RAM tester for Windows + something added to it

j_saade25 · 30. Dec 2010, 12:14 PM

Hello,

I'd like to make the following suggestion about a freeware RAM tester software for Windows:

What the program does:

- Test the computer RAM for errors for a user-specified period of time.
- Find the bad memory addresses.
- Save the bad memory addresses to a file so it can be used later.
- Commit the bad locations (addresses) and fill them with any data and prevent other programs from using them.
- Provide the user with the amount of memory that was "lost".

The program should have a tray icon and can be launched at startup so it will commit the bad addresses that it found before.

Best regards,
Julien.

eyeb · 30. Dec 2010, 04:44 PM

memtest86+ is what i've used before and like. http://www.memtest.org/

http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp is something "new" in that I haven't used it before but it looks pretty good.

Most ram tests won't work unless you boot into an environment to test, Windows protects Ram while it is loaded

j_saade25 · 30. Dec 2010, 05:20 PM

Yep I knew about these programs but they tell you to remove the stick that has bad address spaces. But sometimes those sticks are big and you need them, you know what I mean...

30. Dec 2010, 12:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
j_saade25 Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 2	RAM tester for Windows + something added to it Hello, I'd like to make the following suggestion about a freeware RAM tester software for Windows: What the program does: - Test the computer RAM for errors for a user-specified period of time. - Find the bad memory addresses. - Save the bad memory addresses to a file so it can be used later. - Commit the bad locations (addresses) and fill them with any data and prevent other programs from using them. - Provide the user with the amount of memory that was "lost". The program should have a tray icon and can be launched at startup so it will commit the bad addresses that it found before. Best regards, Julien.

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30. Dec 2010, 04:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
eyeb Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Planet X Posts: 487	memtest86+ is what i've used before and like. http://www.memtest.org/ http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp is something "new" in that I haven't used it before but it looks pretty good. Most ram tests won't work unless you boot into an environment to test, Windows protects Ram while it is loaded

30. Dec 2010, 05:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
j_saade25 Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 2	Yep I knew about these programs but they tell you to remove the stick that has bad address spaces. But sometimes those sticks are big and you need them, you know what I mean...