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memtest86+ error explosion, and then nothing

Over the last two weeks my desktop has seemingly all of a sudden become noticeably less stable: frequent BSODs (all with different error messages but all of which were related to memory), difficulties performing basic application installs/uninstalls, random application misbehavior, and occasional "forgetting" to load drivers at boot-up (for instance, on one boot, windows wouldn't load the graphics drivers and the resolution would be terrible; reboot, everything's fine again. wash, rinse, repeat).

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Guest [Entry]

"It is possible that the memory seating had problems for a while.
You activity with the memory modules get it working again.
I have seen this happen (in exactly the way you describe).

Additionally, there was also a case when the PC would just not boot and declared memory failures. Removing the replacing the memories made it work fine (and completely pass the memtest).

I wonder these days if part of the PC cleanup activity should also include cleaning the card (memory and other PCI) contacts... suggestions on this are welcome."
Guest [Entry]

Reseating memory is sometimes known to fix errors (sometimes, depending on the cause of the errors). To learn more, you can research "reseat RAM oxidize", and that may help to make the cause seem a bit more scientific rather than mysteriously random.