Question MEMOK! DRAM LED

[alec123456789012]

95% of the time when I turn on my computer it doesn't start and the MEMOK! DRAM LED lights up. The computer itself turns on, everything physically is running, but my monitor is a black screen. The problem started 2 years after I built it and I haven't changed anything. It will start(and work perfectly fine) if I turn it off and back on, sometimes it takes one try, sometimes it'll take 2 or 3.

I read that you have to flash your motherboard BIOS, but it said if the file is corrupt or your computer stops mid-download your computer could be bricked. I'd rather have to restart my computer a few times than ruin my computer by trying to flash the BIOS so if there's another solution or it's not as risky as it was made out to be I'd appreciate any advice.

 

[jwcrellin]

Intermitent memory error, try running memtest. Perhaps it's just time to get new ram, prices are pretty good right now.

 

[alec123456789012]

Intermitent memory error, try running memtest. Perhaps it's just time to get new ram, prices are pretty good right now.

I've been running memtest for 5 hours now, it's gone through 2 and a half passes so far with no errors. I'm going to let it run overnight but I'm reading that if the error didn't pop up on the first pass or two, it's usually fine. Do you think it could be something else?

 

[jwcrellin]

Could be unstable power, what are the rest of your system specs?