re: Is the RAM causing ALL these problems???
Saturday, September 19, 2009 at 6:14 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ricer46
(22017 messages posted)
The problem is that the OS requires so much properly running memory, that if you
don't have it, them the test program can't run. That's why it should be run from
a DOS prompt. Of course it will work fine either way if you have no memory problem.
On Friday, September 18, 2009 at 5:22 pm, Arminius wrote:
>The free version of MemTest you tried from
>http://hcidesign.com/memtest/download.html
>should work even though it states it can't check every byte under Windows. I have
>used this same version before myself.
>
>If you can't even get MemTest to run properly then those few bytes that can't be
>tested under Windows won't make any difference.
>
>If you are lucky only the RAM is bad and it's not a sign the motherboard is on it's
>way out.
>
>Why don't you swap out the the stick of RAM in the computer with the other stick
>you have and see what happens.
>
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