Hey everyone! I recently upgraded my RAM from 16 GB (2x8) to 32 GB (2x16) and started experiencing BSOD issues, specifically a WHEA error after a couple of hours of gaming. When I switched back to my old RAM, everything ran smoothly without any blue screens. I've run memtest on the new RAM sticks and got zero errors over two passes, and I'm definitely not mixing RAM since I removed the old ones completely. I haven't messed with BIOS settings until I started getting the blue screens, but even after tweaking the timings, I'm still facing the issue. Here are my PC specs: MSI Meg x570s UNIFY, Ryzen 9 5900x, old RAM is Vengeance Pro RGB 3200 (2x8), new RAM is Kingston Fury Beast 3200 (2x16), GeForce RTX 3070, and a Corsair RME 850e PSU. Any ideas on what might be causing this?
3 Answers
It sounds like a BIOS issue or possibly corrupted Windows files. Make sure your BIOS is up to date and your chipset drivers are too. Double-check that the RAM is installed in the right slots on the motherboard. Also, try different frequency settings and see if you can use another XMP profile if your RAM supports it. Sometimes it takes a bit of tweaking to get everything to play nice together.
There’s a chance the new sticks could be faulty, even if they test okay. Since the specs are similar, I’d lean towards that possibility. It's frustrating, but sometimes RAM can still have issues that don’t show up in tests. If nothing else works, you might consider returning them.
WHEA errors usually come from the CPU, not the RAM itself. It could be that the memory controller is having trouble with the new RAM timings. I'd recommend checking for dump files, as they can give more insight into the BSODs. If you can boot into Windows or Safe Mode, they should be in the C:WindowsMinidump folder. Organize those and upload them for analysis.
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