At 05:47 PM 04/01/2009, Brian Weeden wrote:
The only time I have seen memtest fail is when the RAM was fine but was incompatible with the motherboard. In that situation, you will still end up with all the symptoms of bad RAM but they pass every test.
Interesting. In the cases I've run into the RAM doesn't fail on any motherboard (I test in the original and two test machines) but causes Windows errors and lock ups. I never considered that to be incompatible RAM (especially since in many cases the RAM has worked for years) but perhaps that's the case.
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---- Brian On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Thane Sherrington < tsh...@computerconnectionltd.com> wrote: > At 05:30 PM 04/01/2009, Bryan Seitz wrote: > >> http://www.uxd.com/ >> > > Have you used their stuff Bryan? > > > T > > > On Sun, Jan 04, 2009 at 04:21:17PM -0400, Thane Sherrington wrote: >> > Interesting. Anyone know of a real RAM tester that works 100% of the >> > time (other than Windows) :) - MemTest+ and MemTest86 don't work. >> > >> > T >> > >> > At 03:55 PM 04/01/2009, DHSinclair wrote: >> >> Thane, >> >> That observation is exactly what my last group of hdw did. It powers >> >> up w/o video, beeps, or anything else. My problem was a bad Crucial >> >> "Ballistix" 1GB DDR3 Ram dimm! Perhaps your laptops memory is at >> >> fault? >> >> Best, >> >> Duncan >> >> >> >> At 14:35 01/04/2009 -0400, you wrote: >> >>> Has anyone used a POST card for laptops? I seem to be getting more >> >>> and more laptops in that power up but give no video (either >> >>> internally or externally) and it's virtually impossible to diagnose. >> >>> >> >>> T >> >> >> >> >> >> __________ NOD32 3735 (20090104) Information __________ >> >> >> >> This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> > >> >> -- >> >> Bryan G. Seitz >> >> __________ NOD32 3735 (20090104) Information __________ >> >> This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >> http://www.eset.com >> > > > __________ NOD32 3735 (20090104) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com