Memtest Help

kieran_read · 5 Jan 2016 at 10:19

Hey all just wondering if anyone can give me some pointers on memtest.

Basically having some crashes on my computer and decided to test the memory.

How many passes should I do? (I done 2 last night then wanted to sleep so stopped but the module passed with 0 errors)

My plan was to test all 4 sticks individually then in pairs with all combinations then with all 4 at the same time assuming all 4 sticks pass individually.

Is the way right way to do it?

kieran_read · 5 Jan 2016 at 17:08

Oo I didn't know Win10 had it's own memory testing software, I can try that out tonight.

kieran_read · 6 Jan 2016 at 11:28

I tested each stick on it's own and it's fine.

I found out that one of my memory slots is damaged.

Where the memory slots go 1324. Slot 3 is damaged, so last night I got through 1 run with 3 sticks in 1,2 and 4.

When I put a stick in 3 it doesn't do anything fans turn on low and move, as do lights, but normally when my computer boots it does that then all the fans spin up rapidly before loading into Windows.

Will his cause any problems skipping the 3rd slot, I know you should pair up memory starting in slots 1 and 3 for pairs, but as 3 is broke I will move to 4 and hope that works.

As I said I got through 1 run in Memtest, I will do 3 tonight but should i stick to 2 sticks or will it be fine to go with 3?

kieran_read · 6 Jan 2016 at 16:46

P4Clock said:
what motherboard,
what ram size and speed
what is pc used for

Oh it's ancient.

Intel Core2Duo Q9550 (2.83ghz)
Asus Maximus II Formula
Giel DDR2 Memory 800MHz
ATI 7790 Graphics

It still works!!! Well it will... it's fast enough and games still run, it will last until AMD Zen and Polaris it will!!

(The GPU is the bottleneck on my System and I suspect AMD will release new cards before CPU's so I can upgrade then)