Yes, brand new RAM can become corrupted if not handled properly or if there are power issues during installation.
Yes, brand new RAM can become corrupted if not handled properly or if there are power issues during installation.
It might be one of the DIMMs that is dead, or the DIMM slots on the circuit board have a problem. The simplest way to narrow it down would be to swap in a working DIMM into the slot where the faulty one was. If the issues persist, the logic board likely has a fault.