Re: Tutorial creating & using Hirens Boot CD & MemTest86 diagnostic stress testing tools for USB boot to Windows 10 PE & WinXPmini on BIOS & UEFI
Arlen Holder <[email protected]>
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| Organization | Mixmin |
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UPDATE: o <https://i.postimg.cc/L8w5Cxmr/memtest01.jpg> o *How to Test RAM: Making Sure Bad Memory Isn't Crashing Your PC* <https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/how-to-test-ram> "One option preferred by us at Tom's Hardware is HCI Design's MemTest. The good thing about this is you don't have to any pre-booting and there are no directions. You just run it." o Downloading MemTest (free) <https://hcidesign.com/memtest/download.html> <https://hcidesign.com/memtest/MemTest.zip> [X:\software\hardware\memory\hcimemtest\MemTest.zip] Name: MemTest.zip Size: 17671 bytes (17 KiB) SHA256: 08960F448F4514E7C2D388420560D7D03F5F0A54EC8F9663D66C887B8E4679E6 o Unzip & move MemTest c:\app\hardware\ram\hcimemtest\ c:\app\hardware\ram\hcimemtest\memtest.exe Name: memtest.exe Size: 40960 bytes (40 KiB) SHA256: 5E2D1B0E56095D4D219F3A606E46CE5DE3220FDF3CF55A6E405D3946F25792A6 o Create a link & SendTo populate your Taskbar accordion cascade menu tree: c:\menu\hardware\ram\memtest.lnk TARGET: C:\app\hardware\ram\hcimemtest\memtest.exe STARTIN: C:\app\hardware\ram\hcimemtest o Run the program as many times as needed to simultaneously test RAM: Taskbar > menu > hardware > ram > memtest.lnk Enter megabytes of RAM to test === All unused RAM [Start Testing] Could not allocate 4095 MB Windows limits the amount of contiguous RAM MemTest can allocate to between 2 and 3.5GB. To test all your RAM, run more than one copy of MemTest simultaneously and set each copy to test a portion of available RAM. Running more than one copy of MemTest does not lower the quality of the test (and can even improve it if you have multiple cores or CPUs). Enter megabytes of RAM to test === 2 [Start Testing] (instance 1) o Run Taskbar > menu > hardware > ram > memtest.lnk Enter megabytes of RAM to test === 2 [Start Testing] (instance 2) Note that every installation goes 'where it belongs' (which you define): o <https://i.postimg.cc/L8w5Cxmr/memtest01.jpg> -- The high cost of freeware is in finding & testing for the best out there.