Re-seating ram fixes memory issues? Or maybe it's the solar flares.

[fffblackmage]

So, I had a BSOD yesterday. WhoCrashed indicated that it might be a memory issue, so I ran Memtest 86+. Well, errors started showing up pretty quickly. I have been using those infamous Ballistix ram that needed 2.2V for quite a long time (though only at 1.8V, 99.9% of the time), so maybe it's about time they just died, but when I tried to figure out which stick was bad, I wasn't able to find any errors. Actually, I now hove all sticks of ram I was originally using installed again, and nothing seems wrong at all. Of course, I didn't do any lengthy or overnight testing, but still, the obvious errors are gone. Maybe it really was just the solar flares.

 

[jhansman]

Could be heat creep. RAM sticks have been known to work their way out of their slots just enough to cause errors, although this is rare with today's mobos; the retaining clips do a good job of holding them in place. Or, maybe solar flares....