cjloki Posted January 20, 2009 Posted January 20, 2009 basically i'm just doing some diagnostics and ran memtest86 for the first time as part of a check-out routine....the last time i looked it was on pass 72 so does it ever finish...???....will i know when it's finished or do i just shut it off.... and if someone knows how memtest86 differs from windows memory testing on my startup disk i'd like to know....thanx....cj Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy_Nate Posted January 20, 2009 Posted January 20, 2009 It'll run indefinitely, how long has it been running? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjloki Posted January 20, 2009 Posted January 20, 2009 It'll run indefinitely, how long has it been running? about 30-35 minutes....it's up to like 100 passes... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulktreg Posted January 20, 2009 Posted January 20, 2009 (edited) 100 passes after 30 mins!! Have I been doing it wrong? Are you running the full set of tests? You've got 8GB as well! Cheers Paul Edited January 20, 2009 by paulktreg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy_Nate Posted January 20, 2009 Posted January 20, 2009 Those are running pretty quick...which computer is this? If you're just running all the tests - and it's working properly, turn the monitor off and come back in a while (another hour, perhaps). I used to recommend doing tests #5 and #8, but I think that's kinda outdated nowadays (it used to catch errors faster / more often than all the tests - maybe Athlons only?) Generally a single pass is sufficient to catch all but the most obscure errors. However, for complete confidence when intermittent errors are suspected testing for a longer period is advised. What can you say, I'm a stability nut. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_bowtie Posted January 20, 2009 Posted January 20, 2009 Those are running pretty quick...which computer is this? If you're just running all the tests - and it's working properly, turn the monitor off and come back in a while (another hour, perhaps). I used to recommend doing tests #5 and #8, but I think that's kinda outdated nowadays (it used to catch errors faster / more often than all the tests - maybe Athlons only?) What can you say, I'm a stability nut. I'd say Nate thats still the prefered way...letting it run at default will run about 100 passes in 30 minutes... I still do #5 and #8... for overclocking and finding my max I will run 6 passes of #5 and once I reach my goal I will let it run 1-4 hours... from there I tune with Orthos so I can finish off the clock testing in windows to make sure it's fully stable... I have had Memtest say the ram is fine but Orthos error and it's been the ram...especially for Brisbane AM2 CPUs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjloki Posted January 20, 2009 Posted January 20, 2009 Those are running pretty quick...which computer is this? If you're just running all the tests - and it's working properly, turn the monitor off and come back in a while (another hour, perhaps). I used to recommend doing tests #5 and #8, but I think that's kinda outdated nowadays (it used to catch errors faster / more often than all the tests - maybe Athlons only?) What can you say, I'm a stability nut. i was runnin it on the gamer but i stopped it at 111 passes... well right on and thanx guys.....!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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