RAM Tester?

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After adding a stick of 512 Meg RAM to my system (which already had 2
256Meg sticks), the system has been running flaky. Ironically, it's
mostly MS apps which have frequent crashes - Outlook Express, IE, etc.
-- Even Windows Help.

Is there any freeware available that would allow me to test my RAM to
see whether I got a bad stick?

BTW -- this is under WinXP Pro.

Thanks!
 
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp

"Windows Memory Diagnostic"

It's something of a misnomer: it doesn't run under Windows, but rather from
a boot floppy it creates. (I believe there are alternatives for machines
without Floppy drives.)

It's possible that the memory stick is good, but you're having compatibility
problems. You may wish to remove the old DIMMs and try the new one by
itself.

Good luck.

Bob Knowlden

Address altered. Replace nkbob with bobkn.
 
You can find a few free ram testers, DocMemory is one, through here :
http://aumha.org/free.htm
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Manny Carvalho
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"BRH @comcast.net>" <"bhoenig<no-spam> wrote in message
| After adding a stick of 512 Meg RAM to my system (which already had 2
| 256Meg sticks), the system has been running flaky. Ironically, it's
| mostly MS apps which have frequent crashes - Outlook Express, IE, etc.
| -- Even Windows Help.
|
| Is there any freeware available that would allow me to test my RAM to
| see whether I got a bad stick?
|
| BTW -- this is under WinXP Pro.
|
| Thanks!
|
 
After adding a stick of 512 Meg RAM to my system (which already had 2
256Meg sticks), the system has been running flaky. Ironically, it's
mostly MS apps which have frequent crashes - Outlook Express, IE, etc.
-- Even Windows Help.

Is there any freeware available that would allow me to test my RAM to
see whether I got a bad stick?

BTW -- this is under WinXP Pro.

Thanks!
Click to expand...

Go to http://www.memtest86.com/ and download a free copy of their
memory test software. Run it overnight.
 
BRH said:
After adding a stick of 512 Meg RAM to my system (which already had 2
256Meg sticks), the system has been running flaky. Ironically, it's
mostly MS apps which have frequent crashes - Outlook Express, IE, etc.
Click to expand...

The ram is most likely good. It just that some ram sticks may not like
being in bed with other unrelated ram sticks. As an aside, that's one
good reason if you buy a PC to get the ram you'll need 3 years from now.
This way it will match.
 
BRH said:
Is there any freeware available that would allow me to test my RAM to
see whether I got a bad stick?
Click to expand...

www.memtest.org

Take the fifth download - package for floppy. Run it to make a bootable
floppy version, boot that and let it run overnight
 
Thanks to all that replied. As it turns out, the RAM was bad. Memory
Tester showed all kinds of errors after only 30 or 40 minutes. Without the
stick in the PC, no errors.
 
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