Is Somthing Wrong With My Memory?

DarkStar · Joined: Dec 24, 2002 Posts: 1603

When I ran memtest-86 on my computer, it came up with about 29,000 errors. Is this a problem?

I have 3 memory cards:

Slot 1: Samsung 256MB DDR PC2700
Slot 2: K-byte 256MB DDR PC2100
Slot 3: Kingston 256MB DDR PC2100
(I only have 3 memory slots)

goretsky · Posted: Thu May 08, 2003 6:15 pm Post subject:

Hello,

There could be a problem with your memory. What were the exact error messages reported by MemTest86?

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

Eric Legge · Joined: Dec 14, 2002 Posts: 731

I would try testing with just one module installed at a time.

Mixing brands and types could be the cause.

There should be no error messages.

RAM has to function 100% or it will cause all kinds of system problems.

Eric
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DarkStar · Joined: Dec 24, 2002 Posts: 1603

I ran memtest again and it found nothing. Why would it find errors one time and not the next?

goretsky · Posted: Sat May 10, 2003 10:02 pm Post subject:

Hello,

Did you make any changes to the system between running MemTest86, including things like changing BIOS settings or re-seating the memory?

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

DarkStar · Joined: Dec 24, 2002 Posts: 1603

no. All I did was restart in to windows, shutdown, and run memtest agan.

goretsky · Posted: Wed May 14, 2003 9:50 pm Post subject:

Hello,

That's very strange, I've never had or experienced such a problem myself.

Have you tried checking with the author to see if this is a known issue?

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

jeber · Joined: Dec 19, 2002 Posts: 4198 Location: The Village

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