I think all those topics I made about system instability and BSODs are caused by my RAM. I downloaded and ran memtest like 20 days ago and it came up with errors. So I took out one stick of ram, then booted back up and ran the test again and it came out clean (ran it overnight, 0 errors). Then a couple of days passed and I got BSODs once a day again. So I swapped the RAM with the stick I took out earlier. I ran memtest and this one came out clean. My comp ran fine for a couple of day, then I got BSODs again everyday. So I put my other stick back in and kept getting BSODs at least once a day. So last night, I got like 5 BSODs within a couple of hours. I read that when you turn off your computer, your RAM should be warm to the touch and you should be able to keep your fingers to it for like 15 seconds. I turned off my comp and touched one stick of RAM and it was hot, but I could keep my fingers on it for like 15 seconds. The other stick of RAM was scorching hot. I couldn't keep my fingers on it for more than 3 seconds. So, are there solutions to hot RAM? Could it actually be the RAM or something wrong with the RAM socket on my motherboard? 



save me goat

First of all, what are the rated speeds on the memory, what speeds does your motherboard support, and what are their current speeds in bios? (ususally DEL at first screen after boot). Go ahead and check your temps while you're at it. It's very rare that you would have two memory modules fail so closely apart, but I'll admit it is possible. A 3rd module could help determine that for sure, if you could borrow one for a friend, or suddenly feel inclined to buy a new one in the not so distant future.

What is the BSOD message, by the way?

Various BSODs, x0000008e, x0000000a, x00000050. Those are just the first parts of the things. And the reason for it is almost always, "Page fault in nonpaged area, or kernel mode exception not handled. My CPU runs around 30'C and GPU around 45'C. I cant remember seeing my RAM temp anywhere in the BIOS. But I think I saw that they were running at 800 MHz each at startup. I checked my CPU/GPUmonitoring program and it has the voltage for my memory set at 1.90v and the memory is at 900 MHz. It got pretty bad with the BSODs yesterday and the memtest was popping up errors every second, but I turned off my computer for like half an hour yesterday to let it cool off, then turned it back on before I went to sleep and haven't had any BSODs yet. I ran memtest like half an hour ago and it hasn't had any errors.

if it really is your memory overheating, try underclocking them and seeing if that makes them more stable.