Bad RAM

[Pata]

So I tried to install a copy of Windows xp for home and got into so many problems. To make a long story short, after two days with Microsoft, we finally installed the bloody thing. But it was determined that I had a bad stick (or two) of RAM. I have 2 X 128 and 1 X 256. I had to remove the 256. How can I find out if I have a bad stick or what is wrong with it? I was told there are programs you can download to read the ram.

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Pata on 03/13/02 05:00 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[FatBurger]

There's a program called Memtest86 that will test for you, you can search on the forum for it.
Simply put, though: if you have problems and you take out the stick and your problems go away, then the stick was what was causing problems.

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[ath0mps0]

Fatburger's right (again). If a stick causes problems, it is either bad or incompatible with your system. If you decide to test, do it with one stick at a time.

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[FatBurger]

I'm always right, what are you talking about?
J/k of course :tongue:

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[Kidane]

Maybe the stick isn't bad, maybe you're just mixing RAM of different speeds or something. Also, alot of motherboards have problems with all of their DIMM slots populated. What kind of motherboard do you have?


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