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Previous Next Sort by votes. Aug 29, 13 0 10, 0. Long story short: I did a clean install of Windows 10 and have been having nothing but issues. Drives not connecting, long lists of corrupted system files sfc but not with dsim , driver software not working properly, programs not loading, and so on. After the 4th clean install using combinations of different flash drives tried 2 different drives and images provided by the Media Creation Tool used both. Is it supposed to take this long?
I can't seem to find a definitive answer anywhere else. My next step is also to run the Windows Memory Diagnostic, since I've read some users have success with it.
I'd just like to get to the next step some time before the heat death of the universe. Also, if anyone would like to recommend steps, should the memtest come back clean, I would welcome it.
Tradesman1 Titan. However here are some general comments. After a while maybe 15min the RAM won't get any hotter.
It will reach a stable state, assuming the system fans are working. RAM isn't reliable. There is a level of background errors that occur with all RAM due to things like cosmic rays. These are typically random events.
You might get one after 5min, or might go a few months without one. So it doesn't hurt to repeat the tests sometimes. Too many random errors is likely a hardware fault, or a consistent error at the same address or same bits is likely a hardware fault. The more RAM you have the longer the test will take.
There should be no concern that you are going to wear out your DRAM after 1 or 2 days of testing. DRAM doesn't wear out to any significant degree unlike Flash memory. Although memtest works the majority of the time, it failed me a couple of times. I then tested it on a completely different computer, same thing, no errors. Operating system was completely unstable but no errors on memtest.
I then used a different software named "PC-Check" from Eurosoft which is very similar to memtest but uses different algorithms. It is also bootable, does not need any operating system. It detected errors in less than 5 minutes. I then was able to send the module to Corsair RMA and get a replacement. So, memtest is very good but not always enough. I currently use memtest and PC-check to check memory.
If memtest fails to detect errors, PC check certainly will and vice versa. And trust me, it happens more often than one would think. I'd say 3 passes is generally enough. If you want to be extra sure, do 8 or 9 passes, since Jeff saw errors in one case only on his 7th or later pass , but that can take forever! As a general rule of thumb, I think LAwLz got it correct here when she said emphasis added :. In most cases memtest will start spitting out errors within a minute if the RAM stick is bad.
After 3 passes it's Here is something to keep in mind though. Memtest will only prove that your RAM has issues, but it will not prove that it does not have issues even after 10 hours of tests. Even if you run the test times you can not be sure that it would not spit out an error after the th run. And she also believes 8 hrs is good enough but I'd add: so long as at least 3 passes are achieved during this time --if not, keep going until you get at least 3 passes :.
I will be running it overnight, so that will be about 8 hours. If you want to be as sure as practically possible, I'd say let it run overnight. If you don't get any errors after 8 hours of intense searching for errors, then it's pretty safe to say they are fine. Given that, after one pass, it displays Pass complete, no errors, press Esc to exit , I always assumed that's sufficient. Reason is - memtest does not just test memory. It will error out in three other important cases:.
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Ask Question. Asked 8 years, 9 months ago. Active 1 year, 2 months ago. Viewed k times. What if it is a motherboard or CPU issue? How do I know without getting a new motherboard? System Specifications: Memory: 2. Improve this question. TFM 4, 2 2 gold badges 29 29 silver badges 37 37 bronze badges.
Question Overflow Question Overflow 1, 3 3 gold badges 12 12 silver badges 24 24 bronze badges. You've probably gotten this figured out by now, but next time take a look at the kernel log on Linux after it hangs.
That will give you an idea of what is going on. CarComp: Please post the failed memtest results. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Testing can not prove the absence of bugs, only their presence Memtest is great for finding errors in RAM. The longer it takes to find the issue, the more subtle it is and the less likely it is the cause a problem with your PC but you should still get new ram if you get even one error As the your computer is crashing quite frequently and you have run a few passes, It's probably not your RAM.
Improve this answer. David David 8, 2 2 gold badges 22 22 silver badges 38 38 bronze badges. I suggest to try to clean the RAMs and socket and test them again first use isopropyl alcohol; made positive experience with disinfection spray as replacement; But don't spray the latter one directly onto RAM - only onto the cloth as it shall only serve as resolvant and will eventually leave some residues when used in too high amounts — SDwarfs.
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