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| Thread ID: 122111 | 2011-12-01 20:32:00 | How do I memory test RAM? | Bryan (147) | Press F1 |
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| 1246685 | 2011-12-01 20:32:00 | I have an older PC that uses PC133 RAM. I have three old sticks that total 512m and recently through Trademe I bought 2x512m sticks. I have had occassion to reinstall XP but have had no end of troubles because various files were missing or would not load. When I removed the 2x512 and just used the three small sticks - no problems. Either one or both of the 2x512 is/are faulty so, how can I check these two? |
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| 1246686 | 2011-12-01 20:35:00 | http://www.memtest.org/ | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1246687 | 2011-12-01 21:29:00 | Yeah that can catch you out, faulty RAM can corrupt files as they are copied and make it seem like you have disk problems. Grab the software Chill linked, burn a CD, set your BIOS to boot from CD, boot, Test, Win. |
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| 1246688 | 2011-12-01 21:49:00 | THanks for that, will try it out, from what I've read it should sort me out! | Bryan (147) | ||
| 1246689 | 2011-12-01 22:11:00 | Memtest86+ is a great piece of software. If the tests do show up faults, remember you will have to do some RAM swapping to find out what is the problem. Try one stick at once, try in different slots, etc. Try cleaning the contacts on the RAM stick too, it can sometimes help. |
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