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Re: MEMORY_MANAGEMENT Blue Screen in Vista
Hi Dangster,

glad to see you found the problem. Memory problems can be so frustrating as they throw up all sorts of faults which give you 'Red Herrings' as to what the problem actually is.. To answer some of your questions though:

How could a broken ram module affect my gpu drivers?
Even though cards now have their own memory, your 'normal' RAM will still be used when your playing games, your pc has been trying to store Data in a part of your RAM which has somehow broken down, hence the blue screen.

How can 1 ram module break from a matched pair, normally both would break?
What the manufacturers mean by matched pairs are sticks of RAM that have been tested to see what speed they will attain, sticks that run at either equal speeds or are close together will be paired.

How can my 3month old ram break, it even has an cooler from Corsair en never oc'ed them???
I'm afraid it's just a case of being unlucky. Your obviously not frying the RAM yourself, it's just that this one gave out early, very frustrating but there we are. Usually it's rare event thats why they get a warranty

Personally whenever I get something odd happening with my machine my first thought is usually 'Is it the RAM'. Some of the problems it throws up can be quite bizarre with no set pattern, very frustrating but with experience you soon start to get an idea that it may be the RAM gremlin...
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