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my computer has been acting really goofy lateyl....i decided to format cause my computer would randomly crash applications and games i was playing and it would get really annoying....now that i have reformated i cant get anything to install withouy freezing or crashing.....i read somewhere that running a system memory test would be a good idea....what is a good program to use to make sure my system memory is in 100% condition?
 
i dont have a floppy drive so i downloaded the "Download - Pre-Compiled Bootable ISO (.zip)"...then i unziped the folder and copied the "memtest86+-1.65.iso" onto a cd...when i restart the computer reconizes the cd but still boots to windows...i made sure that the cd-rom on the boot up selection came before the hard drive.....is there anything special i have to do to the file for it to boot up?
 
did you burn it as a bootable iso, or did you simply burn it so that there is an iso file on the cd?
 
i must of just burned it as a iso file on a cd how do i burn it as a bootable iso useing windows or what free program can i download to create the cd
 
not sure.. just search for something that says it can burn iso's ;)
nero is nice.
 
ok i got it to boot up today and ive been running the test for an hour now....im starting to get extremely bored...how long is memtest suposed to last for? im guessing theres 10 different test?
 
it normally loops through the first.. 7 for me iirc. i like to run memtest for 3 hours per gb ;)
 
i have 1gb and its been going for 3.5 hours now....am i suposed to manualy stop it or is there a end to the test? what iirc mean?
 
KCompany said:
i have 1gb and its been going for 3.5 hours now....am i suposed to manualy stop it or is there a end to the test? what iirc mean?
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loops to infinity, stop it whenever you want by hitting escape ;)
 
It will continue to loop... the longer you leave it running, the better. It can find errors on the 6th or 100th pass that it didn't find before. I usually do an overnight session (7+ hours) before calling it 'passed'.
 
im at 5 hours with 11 passes and no errors.....i have nothing better to do since i missed my guild run tonight so i guess ill let it go a little longer....
 
If Memtest doesn't crash it, it sounds like your PC is overheating. (Symptoms are it runs games for a while fine, then crashes. Reboot and it will crash almost immediately.)

Run a torturous cpu test (SuperPI for example) and see if that can crash it. If it does, dettach, reapply paste and reattach the cpu heatsink. The only other common option I could see is a psu on it's way out.
 
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