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Is there a faster way to test RAM than memtest86+?
I have a couple of PCs with 8GB of RAM and for quick checks I'm using an Ubuntu live CD, but in case of troubles I have to resort to memtest86+. However, memtest86+ is taking quite a while to ...
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SSD testing equivalent of Memtest for RAM?
How does one check if their SSD is failing? I randomly started getting BSOD's for memory and storage related issues... memtest checked out fine, how can I test to see if the SSD might be the culprit?
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How does Memtest86 function with bad RAM?
I was reading another question about Memtest and started wondering: How does Memtest86 function with bad RAM?
Think about it: Memtest86 needs to store information about how large the RAM is, what it ...
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Memory works fine separately, but not together
I've been given four 1GB Corsair DDR2 memory modules, and am trying to fit them into my computer but am getting BSOD on Windows XP and errors in Memtest86+.
I've tried to identify if one particular ...
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memtest86 : unexpected interrupt - halting CPU0
trying to troubleshoot my notebook Acer 5600, I ran Memtest86 with the two 512Mo RAM, with one and the other one, but I have the same error each time :
The Windows XP installed crash on connection ...
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Why is memtest repeating single test?
I've been having some problems with my computer. I'll start with a short history.
Bought it 11 months ago, immediately there were problems. What would happen is, when I logged in after a long period ...
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bad ram or bad motherboard
I have a computer which crashes after about 5-45 seconds of operation. It can run memtest86+, and it doesn't display any errors, but it doesn't prevent it from crashing within the time frame listed ...
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memtest86+ error explosion, and then nothing
Over the last two weeks my desktop has seemingly all of a sudden become noticeably less stable: frequent BSODs (all with different error messages but all of which were related to memory), difficulties ...
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Memtest86+ crashing
I just installed new RAM into my laptop yesterday. (PC2700 RAM, AMD Athalon 64) Like a good super user, I ran Memtest86+ to make sure the new RAM was good. The results were unlike anything I had seen ...
