Could bad ram cause random reboots?

[optimistic]

Ever since I started using XP and put in a Generic piece of 128mb ram, I've been getting occasional reboots. What kind of problems can bad ram introduce?

 

[spanky]

yes...could also cause ramdom blue screens and various other problems.

 

[moosebanna]

I have had reboots too, but they were caused when new hardware was attempted to be installed. I think most random reboots are power issues, caused most likely by driver miscommunication? Did you test that RAM on the other OS? I agree bad RAM will give you blue screens of death.