Question Upgraded RAM from 16 to 32GB, then I lost my kernel ?

[conorcharleskelly]

Bought 2 sticks identical to the current 2 I already had working in the PC. After installing the PC booted and everything seemed fine till my PC crashed out of Baldur's gate into a blue screen like this

https://imgur.com/OjJF83I

View: https://imgur.com/OjJF83I


It booted fine after the restart but i didn't do anything intensive on it. Well the next morning came and only 1 monitor worked. After a lot of confusion and changing of cables, I realized that my PC wasn't recognizing my GPU and was using integrated graphics. Amid the terror of my GPU possibly being broken I restarted into this blue screen.

https://imgur.com/MYfLyc8

View: https://imgur.com/MYfLyc8


I had somehow lost my kernel.
At this point I just removed the two new sticks and it's been working fine since.

GIGABYTE AB350 Gaming - DDR4 ATX Motherboard

Ryzen 5 2600 CPU

ROG-STRIX-850G (850W)

Corsair VENGEANCE PRO DDR4 RAM 16GB (2x8GB) 3200MHz

XFX Speedster MERC319 RX 6950XT (16gb)

These are the specs. I used identical RAM and I am sure they were properly inserted into their slots.

Any help greatly appreciated!

 

[zinkles]

Upload the images to imgur and link it here, I'm unable to see those images

 

[conorcharleskelly]

Upload the images to imgur and link it here, I'm unable to see those images

Think i did it there

 

[DSzymborski]

There's no such actual thing as identical RAM. That's why RAM is tested before being sold together and only RAM sold together is guaranteed to work together. RAM is a binned product; there's no assembly line that makes each individual "model." It's basically just packaged to the degree of defectiveness.

Have you tried with *only* the new sticks?

 

[--SID--]

I used identical RAM

You did not. Maybe the SKU is the same but that doesn't mean the RAM is identical. I'm pretty sure that both kits have very different MIC. What's the version number of both kits?

Besides that running 4 sticks on Zen+ is a hard job, especially with Corsair RAM.