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pt   08-17-2005 at 03:18:42 PM

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I'm getting occasional memory failure messages, crashing the program in use,
I assume I'll have to swap a chip. Does WinXP Home include a memory test
routine which would pinpoint the faulty unit?

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Anonymous   08-17-2005 at 04:24:41 PM
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PT wrote:
> I'm getting occasional memory failure messages, crashing the program in use,
> I assume I'll have to swap a chip. Does WinXP Home include a memory test
> routine which would pinpoint the faulty unit?
>


No, WinXP has no built-in tools for this purpose. You might try
MemTest86: http://www.memtest86.com/ It's free.



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Randy   08-17-2005 at 10:45:28 PM
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You know you have memory failures and at the most you would have 4 sticks
but probably 1 or 2, why not just start removing them one at a time. Or go
ahead a purchase a replacement and start swapping it in the slots. I've
never found a memory problem using any tests and your problem sounds rather
intermittent so if it don't fail when you run the test your no further ahead
in the troubleshooting process.

"PT" <xyz@xyz.com> wrote in message
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> I'm getting occasional memory failure messages, crashing the program in
> use,
> I assume I'll have to swap a chip. Does WinXP Home include a memory test
> routine which would pinpoint the faulty unit?
>
> --
> PT
>
>

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Anonymous   08-17-2005 at 11:11:27 PM
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One practical way is remove all but one memory chip (ensure the remaining
one is in the correct slot - see yr m/b manual), then boot on reduced
memory, see what happens ...
Then, replace with the 2nd chip, do it again (and again for 3rd/4th,
depending how many chips you have) - then, if no fault, add the extra chips
one by one ...

If none is faulty, this exercise may (perhaps) cure the fault, as the
problem could be memory seating in the slot (and removing and re-seating may
resolve it) ....

Plus, to be sure - run the memory diagnostic too.
Hope this helps




"PT" <xyz@xyz.com> wrote in message
news:uxwgUd0oFHA.2180@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> I'm getting occasional memory failure messages, crashing the program in
> use,
> I assume I'll have to swap a chip. Does WinXP Home include a memory test
> routine which would pinpoint the faulty unit?
>
> --
> PT
>
>

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Anonymous   08-17-2005 at 07:19:02 PM
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Please see my response in the XP New Users forum.

"PT" wrote:

> I'm getting occasional memory failure messages, crashing the program in use,
> I assume I'll have to swap a chip. Does WinXP Home include a memory test
> routine which would pinpoint the faulty unit?
>
> --
> PT
>
>
>

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Anonymous   08-18-2005 at 04:51:47 AM
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Microsoft has a tool here http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp

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"PT" <xyz@xyz.com> wrote in message
news:uxwgUd0oFHA.2180@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> I'm getting occasional memory failure messages, crashing the program in
> use,
> I assume I'll have to swap a chip. Does WinXP Home include a memory test
> routine which would pinpoint the faulty unit?
>
> --
> PT
>
>

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