Thane (et.al.),
I finished a 24hr cycle using the WinDiag Ram test. No errors. For now
this is a good result. I have some confidence in the remaining dimm I am
using ATM. But, as you say, "not really conclusive!"
By your metric, I'm not sure there will ever be a conclusive position.
OK.
The best news is that I have finally learned (read: found some "burner sw"
that a true lame-brain can work and use!) how to BURN CD's with........ :)
I used a proggy called "CDBurnerXP". It just flat works. No magic switches
yet. Just CD's that boot and run. I suspect this may just be some 1st
Grade stuff; but, it worked here well.......and, that is what I wanted
anyway....... :)
[We need not discuss the many hours of grief trying to use some 'bundled'
sw from Corel/ULead. Dumb fools did not even give me an "uninstall"
path. Clean-up was another trip through both the Explorer and the
registry. I do so love a challenge! XP was most pliant here! Many Grace
Points!]
OK. {XP ru...@mycribnow!}
Next, burned a 2d CD with the dot-iso of memtest+2.11.....It is now booted,
and running for the next 24hrs! I am so happy I almost can't stand this!
In any case, "Burning" just got really easy 4Me, finally. Not the sharpest
knife in drawer!....Not a problem!....... :)
Thank you for your counsel. Appreciated!
Best,
Duncan
At 13:12 01/07/2009 -0400, you wrote:
At 01:02 PM 07/01/2009, DHSinclair wrote:
Thane,
Have you tried this RAM diagnostic tool from MS?
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp
Just wondering? Finally got its' dot-iso burned to a CD-r/w, and it is
now running. I am trying to certify the remaining dimm in my "suspect"
new PC. So far, so good.
I've tried it and use it from time to time. About the same as MemTest -
if it finds a failure, then you can be pretty sure it's a bad DIMM. If it
doesn't find a problem, it doesn't prove a good DIMM.
T
