memtest86 (was Re: [oclug] Motherboard prices)

David F. Skoll dfs at roaringpenguin.com
Tue Aug 6 23:14:36 EDT 2002


On Tue, 6 Aug 2002, Ross Jordan wrote:

> You might try memtest86: www.memtest86.com
> While it can prove ram is good, it can detect a lot
> of bad ram.

Wow... it caught so many errors I thought it was buggy.  But no, on
my desktop box, all the tests passed error-free.

So I'll replace the RAM first, and if that doesn't work, the motherboard.

Thanks!

--
David.




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