memtest86

Novokuv · 30 Nov 2013 at 20:21

I'm doing memtest and its been 6 hours and its passed 2 tests and failed none. Is this a normal thing?

Rilot · 1 Dec 2013 at 00:25

Sounds good to me

Stas823 · 1 Dec 2013 at 00:52

Your ram is fine

Novokuv · 1 Dec 2013 at 10:07

its been 20 hours now and passed 8.

McstylisT · 1 Dec 2013 at 10:18

That is fine mate , I wouldn't worry now.

Novokuv · 1 Dec 2013 at 12:57

how much tests are their?

UnworthyBean · 1 Dec 2013 at 12:59

Novokuv said:
how much tests are their?

An infinite amount, It will just keep running for as long as you leave it

koolpc · 1 Dec 2013 at 13:11

So, what time should one be looking at stopping the test if all shows ok? 1 hour, 2, 3?

David Bisset · 1 Dec 2013 at 16:43

I generally do 3 passes, however long that takes. Most issues will be found first pass anyway, but more passes gives more confidence basically. I get bored so not more than 3 for me

Novokuv · 1 Dec 2013 at 17:41

Thanks, I will stop the test now. Unfortunately I can't see the right side of the screen but will memtest86 display my errors when I get back on Windows? I will show you a screenshot of my screen, I will let my PC rest aswell, it has been running for 27 hours reading patterns.

EDIT:My phone can't charge, charger is broken. Guess I will have to lift my laptop and take a picture with Webcam.

EDIT: Webcam not working, I suspected that years ago, guess I have nothing to show you my screen

Novokuv · 1 Dec 2013 at 17:59

11 passes, couldn't see error count. My resolution is 1600 x 1200 I think, I tried different sizes but nothing changes.

Steampunk · 1 Dec 2013 at 18:14

I've never seen Memtest take for than two passes to start showing errors if there are any to be found.

teppic · 1 Dec 2013 at 18:15

You'll see an error within 2-3 passes if there's any problem.

Memtest86+ runs in VGA mode and is as minimal as possible to rule out anything but the memory, there's no way to save screenshots, etc.

shankly1985 · 2 Dec 2013 at 13:15

For me bad RAM will show in first run, I have never seen it need more that two passes.

tipes · 6 Dec 2013 at 12:31

shankly1985 said:
For me bad RAM will show in first run, I have never seen it need more that two passes.

+1. errors normally show up very quickly imho.

Mark

x22dan · 6 Dec 2013 at 12:52

shankly1985 said:
For me bad RAM will show in first run, I have never seen it need more that two passes.

+1,

I ran one this morning at work and within 15 seconds i had errors showing, I'd stick to the 1-3 passes range though.

Rroff · 6 Dec 2013 at 18:11

I use 2 passes for initial testing and then do 3 when I think I've got the final settings I'm going to use, rarely any usefulness doing more than that and in 80% of cases it will fail in the first pass if its going to fail.