So your good news first.
Both sticks of ram run at 1.5v (the voltage the ram runs at)
Both sticks of ram are CL11 (The time it takes between a command having been sent to the memory and when it begins to reply to it.)
Now the bad news,
The ram looks like it has different timings.
For the stock Elpida ram
EBJ40UG8BBU0-GN-F 1600 DDR3-1600K (11-11-11) This doesn't list the tRAS (could be 24 or 27)
And your replacement ram has timings of (9-9-9-24)
Usually the lower the numbers the better (because it's measured by the time it takes to process or the delay). If these timings I found are correct then you should be able to run just the new ram in your machine with no issues. When you add your other stick of ram the computer becomes unstable due to a timing mismatch.
The computer could be downclocking the stock ram to 1333 to run at 9-9-9, and this could be causing your issue as well.
Either way, run the two PNY sticks and test.
You can test with Hirens boot cd
Link here
Either burn to cd, or make a bootable usb drive with rufus.
Memtest86+ will be on the main menu.
Run Memtest86+ for an hour, if there are any errors test one stick of ram at a time.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
Both sticks of ram run at 1.5v (the voltage the ram runs at)
Both sticks of ram are CL11 (The time it takes between a command having been sent to the memory and when it begins to reply to it.)
Now the bad news,
The ram looks like it has different timings.
For the stock Elpida ram
EBJ40UG8BBU0-GN-F 1600 DDR3-1600K (11-11-11) This doesn't list the tRAS (could be 24 or 27)
And your replacement ram has timings of (9-9-9-24)
Usually the lower the numbers the better (because it's measured by the time it takes to process or the delay). If these timings I found are correct then you should be able to run just the new ram in your machine with no issues. When you add your other stick of ram the computer becomes unstable due to a timing mismatch.
The computer could be downclocking the stock ram to 1333 to run at 9-9-9, and this could be causing your issue as well.
Either way, run the two PNY sticks and test.
You can test with Hirens boot cd
Link here
Either burn to cd, or make a bootable usb drive with rufus.
Memtest86+ will be on the main menu.
Run Memtest86+ for an hour, if there are any errors test one stick of ram at a time.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
C4RN1 wrote:
So your good news first.
Both sticks of ram run at 1.5v (the voltage the ram runs at)
Both sticks of ram are CL11 (The time it takes between a command having been sent to the memory and when it begins to reply to it.)
Now the bad news,
The ram looks like it has different timings.
For the stock Elpida ram
EBJ40UG8BBU0-GN-F 1600 DDR3-1600K (11-11-11) This doesn't list the tRAS (could be 24 or 27)
And your replacement ram has timings of (9-9-9-24)
Usually the lower the numbers the better (because it's measured by the time it takes to process or the delay). If these timings I found are correct then you should be able to run just the new ram in your machine with no issues. When you add your other stick of ram the computer becomes unstable due to a timing mismatch.
The computer could be downclocking the stock ram to 1333 to run at 9-9-9, and this could be causing your issue as well.
Either way, run the two PNY sticks and test.
You can test with Hirens boot cd
Link here
Either burn to cd, or make a bootable usb drive with rufus.
Memtest86+ will be on the main menu.
Run Memtest86+ for an hour, if there are any errors test one stick of ram at a time.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
Thanks for the info!
Update Time:
I took my laptop all the way apart and grabbed my new ram out of the machine, and put the PC back together.
with no RAM in the machine I placed one RAM in a slot on the back of the machine and ran a Windows Diagnostic test.
The test was successful without any errors.
Then I tried the second stick
That test was also successful without any errors.
My new theory is when I initially installed my new RAM I might have not placed the RAM all the way into the slot, which may have been the initial reason why I BSOD twice.
As you suggested here I will download memtest86 onto a flash drive and test the ram in the new slots to be safe. I assume that my issue was user-error xD But I learned more about my computer and RAM so Thanks.
After the memtest is done tonight I'll post the final results (assuming there is no more problem)
