New memory cause PC to crash??

[clocker]

How long is it supposed to take for this test to complete itself?

Hee, hee, hee...it loops.
It will run till you stop it.

You should see a count of the number of loops and the number of errors.
Been a while since I've looked at it so I can't recall the look.

[Skiz]

It said zero errors. So I can assume that the memory is good now right?

What about my power supply idea? Is that a possible problem?

[clocker]

At this point anything could be the root cause.
Were you running MemTest with both sticks installed?

RAM still seems like the most likely culprit, it was the only major hardware change you've made lately, isn't it?
Try running SuperPi (32M) and see what happens.

[Gripper]

I had the same problem once and it was the 2 different speed memorys that didn't like each other,swapped it for 2 that run at same speed and cured the problem,got to admit I didn't mess with the timings,not confident enough for that.

[Skiz]

At this point anything could be the root cause.
Were you running MemTest with both sticks installed?

RAM still seems like the most likely culprit, it was the only major hardware change you've made lately, isn't it?
Try running SuperPi (32M) and see what happens.

Yes. Both sticks were installed when the test was run.
Yes. It is the only hardware change that has occured in at last 8 or 9 months. That previous change was a graphics card.
I will try SuperPi (32M) after work today.

THANKS

[lynx]

A couple of other possibilities:

1. Having both sticks of ram installed is just creating enough extra heat, or disturbing the airflow enough, so that something else is getting too hot. Those small cases tend to be fairly critical in that respect. Assuming the screenshot of Everest was at idle, your temps are already a little on the high side.
2. Less likely, the extra current drawn by the additional memory is just putting sufficient strain on the psu so that the voltages drop.