BSOD More frequent after new ram install


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    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
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    BSOD More frequent after new ram install


    Hey guys, new here, found site through google
    I have a serious problem here, I bought this laptop less than 1 year ago at best buy.
    Its a Toshiba Satellite M645, Windows 7 home premium 64bit, 4gb ram (When i bought it), 500gb hdd, core i5 cpu.
    Ever since i bought it I've had BSOD's about once a month, didn't bother me too much, never found out what the problem was. Last week i bought 8gb of ddr3 memory to upgrade my laptop, and ever since i installed it I've been getting BSOD's several times a day, it happens randomly, when i'm browsing, playing a game, listening to music, watching a movie etc. So what i want to know is if the new ram i installed is defective so i can return it, or did it make the previous BSOD's worse (when i had 4gb installed).
    The exact memory type i installed is this PNY Optima MN8192KD3-1066 Notebook Memory Kit - 8GB (2x4GB), PC3-8500, DDR3 1066MHz at TigerDirect.com
    I will be doing a RAM test with memtest86+ shortly, but since i had a BSOD problem before i installed the new RAM i decided to post my dump files first. I hope i did everything right, first time doing it.
    Thank You :)

    edit*
    64bit
    Original Installed OS
    OEM Version
    Hardware Age: Less than 12 months
    OS Age: Less than 12 months (never re-installed)

    edit2*
    first pass of memtest resulted in 5 errors, going to continue testing ram sticks individually to see if the problem is with the ram or mobo slot.
    Last edited by Optimus89; 31 Jul 2011 at 22:24.
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    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
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  3. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
    Thread Starter
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    Oh ok, ill do that from now on thanks.
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  4. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
    Thread Starter
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    Ok guys just got back home, i was out of town and im testing my laptop with the original 4gb memory it came with, so far no erros on pass 1, will leave running for at least 7 passes to make sure, so im pretty sure the culprit was the bad memory i bought, but im still wondering why my computer has BSOD's when using the stock 4gb, has anyone checked my dump files??
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