Jayce
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Ok so I tried the memory test one stick at a time and there were no errors on either of them. So I tried installing ubuntu with just one stick and it worked!! So I don't understand that. Why would 2 sticks of ram cause errors?
How many passes did you let each memtest run for on each stick prior to coming to the conclusion of having no errors? Reason I ask is often times errors can turn up on later passes. To get an *accurate* memtest, I personally let it run overnight. In my experience, most times I see errors on RAM within seconds of beginning the test - however I've had one or two that haven't showed up until 2-3 hours into the test.
Just some food for thought. I'm beginning to wonder if the stick of RAM you had OUT of the computer when Ubuntu's LiveCD worked has some errors... if I were you, just for kicks and giggles, put that stick of RAM in the computer with no other sticks of RAM installed, then run memtest overnight for quite a few hours - see what happens in the morning.