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alex79 · 12-04-2004, 01:12 AM

there is any program to see if a RAM Memory is good or is broken?

steve90 · 12-04-2004, 01:13 AM

first you dont need to put memory at the end of ram. but all you do is plug it in if the bios can see the ram then its good. no need for a test program

KRL · 12-04-2004, 01:15 AM

Everest is freeware and the best program anywhere to see every single thing about your PC.

http://www.lavalys.com/products/over...ng=en&pageid=1

xenophobic · 12-04-2004, 01:15 AM

http://www.memtest.org/

steve90 · 12-04-2004, 01:16 AM

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Originally posted by KRL
Everest is freeware and the best program anywhere to see every single thing about your PC.

http://www.lavalys.com/products/over...ng=en&pageid=1

that is just for benchmarking

Femme Fa'tale · 12-04-2004, 01:16 AM

If your computer won't start and produce long beeps...you've got a broken memory....but if its not...check other parts...

xenophobic · 12-04-2004, 01:17 AM

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Originally posted by steve90
first you dont need to put memory at the end of ram. but all you do is plug it in if the bios can see the ram then its good. no need for a test program

unfortunately, you're incorrect in that assumption.

steve90 · 12-04-2004, 01:20 AM

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Originally posted by xenophobic
unfortunately, you're incorrect in that assumption.

how so. If bios can not see the ram its no good or it is the wrong type

xenophobic · 12-04-2004, 01:22 AM

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Originally posted by steve90
how so. If bios can not see the ram its no good or it is the wrong type

because other factors have to be taken into account. like individual cells that lose charge that lead to corruption of the data inside the cell (e.g truncating memory addresses / returning garbage) the bios will still show the ram, the ram will still appear to work, but any data moved into the individual faulty cells will break.

KRL · 12-04-2004, 01:23 AM

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Originally posted by steve90
that is just for benchmarking

No its not.

It shows you everything even the temp of your CPU.

steve90 · 12-04-2004, 01:24 AM

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Originally posted by xenophobic
because other factors have to be taken into account. like individual cells that lose charge that lead to corruption of the data inside the cell (e.g truncating memory addresses / returning garbage) the bios will still show the ram, the ram will still appear to work, but any data moved into the individual faulty cells will break.

hmm never ran into that before nice to know

KRL · 12-04-2004, 01:24 AM

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Originally posted by steve90
that is just for benchmarking

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xenophobic · 12-04-2004, 01:26 AM

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Originally posted by steve90
hmm never ran into that before nice to know

Just replaced a stick on a server that showed perfectly in the Bios, however applications would randomly crash with errors relating to memory addresses, I ran the above application on it (memtest) which showed about 4-7% of the time that the stick would either lose a memory address, or return garbage which was causing applications to crash.

alex79 · 12-04-2004, 01:32 AM

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Originally posted by Femme Fa'tale
If your computer won't start and produce long beeps...you've got a broken memory....but if its not...check other parts...

it's start but after 1 min. it's restart again

Femme Fa'tale · 12-04-2004, 01:47 AM

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Originally posted by alex79
it's start but after 1 min. it's restart again

...maybe its not the hardware...OS...I suppose...Do you have any partition? Is this occur for the first time?

steve90 · 12-04-2004, 01:49 AM

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Originally posted by alex79
it's start but after 1 min. it's restart again

that sounds more like over heating but thats pretty fast for that to happen does your cpu fan still spin ?

Yngwie · 12-04-2004, 01:52 AM

or if your PC doesn't POST then you know at least one stick of ram is fucked.. I had one stick of my dual channel pc3200 ddr400 that was bad and the PC didn't even boot.

Yngwie · 12-04-2004, 01:53 AM

..........

Femme Fa'tale · 12-04-2004, 02:47 AM

...Do you have an anti-virus?...When was the last time you check and clean your hard disk for viruses and corrupt files?....It can be some viruses...hmmm...I know one that will enable your pc to restart itself...

alex79 · 12-05-2004, 02:11 AM

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Originally posted by Femme Fa'tale
...maybe its not the hardware...OS...I suppose...Do you have any partition? Is this occur for the first time?

is not the OS.. i have a clen install of win 98 after a hdd format, and imediately afer is entering in win98 (around after 1 min. after i start the pc) the computer restart.. if i start in DOS the computer is working without restarting..
also, i've tryed to install win2000 but after 30-40 of installing (befour the install ending) the computer is restarting and the install will resume..
also, is not the computer power supply (i've replaced the power supply and same thing.. the computer restart after 1 min. or so)

any others idees what can be the problem?

xenophobic · 12-05-2004, 02:14 AM

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Originally posted by alex79
is not the OS.. i have a clen install of win 98 after a hdd format, and imediately afer is entering in win98 (around after 1 min. after i start the pc) the computer restart.. if i start in DOS the computer is working without restarting..
also, i've tryed to install win2000 but after 30-40 of installing (befour the install ending) the computer is restarting and the install will resume..
also, is not the computer power supply (i've replaced the power supply and same thing.. the computer restart after 1 min. or so)

any others idees what can be the problem?

Alex did you ever download and boot the memtest CD? Have you also tried reseating the Graphic Card -- or even removing the graphic card? on some problem systems I normally empty the PCI bus totally, reseat RAM and CPU - then if still problems try replacing individual cards one at a time to rule out a bad card.

LeWeekend · 12-05-2004, 02:18 AM

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Originally posted by steve90
that sounds more like over heating but thats pretty fast for that to happen does your cpu fan still spin ?

yeah maybe over heating

alex79 · 12-05-2004, 02:19 AM

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Originally posted by xenophobic
Alex did you ever download and boot the memtest CD? Have you also tried reseating the Graphic Card -- or even removing the graphic card? on some problem systems I normally empty the PCI bus totally, reseat RAM and CPU - then if still problems try replacing individual cards one at a time to rule out a bad card.

i've not tryed yet memtest.. i'm runing gold memory (another memory tester software right now)..
i can't replace individual cards becouse i don't have with what to replace

alex79 · 12-05-2004, 02:20 AM

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Originally posted by steve90
that sounds more like over heating but thats pretty fast for that to happen does your cpu fan still spin ?

yeah.. the cpu fan still spin..

xenophobic · 12-05-2004, 02:24 AM

I would empty the PCI Bus of all cards but essential (Graphic Adapter if not onboard) - the reason I mention that is because you said that you are fine in DoS, which might point to a problem when a defective device is initilized in Windows (by it's device driver) If you do not have any more cards to replace the Graphic card I would take it in for testing at a computer repair store that offers a free diagnostic period (some do around here) and specifically ask them to test the card.

alex79 · 12-05-2004, 02:27 AM

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Originally posted by xenophobic
I would empty the PCI Bus of all cards but essential (Graphic Adapter if not onboard) - the reason I mention that is because you said that you are fine in DoS, which might point to a problem when a defective device is initilized in Windows (by it's device driver) If you do not have any more cards to replace the Graphic card I would take it in for testing at a computer repair store that offers a free diagnostic period (some do around here) and specifically ask them to test the card.

i can replace the card

i have 2 computers.. the one with problems is an intel and have SDRAM memory..and the other without problems is a athlon and have DDRAM memroy .. i can't replace the memory but i will replace the video card right now and i will let u know if is the videocard

Femme Fa'tale · 12-05-2004, 07:32 PM

Hi Alex !

Try reading this...

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000605.htm

I hope you can fix your PC soon...

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12-04-2004, 01:13 AM	#2
steve90 Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: California Posts: 2,397	first you dont need to put memory at the end of ram. but all you do is plug it in if the bios can see the ram then its good. no need for a test program

12-04-2004, 01:15 AM	#4
xenophobic Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Dallas Posts: 874	http://www.memtest.org/

12-04-2004, 01:16 AM	#6
Femme Fa'tale Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: U.S. Posts: 541	If your computer won't start and produce long beeps...you've got a broken memory....but if its not...check other parts...

12-04-2004, 02:47 AM	#19
Femme Fa'tale Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: U.S. Posts: 541	...Do you have an anti-virus?...When was the last time you check and clean your hard disk for viruses and corrupt files?....It can be some viruses...hmmm...I know one that will enable your pc to restart itself...

12-05-2004, 02:24 AM	#25
xenophobic Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Dallas Posts: 874	I would empty the PCI Bus of all cards but essential (Graphic Adapter if not onboard) - the reason I mention that is because you said that you are fine in DoS, which might point to a problem when a defective device is initilized in Windows (by it's device driver) If you do not have any more cards to replace the Graphic card I would take it in for testing at a computer repair store that offers a free diagnostic period (some do around here) and specifically ask them to test the card.

12-05-2004, 07:32 PM	#27
Femme Fa'tale Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: U.S. Posts: 541	Hi Alex ! Try reading this... http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000605.htm I hope you can fix your PC soon...