Argh...ram causing bsods?

[Blackhawk47]

now im having a wierd problem. got some decent ram sinks for my ddr2 corsair ram and and it fits fine on the ram and slots in fine.

recently also got a new cpu hsf, so i may have knocked the ram slightly in doing so...ive just reseated the ram as it was booting into windows fine but as soon as i ran firefox or something or even connected to the internet , id get a bsod. so now that ive reseated the ram it appears to be running fine, ran 3dmark/pcmark a few times and played some games to be sure. is there anything else i can do?

plus when reseating my ram it felt very warm ... does this mean the sinks are working or what ? also i couldnt use the supplied clips as they wouldnt fit properly...do you guys think the thermal tape will hold the sink on ?

 

[Cobertizo]

Memtest (http://www.memtest.org/ for the Memtest86+ version) can be handy for checking whether your ram is okay.

 

[Blackhawk47]

thanks, ive only used that once and that was for the practical pc test i did and then forgot about it.

ill test now: how long do you recommend i run it for this time? 1 hour, a day, what ?

 

[Liquidfox]

4 passes is normally fine, but 10 loops is pretty much a cert.