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| Thread ID: 42444 | 2004-02-11 04:52:00 | Anyone know of a free ram test utility that is safe | robo (205) | Press F1 |
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| 214537 | 2004-02-11 04:52:00 | I want to run a ram test on a machine and don't have one handy. I found one at simmtester.com but it requires boot off a floppy and I am nervous. Anyone know if this is okay or know of one that is? robo. |
robo (205) | ||
| 214538 | 2004-02-11 05:03:00 | well do you have a spare pc handy? try them in those pcs. if you find none, use Chris Kealls Pc. if it kills it, blame it on Someone else. if it doesnt, there you go ;) |
Megaman (344) | ||
| 214539 | 2004-02-11 05:07:00 | download this... http://ebcd.pcministry.com/ its 50 megs... but hey... it has a few good testing utilities... it has to be burnt to cd... its a boot CD... but wont touch windows... once you have it... keep it safe... you will need it one day... |
00falcon (3801) | ||
| 214540 | 2004-02-11 05:07:00 | I have used Memtest86 many times with no problems. Apart from picking up faulty RAM that is. You do require a bootable disk though to put it on. To fully test the memory, it has to get rid of Windows, which hogs the RAM. Have a read and download here (www.webattack.com) |
Pheonix (280) | ||
| 214541 | 2004-02-11 05:44:00 | go to http://www.memtest86.com/ download the iso image and burn it to a cd. Then boot from the cd. Easy as. Also for a cd with all the trimmings try http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ |
rsnic (3780) | ||
| 214542 | 2004-02-11 05:49:00 | I always just boot a Fedora/Redhat CD and type memtest. :-) Chill. |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 214543 | 2004-02-11 23:37:00 | > go to http://www.memtest86.com/ > download the iso image and burn it to a cd. Then boot > from the cd. Easy as. > Also for a cd with all the trimmings try > http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ rsnic, I've downloaded and unzipped the ultimatebootcd to a folder and burnt it to a cd but am not able to boot with this CD. Have I done anything wrong? |
bk T (215) | ||
| 214544 | 2004-02-11 23:41:00 | DocMemory is perfectly safe to run off a floppy. At my work we run it on customers PCs and it doesn't do anything except test your RAM | wintertide (1306) | ||
| 214545 | 2004-02-11 23:51:00 | > rsnic, I've downloaded and unzipped the > ultimatebootcd to a folder and burnt it to a cd but > am not able to boot with this CD. > > Have I done anything wrong? Have you changed the boot priority setup in your BIOS. It has to come before C: or Windows will just go ahead and boot up instead... Lizard |
Lizard (2409) | ||
| 214546 | 2004-02-12 01:48:00 | Memtest86 seems to be safe enough. It doesn't need an OS, let alone Windows --- all it needs is a programme loader. Then it tests the memory. I've always found the best memory test is a task which needs perfect memory. Compiling the Linux kernel works very well. :D All memory test programmes prove is that the memory either does or doesn't pass the tests in that programme. I found this after running diagnostics for hours on an 8kx12 core memory board. The test said it was OK. Unfortunately it reliably caused the real work programme to fall over. Pattern sensitivity was a problem in 4kx1 ram chips. HP went to extremes to get reliability when they started using 4k ram in the 2000 series minis. I'm sure it hasn't gone away. The problem is a bit bigger now ... how long does it take to test all the bit patterns in a 1 Gb chip? |
Graham L (2) | ||
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