System fails memory tests

[Manda Luyong]

I would run MEMTEST on the PC if I were you. Else, if you think everything
is OK, shutdown that reporter in the BIOS.

 

[Honjo]

At the end of BIOS part of boot process I sometime hear voice
announcement of "System fails memory tests", but the boot process
continues to the end. I am not aware any problem using the system so
booted up. This happens about once in four booting occasions. Is this a
false warning? Or do I just not notice operational deficiency caused by
this memory problem? My system uses Asus A7N8X Deluxe with Corsair 512MB
Twin DDR3200 RAM.

Kaz Honjo

 

[Honjo]

Thanks for your response. I executed MEM in the command prompt(cmd) and
nothing negative was returned so that I can now shut down the voice reporter as
you suggested. Thanks again.

Kaz Honjo

 

[Steve]

I have the same mobo and memory as yours and the same
warning occurs when I overclock it too aggressively. I'm
running it at 184 MHz bus and Auto-2-3-7 memory settings.
I have an AMD XP P2500+ Barton core CPU. When I ran it at
187 Mhz, it gave the same warning, so I cranked it back to
194 and all is okay. You just have to ease back on the
overclock settings to get rid of the memory test message.

 

[Alex Nichol]

At the end of BIOS part of boot process I sometime hear voice
announcement of "System fails memory tests", but the boot process
continues to the end. I am not aware any problem using the system so
booted up. This happens about once in four booting occasions. Is this a
false warning?

It sounds as if there may be an intermittent problem with memory. Get
an independent memory test program (much more rigorous than that count
up one, and run it so as to make sure. Two free ones are from
www.memtest86.com
www.simmtester.com