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Maybe dead memory? safe to test?

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evoant

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i think i might have a stick of dead memory
i brought it first for a new machine build, due to the motherboard for that arriving DOA (crappy cheap board, now been replaced with a nf7 nforce2 dunno why i cut a corner in the first place)
so i added the stick in to my old machine
it wouldn't boot with the stick in
made no beeps at me
i tryed the stick on its own
the mboard beeped at me then
i then inserted my old memory, rebooted my machine again and it loads but when it finished loadin xp and when desktop loads the comp reboots shortly after

now i have my new machine fully built with one workin stick of ram
i was wondering what risk is it if i tested the memory i put in my old machine in to my new machine
dont wanna go screwin up my nf7
will it be ok to insert and see if it beeps, or think i could fry my memory slot doing so?

alittle advice would be a treat, im paranoid now :|
 
Try running Memtest - http://www.memtest86.com/ - and see if it gives you any errors. You may very well have a bad stick or RAM...sounds like it. This will make sure.

Although if it is just an inexpensive stick of RAM you could always replace it. Value RAM is inexpensive these days, and would solve the problem of worrying about hurting your new comp.
 
its crucial memory so lifetime warranty :D

but i was wondering more that if it is a bad stick, and i put it in a working board is they any change of harming my board?
or will it be ok and just not detect the stick
or will it screw the board?

i never had problems with memory before, so not to sure
 
In my experiences, it shouldn't damage the DIMM slot. I had a bad DIMM, and the mobo still detected it, but when testing, the memory spit out errors endlessly.
 
what other programs is they i could test with?
i dont have a floppy drive at the moment
not a working one anyways

any alternatives?
 
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