Memtest type program for windows xp?

Combat squirrel · 30 Aug 2006 at 12:44

Hey all, im trying to get to the bottom of odd memory errors, however memtest says the mems fine (10hours no problems), but it also reports a different mem speed in memtest than cpuz does in windows, SO

Is there a memtest type of program that can be run inside windows, while windows is running ?

Combat squirrel · 30 Aug 2006 at 12:51

tis alright have found one, memtest for windows no less

Combat squirrel · 31 Aug 2006 at 17:47

well ran it all night, no problems apparently, yet zonealarm came up again with a memory read/write error :confused:

Combat squirrel · 4 Sep 2006 at 14:13

Minstadave said:
A memory read/write error is probably down to a dodgy hdd, try running scandisk on it.

Well Iv ran Prime x2 on dual core blend for 12 hours both at same time and as indivdual cores for further 24 hours (12 each)

Done a scandisk on system HD and pagefile disks, no errors, ran 3dmark 05 and 06 for 2 hours each looping, no errors

Ram memtest windows for 12 hours, no errors, ran it from DFI bios, no errors

Yet zonealarm STILL comes up with mem/read write error after about 2 hours..........now here is the interesting bit. It NEVER does it during the day time (i.e. when im using the computer), ONLY at night time when the PC is left to download, there are no powersave features running.

SO what on earths that about ? Iv used it once where I stayed up really late on the net for a few hours and zonealarm still didnt error, only when its left alone with nothing running apart from the download