memortest86

[Sniper82]

I ran my PNY PC2100 at 166 to see if it would pass memorytest with no errors and it did twice. But does this mean the ram is stable or should I do more testing on it?

 

[THUGSROOK]

the overclockers way to test m86....

boot to disk~
hit c-2-3-0-space bar and let it run for a full 10+ loops

m86 will also test your cpu cache and subsystem on about half the tests so a failure may be because of cpu too. (a halt error is usually cpu)

there is also a test option to set "cache on" for every single test.
(im very close to thinking that "cache on" should be used as a standard option)

HTH

 

[THUGSROOK]

use C-2-3-1-2-0-space bar to run all 11 tests with cache on for all tests

im probably gonna make this my standard recommendation these days in order to save ppl a lot of wasted p95 time

 

[Jgtdragon]

Ran it for an hour which is 8 tests. I like this better than prime95. NEat software.

 

[THUGSROOK]

dont confuse a "test" with a "pass" or a "loop" ~ the terminology in this program is kinda weird (musta been translated)

running 11 tests is 1 loop ~ 10 loops takes me almost 5 hours on my current system. (512mb ram)

 

[Jgtdragon]

Oops, I meant loops.
One loop is 7 tests.

 

[THUGSROOK]

the standard 7 tests are kinda wimpy and dont really prove anything~

if you wanna put some serious pressure on your system, youll need to run the command options i listed above.

 

[Sniper82]

Originally posted by: THUGSROOK
the standard 7 tests are kinda wimpy and dont really prove anything~

if you wanna put some serious pressure on your system, youll need to run the command options i listed above.

I really don't want to do testing for 5 hours. Is there a quicker way to test memory?

 

[THUGSROOK]

no

 

[ChampionAtTufshop]

the best way, imo, is to leave it on over night

same goes for all stress tesing...longer the better
i usually do it when im at school and then sometimes leave it going when i come home....
or on the weekend, turn it on in the morning and leave it late in the night if i go out

 

[RalfHutter]

Like Thugs and C-A-T said, it's better to just suck it up and let it run. If you value your stability you gotta have some patience. Of course it helps if you have multiple systems! That way you're not losing any valuable computer time while running a bunch of endless stress tests.

 

[jhites]

Originally posted by: THUGSROOK
no

yepper

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: THUGSROOK
no

What about one of those $2000+ standalone memory testing thingies that the memory vendors at computer shows have?

 

[nongv]

i cant find memortest86 any where. where can i download it?

 

[Priit]

i cant find memortest86 any where. where can i download it?

Have you tried http://www.memtest86.com/

 

[ChampionAtTufshop]

yeah
its memtest86. not memortest86