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Guidelines wanted for running memtest86

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I'm not too proud to ask or too old to learn, so I would appreciate some guidelines for using memtest86. Having downloaded memtest86 v3.0, I extracted it to a floppy, booted my comp using the floppy and got memtest86 running - now what?

By that I mean, do I just let it run in its default configuration? ...and how long do I let it run (it seems like it will run forever if I let it)! 😕
 
Originally posted by: senior guy
I'm not too proud to ask or too old to learn, so I would appreciate some guidelines for using memtest86. Having downloaded memtest86 v3.0, I extracted it to a floppy, booted my comp using the floppy and got memtest86 running - now what?

By that I mean, do I just let it run in its default configuration? ...and how long do I let it run (it seems like it will run forever if I let it)! 😕
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I let it run default for an hour or two when testing, and yes it will run untill you stop it.

Edit; ChampionAtTufshop mentioned this "for more intensive testing (ie, testing the cpu cach as well) press
c-1-2-2-3-0-space bar" from this thread,

and THUGSROOK had this to add," the best way to run memtest86: use the command options ~ C-1-2-2-3-0
to run all 11 tests with cpu cache ON. let it run for at least 10 loops". From this thread

OMG I lernt someething today. 😀
 
Btw, I'm using memtest86 to see if the RAM in one of my PC's is bad - lately, when it starts up, I get a message from Win98 that a fatal exception has occurred and the current program has to be terminated. Just today, the particular error msg was... "fatal exception 0E has occurred at 015F:BFF9DBA7". 😕

From what I've been able to find out with google-searches, it's likely caused by either bad ram or a corrupted OS. Any other helpful input would be most appreciated.
 
You can try microsoft knowledge base too, although I didn't find anything on that specific error.

I've always found it alot easier to do a clean install of 98 when the fatal errors start popping up,
rather than to track them down and try to fix them.

With 98 I'd bet on corrupted OS. Just my 2 cents
 
Originally posted by: shootinyou
You can try microsoft knowledge base too, although I didn't find anything on that specific error.

I've always found it alot easier to do a clean install of 98 when the fatal errors start popping up,
rather than to track them down and try to fix them.

With 98 I'd bet on corrupted OS. Just my 2 cents
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Yeah, I also searched MS' Knowledge-Base without much luck. If memtest86 doesn't find any errors in my RAM, I'll just format the drive (I'm backed-up) and re-install Win98.

My main comp has WinXP which has been 100% stable ever since I installed it last year.
 
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