Can a RAM cause system crash?

Yes it can. If part of one of the SIMMs is faulty, or not seated correctly, it can cause the computer to fail to boot. More mysteriously, it can sometimes only show the fault as it gets warm, so the computer will work fine for some time and then mysteriously crash.

If the BIOS is not set to test the RAM, then the computer can boot without any warning beeps and if it is a higher address, then the computer will boot fine and seem to work perfectly until a particularly large piece of software like a game, image editing program is run. This software will try to occupy a lot of your RAM, including the faulty addresses and the computer will often crash, or your data become corrupted. This will tend to look like the installation of the program is faulty, but re-installing it will make little difference as it is the faulty higher address in RAM that is causing the misleading symptoms.

I hope this helps a bit and good luck narrowing down what the problem is. If you have two or more SIMMs in the computer, you can usually try running the computer on just one SIMM at a time, to see which SIMM (if any) is causing the fault to appear.

Yes it is, if the RAM is damaged or gone bad, you will get error messages or crash the computer.

Also the RAM has to be the correct RAM for the motherboard. If you get RAM that is not compatible with the motherboard, it will give you problems.

yes when ram goes bad it causes data loss which in turn crashes windows.

If the stick is bad, if its not the correct type and size for your mainboard.

Hi there, There may be two reasons ... 1. you may have useless stuff on your computer 2. you may have virus Try following... Free up disk space. A hard drive that is close to being full will drastically slow down your computer. You can clear up space by deleting temporary internet files, empty your recycle bin, remove programs that you do not use, put important files on an external hard drive. Another way to free up disk space is to use "Disk Cleanup" on your Windows PC. To do this, click "start" and go to "Accessories", go to "System Tools", and click "Disk Cleanup". Scan for Viruses, Adware, and Spyware. These nasty programs can slow down your computer worse than anything. I would recommend purchasing software that can remove all three of these common problems. Don't automatically start up programs when you turn your computer on. Close any programs that you do not use that open when you start up your computer. These programs will run in the background and steal RAM (Random Access Memory). Defragment your hard drive. Defragging your hard drive places all of your information for each file in one place. OR this may be due to a memory leak, because of; 1. a faulty hard drive 2. faulty RAM card(s) 3. some of the OS files are corrupted/missing this can be due to a virus being detected and improperly removed, or when the computer is improperly turned off (like when you pull the plug while it's on, or something similar). or a disk is defragmented repeatedly while there is less than recommended space in your hard drive. to repair: 1. run diskchk by right clicking your boot drive, tools tab, and disk check. (this process may take more than an hour depending on the total capacity of your hard drive) 2. inspect ram card(s) (i doubt that this would be the problem, but it's possible) 3. insert your OS disk into your cd/dvd drive and reboot. press any key to reboot from disk repair windows 4. since you backed up your files, if #3 doesnt work, then reformat your disk with a new and clean installation of your OS of choice. please remember that just because there is a problem with your computer, a virus is the first to blame. and also, some virus scanners may delete files that are important just because it is infected, and some virus scanners may not be able to find everything other virus scanners can find. Hope this helps.. All the best, Julia

yes if the ram size is too big