BSOD and driver blackouts

yes, I did a 5-pass extended one with the windows memory test. I can run it again tonight to be sure, though.

I'll go ahead and run that now. Is the one with Ubuntu fine?

EDIT: I'm running it, and there's red in the console. i assume that's bad.

so, best-case scenario is I move the ram and it works. second-best is only one stick is bad. most probable is that I'm completely screwed. should I start testing one module at a time now?

okay, I have isolated that RAM stick that is causing the problems (it has errors in all slots). Unfortunately, this brings me down to 4GB of RAM, which isn't much more than my 3GB from before. I am contacting Amazon to complain (the ram had just been put in an antistatic bag and tossed in a box where it was pretty much crushed under my new case) with the hope that they will send me a replacement.

I bought it used. Probably not the brightest move, but it was what I could afford.