Game closing on splash screen after going from 8 to 16 RAM

I have tried emptying the space and reïnstalled it but it still won't open.

My drivers seem to be up to date as well. I truly hope I can play this again, it would be a shame if Sea of Thieves will remain unplayable for me.

And other games work fine/better?

@zig-zag-ltu Yes, other games work just fine!

@mystiny That's weird then, thought maybe Sea of Thieves is your only demanding game and the ram is faulty.

Here is a quick google search result: Hopefully something will help

Vlad Constantinescu  /  Oct 27, 2022

Games Crashing After Installing New RAM: Fix it in 5 Steps

If your games keep crashing after installing RAM, updating your chipset drivers and BIOS is one efficient method you should consider.

@mystiny Hello.
Does the game display an error message upon crashing? Ive been having the same errors but manage to mitigate the issue. Game crashes saying my gpu drivers are not up to date, (Even when they were)

1. Go into task manager and you want to set the game as a high priority, Open task manager , go to ''Details tab", find your game, and set it as ''high priority'' (Not realtime)

2. You stated you upgraded your ram, are you sure both RAM sticks are the exact same in terms of brand, speed etc? You also might want to re-sit your ram back into the motherboard.
   You might want to diagnose ram, put one, boot up PC to see if its fine, take that one out and try the other. I know its annoying/tedious but you want to rule out RAM issues. Also if you have a 4 slot ram motherboard and ONLY TWO sticks of ram, make sure they are installed in the right ram slots. (Some motherboards you can put ram next to each other, others they have to separated with a free slot in the middle.)

3. You can also look at what crashes the game by opening up the ''Event Viewer'' on Windows search bar to diagnose what is crashing your game.

@zig-zag-ltu Thank you very much, I'll try this soon and I'll let you know how this goes

@pomalotacusmk3

The cooler is fine, It already happened before I replaced it. The RAM is the main issue I think. It's weird to me though, because other games work just fine. Sea of Thieves is the only game that doesn't work anymore. I will try to look at the RAM after I did the former solution. Someone gave an 8gb RAM stick to me and I bought another 8gb RAM myself. One is Adata and the other Crucial.

@mystiny You're welcome, but please don't thank me, I just use google to try and find solutions and if they seem logical I share them with people who are looking for information. I'm more like a pat on the back guy when it comes to real tech support.

You might wanna have a look at what others have suggested as well, they seem to have really good IT knowledge and experience.

@ix-indi-xi
Hello, your solutions are also worth considering! I'll try those too! The brand is different but everything else appears to be the same. My computer reegistered them properly and other games did as well. I'll let you know how it goes!

@zig-zag-ltu
I'm thanking you because you put effort into trying to help me, I'm grateful for that! :)

And don't worry, I was already going to 🤣

@mystiny :) I just hope you will find a solution and be able to return to the seas

@scheneighnay

I have no idea what XMP is but I did run the Event Viewer and this is the result:

"Access Denied"
Event ID: 5961
Level: Error

I did do some research on it but a lot of the results talks about refreshing my PC, though I want this to be the last thing on my list to do.

Oh, it also says "ErrorCode -2147024891". I will look more into this as well.

@scheneighnay

Please explain as if I'm a 5 year old 🤣