Why does using 2 memory sticks cause my computer to crash?

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Published on 2010-01-07T01:07:57Z Indexed on 2010/12/29 7:55 UTC
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My computer randomly crashes when playing games, but if I remove one memory stick (it does not matter which one I remove), it does not crash anymore.

Memory tests do not find errors, I just put in a new power supply (650W), I only have 1 graphics card, so why is this happening?

BTW, they are the same memory, same vendor same specs, everything I bought it together (2x2GB)

My motherboard is a Asus P5Q Pro, so it supports both dual channel and more than 4gb.

Switching slots does nothing, as long as I don't use more than 1 I'm fine.

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