Confused by choice of new ram!

[mat777]

Hi all,

 

 

I think one or both of the RAM chips in my laptop are faulty. Whenever I start it up, I get about 10 minutes at most before it either freezes (sometimes with the screen going white) or bluescreens. The bluescreen codes all point to kernel errors, and recently when rebooting, only 4gb of ram came up in the task manager instead of 8. I'm therefore 99% sure it is the ram and not the GPU at fault.

 

 

 

 

Here's the only one I managed to catch on camera due to a slower than usual memory dump:

http://i1369.photobucket.com/albums/ag227/cheshirecowboy/DSC_0027_zps2pkdg0lo.jpg

 

 

 

 

I'm trying to get some new ram, currently it has 2x4gb but I shall use this as an excuse to put 1x8gb in and then another 1x8gb in the future when I can afford it.

However, I'm bamboozled by all the different codes, standard etc of ram on offer.

 

 

Here is the current setup:

 

 

http://i1369.photobucket.com/albums/ag227/cheshirecowboy/DSC_0083_zpstzdfgeyg.jpg

 

 

 

 

Here are the only 3 modules on the Crucial website that fulfill 8gb, ddr3, so-dimm laptop layout:

 

 

http://i1369.photobucket.com/albums/ag227/cheshirecowboy/ram_zps1caeb7d2.png

 

 

 

 

None of them seem to match the PC3 number - is this a problem? What does this refer to anyway?

 

 

Of the 3, assuming they are correct, is it worth the extra 15 quid or so for the ballistix gaming ram over the standard one?

 

 

 

 

Thanks,

 

 

Matt

[Ray1000]

For those who can't quite make it out ... the Module name on Matt's original memory is PC3 10600S

 

While you are waiting Matt there is some information about the numbers on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDR3_SDRAM

 

Ray

[KenB]

Hi Matt,

 

Take one of the RAM modules out and try booting up.

 

If it doesn't boot and you get the same blue screen replace this and remove the other module.

Try booting up again.

 

It is unlikely that both modules are faulty if this is the cause.