So I’ve been getting the occasional BSOD and it recently started getting a bit more frequent, so I decided to run a memtest86 over night to check if it’s maybe the RAM causing it.
I got 1 error, so then I tested each stick, 1 by 1 (every new stick I would test I also put in a different slot) but I only tested first 3 sticks, thinking that the last one is faulty, since they all passed the test, but yesterday I decided to test the last one as well and that one passed as well. So now I’m confused, not sure what to do…
I was running on 3 sticks for 2 days and I didn’t get BSOD, but that still means nothing because it was rare occurrence anyways.
Should I test all of the sticks again? Is there a better test I should be using instead?
(RAM is not OC’d btw)
Are you running a ram test or waiting for failure?
A boot disk with memtest86+ is great for putting RAM through its paces.
Sorry, I’m not sure what you are asking… If I’m running a regular test or an endless test until I get an error?
I was just running the default MemTest86 test from an USB stick.
I’ll try the 86+, thank you.
Sorry, I missed that in your original post. I think memtest86+ is slightly better, but I may not bother switching.
If you are no longer getting failures, it is possible one of the sticks was loose or had corrosion. The swapping may have “fixed” it.
I would test all sticks together once. If they pass, you are good.
The current Memtest86 is a closed source clone of the original Memtest86, whereas Memtest86+ is a GPL licensed fork of the original
I also suspected that.
Yeah I think I will test them all at once again, maybe with 86+ this time…