Testing memory
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 2:58 pmIs there any way I can test my SDRAM memory modules as I suspect one may be faulty?
Yes, it's called Memtest86 and it's free.
You can download from
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Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 2:58 pmPosted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 4:40 pmPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2004 1:13 amThanks for the advice.I tried it but after 6 and a half hours I got fed up waiting,I think I would have needed to have left it running for 2 days!! I only really want to check my SIMMS.
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2004 4:20 pmBy default memtest loops forever - 1, or at most 2 loops of the tests would have been enough to see any problems. How many loops were you up to when you quit?
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2004 5:51 pmIt was up to test 12 or something. :s