could there be some other reason?

Running windows 10 by the way, let me know if you need some other information to resolve the problem.

 

[Geef]

Check in the bios if the settings for the memory isn't set to default. If it is at default and still having errors try pulling out ONE of the memory sticks and run memtest86 and then do the same for the other stick. You can also try moving the sticks to a different memory slot. Most motherboards have 4 slots but only use 2. That might work if its just a problem with one slot.

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

"so I ran memtest86+ and it was showing thousands of errors"

There's your answer then, your RAM is faulty and must be replaced.

What's the point of testing the RAM if you don't act on what it's telling you?

 

[Krishnik]

Check in the bios if the settings for the memory isn't set to default. If it is at default and still having errors try pulling out ONE of the memory sticks and run memtest86 and then do the same for the other stick. You can also try moving the sticks to a different memory slot. Most motherboards have 4 slots but only use 2. That might work if its just a problem with one slot.

Thank you, I isolated the RAM stick that was giving me errors, I think the PC works alright now!