What may be happening with my macbook pro 17''?

what may be happening with my macbook pro 17''? I made a few months ago upgtrade 4GB of memory to 16gb, everything was going well until the graphics began to dance and fails, until it gave bluescreen ... never seen it in a mac. Serial Number C0*******F92
Graphics card Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB​​? Was never 512mb graphic, do not know what may be going on .... please help.
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The graphics memory increases to a max of 512 when you upgrade the RAM. The RAM is actually the most likely culprit, since it's been recently changed. Put the original RAM back in and see if your problem goes away.

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