Lenovo Y500 RAM issues

Hi,
I have a two year old Y500, dual booting Linux and Windows 8. Not under warranty.
Here's the problem I'm facing.
The laptop was very slow to boot the last week, probably because it went to sleep and was taking time loading the saved RAM image.
But now, it stopped starting up altogether. When I press the power button, the CPU fan starts running, I can hear the HDD spinning as well. I can also change the back lit light brightness of the keyboard. But no display. Pressing caps lock or num lock doesn't toggle the indicator. Most importantly, when I connect or remove the power supply, I can hear a beep from the speakers. Just one single beep.
Checking online, many forums suggest that this could be a RAM failure or a motherboard failure. So, I took the RAM out, put it in the other port, still the same. I also tried rubbing the metal contacts with an eraser and trying, still no change
How can I be sure this is a RAM failure? If yes, which RAM should I get?

If you have another laptop, you can try swapping the RAM and seeing if that fixes the problem. If it does, Corsair and GSkill make good gaming RAM. I'm not sure what CPU you have but I'll assume it can handle 1600MHz . If that's the case I'd personally recommend Corsair Vengeance which you can get either 8GB or 16GB of (starting at $52). It has good CAS latency, 9-9-9-24, a tiny bit lower than the GSkill.

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