Memtest86+ issues

[Sandan]

Been having numerous blue screens for last 3-4 months. Minidumps report a variety of issues and I updated many hardware drivers. Kept having blue screens. Ran memtest+86 all night last night. It reported 12 errors on pass 8. It ran 9 passes but no errors on any other pass. The weird thing is there were no red lines detailing the errors. Any thought why it didn't show red lines. Also, been googling this question and nothing definitive, Does Memtest86+ store a report anywhere I can view when I reboot and go into windows? Thanks for the help.

 

[Makaijin]

If I remember right it's memtest86 that shows the red lines for errors by default, and not memtest86+. Memtest86+ is a fork based off the original memtest86. It's been over a year since I've encountered any ram with errors so i cannot answer if memtest86+ does or doesn't show red lines detailing errors or not.

But either way if memtest is showing errors on the same pass on multiple runs then it really is time to RMA/replace that ram.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Memtest HCI - check my sig

 

[Sandan]

Is the HCI version running from Windows as accurate as booting to Memtest 86+?

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Is the HCI version running from Windows as accurate as booting to Memtest 86+?

Have you tried it yet? Lets start from there and see where things go.

 

[Sandan]

I let it run for about 4 hrs today and no errors reported. I plan on letting memtest 86+ run over night again to see what it comes up with. I have 2 sticks of 2 gigs ddr2 1066 and read if I set Memtest 86+ to Show DMI it will identify which stick has errors.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

make sure you are running the voltage spec and your NB voltage is adequate also syk ram fails often

 

[sub.mesa]

If you get errors on later runs but not on every run, temperature and CPU stability may also be a factor. Did you check prime95 stress test for 20+ hours? It would abort the test if it makes mistakes.

Are all your temperatures max 55 degrees? If some temperatures exceed that value, you may have overheating issues resulting in instability. Are any of the components overclocked or running out of factory specs?

Also, i would prefer testing with memtest86 instead of an in-Windows test; for the simple reason that the latter may not be reliable. It cannot test memory that is in use, for example. Memtest86+ can test all memory save for 100K.

 

[bryanl]

Is the HCI version running from Windows as accurate as booting to Memtest 86+?

No, far worse, and no relation to the fine Memtest86 and Memtest+. Do not have confidence in memory that has passed nothing but Memtest HCI.

Either your memory is bad, the memory configuration is wrong, or you have unstable power due to the power supply (defective or overloaded) or failed motherboard capacitors.

 

[MadScientist]

Join and post your dump file here. They will help.
http://www.pchelpforum.com/blue-screen-errors/

 

[RU482]

look for capacitors that are brown and have KZG code on them

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

In my experience Memtest HCI caught errors that Memtest86 didn't. Infact it caught them early in the tests. I can't compare that to the latest Memtest86 but my experience is just my .02 cents. There is nothing wrong with using both, personally I prefer HCI. Good Luck.

 

[Sandan]

Well...Ran memtest86+ all night and this time I got 736 errors. It doesn't identify which stick had the errors...So, I guess I do one stick at a time now. With the minidump I posted them on another site for about a month and with help identified numerous drivers that needed updating. Which I did...Still had blue screens which is why I have been testing the memory