Windows 7 Memory Diagnostics Tool

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ColEx

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Hey, has anyone used this? im having some stability problems when playing games and i think i come to a conclusion its my memory. So to test it i use this Win 7's own diagnostic tool, it passes the standard test no problem. But when i choose extended test, it seems to stop on 21% and looks like its doing nothing. While its stuck on 21% its shows the message "no problems have been detected" and "although the test may appear inactive its still running etc". I can also exit it when i want, i can choose another test. so its not crashing. i just wan to know what it is doing. How long should a extended memory pass take using this?
 
Even something like intel burn test will test the memory if you tell it to use all your available ram.
Its calculations are very ram dependant aswell as cpu dependant.
 
rickh said:
Even something like intel burn test will test the memory if you tell it to use all your available ram.
Its calculations are very ram dependant aswell as cpu dependant.
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I haven't found IBT to be reliable at RAM testing. I could pass 20+ loops without problems but Prime95 blend torture test would freeze my PC or show errors after less than 10 minutes.

Memtest86+ for faulty RAM, Prime95 for stable RAM overclock.
 
I ended up just using memtest to find my faults, couldn't understand why windows own tool stopped at 21% every try, even googleing around i couldn't find much info on it. Memtest found faults though, and found out i had my timings set up wrong.
 
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