Memtest freezes?

[CheesePoofs]

I was running memtest to test my new OC (265*9=2385mhz, mem at 170mhz) and it froze on test 5. By froze, I mean the time stopped going, percent done didn't change, and I couldn't enter the menu, but the plus sign after memtest continued blinking.It said the test was 25% done, the pass was 92% done. It was in its second pass. This is impossible though, test 5 is only halfway through.

I restarted the computer and just ran memtest again, just test 5 this time. On the fourth pass, it again froze at the test being 25% done, pass 92% done. This is also impossible, because since I was only runnign one test, if it was 25% done with the test it'd be just about 25% done with the pass.

This all happened on the system in my sig.

I didn't know memtest stalled at all, so is this just a bug in the program?

 

[Tarrant64]

When I ran memtest mine didn't exactly 'stall'. But it did take about an hour on one of the tests to move 1% on one of the tests. Nothing else was moving except the blinking memtest thing and the clock was still going. Maybe you have to wait longer?

 

[CheesePoofs]

My clock had stopped and I couldn't do anything, not even restart or enter the menu, so I know it had frozen.

 

[CheesePoofs]

bump.

 

[dunkster]

I find Test#5 to be the most critical of all the tests. I suggest that you can save a lot of RAM testing time by configuring Memtest to only run repeat loops of Test#5. I find the other test a waste of testing time.

Your test results simply indicate that your RAM failed Test#5. You'll have to relax timings and/or adjust/raise voltage until your RAM passes Test#5.

Hope this helps!

 

[CheesePoofs]

Well, my ram is running at about 170mhz, but its rated for 200. Its running at the default timings. Think I should up the CPU voltage a bit?