Such a product as a bulk RAM tester?

[Bateluer]

Aside from using a server or desktop and running memtest86, are there any products that one could pop in DIMMs, as many as possible, and run a relatively quick and accurate test?

Some kind of modular design that would allow DDR1, 2, and 3 to be tested, ECC and non-ECC, would be a big plus.

Corporate usage, budget is potentially high but within reason.


http://www.memorytesters.com/ramcheck_lx/ramcheck_lx_tester.htm
We're using this^ right now, and it works decently, but at one stick at a time, its tedious. There's a few hundred sticks of DDR2 and 3 in bins right now that need to be tested.

 

[torpid]

This probably belongs in another (technical) forum here instead of this one; here you will get a lot of people saying that it's not bulk unless your bin is alternator sized.

 

[mmntech]

This probably belongs in another (technical) forum here instead of this one; here you will get a lot of people saying that it's not bulk unless your bin is alternator sized.

I know that's what I came in here for. Thanks for ruining it. :\

 

[Bateluer]

This probably belongs in another (technical) forum here instead of this one; here you will get a lot of people saying that it's not bulk unless your bin is alternator sized.

Testing one DIMM at a time when there's probably close to a thousand DIMMs is pretty bulk.

Posted here because there's more traffic, but if the mods see fit to move to Gen hardware, alright.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Roboflex and the sort

Automated DIMM testing machine. Just load up the hopper, it drops and inserts them and once tested, places them in another hopper. Think that's the sort of rig most manufacturers use.

I'm going to guess they run about the price of a car.

 

[Bateluer]

Roboflex and the sort

Automated DIMM testing machine. Just load up the hopper, it drops and inserts them and once tested, places them in another hopper. Think that's the sort of rig most manufacturers use.

I'm going to guess they run about the price of a car.

Saw those, definitely outside the price range I could talk the Powers That be into.

 

[xSkyDrAx]

perhaps contact a nearby company that would have access to one of those machines and borrow it?

 

[BoomerD]

http://www.memorytesters.com/

 

[brianmanahan]

what's a good online source for buying bulk RAM?

 

[Ryan711]

what's a good online source for buying bulk RAM?

what are we talking here? 10lbs about alternator size?

 

[Pray To Jesus]

One could build a computer and swap 8 sticks at a time to test

 

[StarTech]

One could build a computer and swap 8 sticks at a time to test

Or going bulkier, 10 computers and 80 at a time. I think each computer will be about the size of four alternators.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

One could build a computer and swap 8 sticks at a time to test

Would take significantly longer than a dedicated device.

You may check and see if someone has a RoboFlex that you can just ship the dimms to and pay them $x per dimm?

 

[Howard]

memtest won't catch all errors. My memory passed memtest but when I replaced it, my super-horrible-crashy PC is now magically stable.

 

[rsutoratosu]

I see these a lot in the computer shows where they buy your memory back upon test

 

[OverVolt]

memtest won't catch all errors. My memory passed memtest but when I replaced it, my super-horrible-crashy PC is now magically stable.

Memory is pickey with compatibility. I've also had memory errors on good memory, the memory controller was bad.

 

[Emulex]

memtest86+ when you disable ECC mode will test ram pretty good. Since at the end of the day, if you don't test it in the intended system, your test may be completely invalid.

ECC ram is so damn cheap 8gb RDIMM ECC $65 each that when you rock so much ram, you might as well benefit from multi-bit detection/correction/chipkill.

 

[Blain]

Memtest86+ isn't a magic bullet.
Reported errors can be more than simply bad memory modules...

"Please be aware that not all errors reported by Memtest86 are due to bad memory. The test implicitly tests the CPU, L1 and L2 caches as well as the motherboard.

It is impossible for the test to determine what causes the failure to occur.
However, most failures will be due to a problem with memory module.

When it is not, the only option is to replace parts until the failure is corrected."