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Memtest Experiences... Help please...

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I just ran memtest on a albatron k8x800 a64 mobo with 2 512mb memory dimms and did the following experiments:

- I thought one or both of my modules were faulty so i ran memtest with both on at first. The program locked at some point on test five, always on the same test. It just locked showing no errors on the ram.

- Then i tried ram memtest with each module on. One of the modules passed 5 iterations without errors. And the other got 11 errors on test 4 on the first pass, afterwards getting around 10-15 erros per test pass on the 4th test.


At this i conclude obviously that one module is good and the other sucks but, why does memtest crap out with the modules on? Is that normal with faulty modules? Is is the size of the total ram?

Im running the standard test, nothing extensive....

Also right now im running prime 95 and its good so far... Before with the two modules on it crapped out in 3 minutes, 3 freaking minutes....
 
At this i conclude obviously that one module is good and the other sucks but, why does memtest crap out with the modules on? Is that normal with faulty modules? Is is the size of the total ram?
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Im not sure I understand your Q, but yes it's normal for Memtest to freeze or crash when you have a defective module. You seem to really have a defective module.
 
Originally posted by camay123
Im not sure I understand your Q, but yes it's normal for Memtest to freeze or crash when you have a defective module. You seem to really have a defective module.
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Yeah, not a whole not more to it then that I'm afraid.
 
but what version of memtest are you using? there was an older version that would freeze on any A64 setup. i would try memtest+ if you havent already www.memtest.org
 
Originally posted by Dr.Evil
but what version of memtest are you using? there was an older version that would freeze on any A64 setup. i would try memtest+ if you havent already www.memtest.org
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Yeah, I'd say give that a go if you haven't already. It's worth a shot if you ask me.....who knows.
 
funny i asked a similar question on a differant forum,

memtest + freezes straight away on my A7V266-E but normal memtest runs fine without error.

Both run fine on my NF7-S so i know its not the ram causing it.

Try both versions before you bin the ram,

:)

Rob
 
Originally posted by Robolf
funny i asked a similar question on a differant forum,

memtest + freezes straight away on my A7V266-E but normal memtest runs fine without error.

Both run fine on my NF7-S so i know its not the ram causing it.

Try both versions before you bin the ram,

:)

Rob
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Wow, strange.....I've got a cd boot disk with memtest and a few other things on it.....but it works fine, so.....great. Honestly, I didn't even know there WERE two versions. ;)
 
Im running a socket 754 a64, not a socket A. And yes i already tried the new version... I have to accept its the ram and move on...
 
Originally posted by chinoquezada
Im running a socket 754 a64, not a socket A. And yes i already tried the new version... I have to accept its the ram and move on...
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Hopefully you have better luck with whatever comes your way next. :cool:
 
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