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Memtest86
Memtest86 is a standalone memory diagnostic tool that runs from a CD on system boot. It executes a series of numbered test sections to check for errors. These test sections consist of a combination o ...
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- Sep 15, 2008
- For version:
- 3.4a
Good at what it does 
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
I use this for all memory tests and basically, it detects when ram is bad and is very thorough. It's easy to use, free, and is trusted for results by many techs. I feel it's a must have.
Review by: gimpguy (370)
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- Dec 03, 2006
- For version:
- 3.1a
Memtest86+
- Interface: 4
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 4
- Value: 4
- Overall:
I recently bought 2 new sticks of ram for a home pc that I wanted to run a test on. I tried unsuccessfully to use memtest86 as I was unable to burn iso image to disk. After researching I found another version, memtest86+, based on the original mtest86, and was able to use the guide to burn a bootable disk and run the program. I let it run for a couple of hours in which it stringently ran 10 different tests, gave diagnostics and thankfully found no errors with the ram.
Review by: btk1w1 (5)
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- May 15, 2006
- For version:
- 3.1a
Good diagnostic for memory
- Interface: 4
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 4
- Value: 4
- Overall:
I had built a new high-end gaming/development PC and everything was running fine. Two weeks later I was having all sorts of issues booting up and running applications. It wasn't until I used this utility to check the 2 GB of RAM I had placed in the box that I found the issue. A bad memory module from a cheap supplier I had chosen. You get what you pay for, right. It's the best memory diagnostic I've come across so far.
Review by: TechnoSapien (3)
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- Dec 21, 2004
- For version:
- 3.1a
Convincing
- Interface: 3
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 3
- Value: 5
- Overall:
As a computer hobyist, I don't have thousands of spare dollars available to buy a hardware memory tester. But I do have money for a spare floppy disk or CDR. With Memtest86 on it, and a bit of time, you get the same effect: the two most recent computer I bought both came with faulty memory, Memtest86 found both (and allowed me to reproduce the problem at the vendor's site). Be carefull though to run a complete test; by default not all tests are selected, and in my case it was twice in the more 'severe', non-default tests that the problem showed up. And for the Linux fans: in the past there was a tool which allowed you to recompile your kernel such that it does not uses the faulty memory adresses, in that way allow you to run a rock-solid system on top of faulty memory modules.
Review by: Waldorf
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