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Bosw8er

5th May 2003 10:12

Memtest86 takes ages

yet another
DRIVER_IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

meaning my sdram is fuX0red. (MS should change the message by : "Buy new RAM")

In stead of just switching the ram i tried memtest. It ran for 3 hours ... i checked the status ... it was at 5% :grum:
Is it normal that it takes about 60 hours to complete checking 512 MB SDRAM ?

RichBa5tard

5th May 2003 10:53

lol, memtest 86 loops untill you stop it. :D I think one loop takes 45 minutes, but if you pass test #5 (press 'c', 2 5 5 0 i think) you've got 90% chance it will pass all tests (and it only takes 2 minutes).

jmke	5th May 2003 10:54

Quote:

9) Execution Time
==================
The time required for a complete pass of Memtest86 will vary greatly
depending on CPU speed, memory speed and memory size. Here are the
execution times from a Cleron-366 with 64MB of SDRAM:

Test 0: 0:05
Test 1: 0:18
Test 2: 1:02
Test 3: 1:38
Test 4: 8:05
Test 5: 1:40
Test 6: 4:24
Test 7: 6:04

Total Time for Default tests: 23:16

Test 8: 12:30
Test 9: 49:30
Test 10: 30:34
Test 11: 3:29:40

Total Time for All tests: 5:25:30

64 * 4 = 512Mb

5hours 25min * 4 = 25hours+

!

RichBa5tard

5th May 2003 11:00

Quote:

Originally posted by jmke
64 * 4 = 512Mb

:super:

I think bosw8er has something a little bit faster than a celeron 366. ;)

One complete (default test) loop takes ~15minutes on my 512mb DDR rig 2Ghz amd <> 23m16s for 64mb on a celly

jmke	5th May 2003 11:06

still :p

Bosw8er

5th May 2003 11:26

Rig was folding & stabtest stable + no errors during 3 hours memtest run. No HW or SW change in the last 2 months. Rig is running at default speeds.

Changed ram because of crashing W2K fax program, resulting in bleuscreen :huh:

Thx 4 the help.

DUR0N

5th May 2003 17:09

Quote:

Originally posted by RichBa5tard
if you pass test #5 (press 'c', 2 5 5 0 i think) you've got 90% chance it will pass all tests (and it only takes 2 minutes).

totally true :)

trixs

30th May 2003 18:01

oh yeah sorry forgot it's in englisch :s

Welcome ! English please.

Tranl: Can you do memtest if you don't have a floppy ?

the maniak

30th May 2003 18:33

i believe that u can also boot it from cd

but for more info check the site

FreeStyler

2nd June 2003 03:14

There is indeed a bootable memtest CD you can download.

memtest also runs just the basic tests (1-7) unless you command it to do full tests.
The extended tests show little problems that the basic won't. And if there are such problems chances are you won't even notice them.

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