Is there a program to scan for faulty RAM?
This is a discussion about Is there a program to scan for faulty RAM? in the Windows Hardware category; my new comp more than rarely crashes with a BSOD (bad pool call, pfn page error etc). i have researched these errors and the common link is that it is falty memory or hardware- i think its my RAM. is there a program that can check if ur RAM is faulty?.
my new comp more than rarely crashes with a BSOD (bad pool call, pfn page error etc). i have researched these errors and the common link is that it is falty memory or hardware- i think its my RAM. is there a program that can check if ur RAM is faulty?
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Go to Simmtester.com and download the free Ram test software
I have always used memtest86. It's a pretty small downlaod.
Yeah memtest is quite good.
Quote:Yeah memtest is quite good.
well it's two years i'm trying to find something that is accurate, but even though i knew the ram was faulty DocMemory or memtest could not detect ANY problems on a hot test. they detect problems only if your DDR ram is totally messed up. in that case you don't need to test it anyways.
is there anything else out there that might work? (i currently use MEMORY DUMP blue screen in win XP to detect bad ram )
well it's two years i'm trying to find something that is accurate, but even though i knew the ram was faulty DocMemory or memtest could not detect ANY problems on a hot test. they detect problems only if your DDR ram is totally messed up. in that case you don't need to test it anyways.
is there anything else out there that might work? (i currently use MEMORY DUMP blue screen in win XP to detect bad ram )
I use prime95 for my testing. It stresses all components (cpu, chipset, ram), but it is not a pure ram tester. And if it fails you can't tell for sure what is faulty especaily not if you're overclocking.
