btw if it aint: http://www.memtest.org/
it sux :)
On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 09:21:22PM -0500, DHSinclair wrote:
> Thane (et.al.),
> I finished a 24hr cycle using the WinDiag Ram test. No errors. For now
> this is a good result. I have some confidence in the remaining dimm I am
> using ATM. But, as you say, "not really conclusive!"
> By your metric, I'm not sure there will ever be a conclusive position.
> OK.
> The best news is that I have finally learned (read: found some "burner
> sw" that a true lame-brain can work and use!) how to BURN CD's
> with........ :)
> I used a proggy called "CDBurnerXP". It just flat works. No magic
> switches yet. Just CD's that boot and run. I suspect this may just be
> some 1st Grade stuff; but, it worked here well.......and, that is what I
> wanted anyway....... :)
> [We need not discuss the many hours of grief trying to use some 'bundled'
> sw from Corel/ULead. Dumb fools did not even give me an "uninstall"
> path. Clean-up was another trip through both the Explorer and the
> registry. I do so love a challenge! XP was most pliant here! Many
> Grace Points!]
> OK. {XP ru...@mycribnow!}
>
> Next, burned a 2d CD with the dot-iso of memtest+2.11.....It is now
> booted, and running for the next 24hrs! I am so happy I almost can't
> stand this!
>
> In any case, "Burning" just got really easy 4Me, finally. Not the
> sharpest knife in drawer!....Not a problem!....... :)
> Thank you for your counsel. Appreciated!
> Best,
> Duncan
>
>
>
> At 13:12 01/07/2009 -0400, you wrote:
>> At 01:02 PM 07/01/2009, DHSinclair wrote:
>>> Thane,
>>> Have you tried this RAM diagnostic tool from MS?
>>>
>>> http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp
>>>
>>> Just wondering? Finally got its' dot-iso burned to a CD-r/w, and it
>>> is now running. I am trying to certify the remaining dimm in my
>>> "suspect" new PC. So far, so good.
>>
>> I've tried it and use it from time to time. About the same as MemTest
>> - if it finds a failure, then you can be pretty sure it's a bad DIMM.
>> If it doesn't find a problem, it doesn't prove a good DIMM.
>>
>> T
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Bryan G. Seitz
