October 28, 200718 yr Hi,I decided to test my memory with MemTest.I burned the bootable CD, restarted & started the test.When I realized it will take several hours, I decided to stop & redo the test at night.When I woke-up this morning, Vista was logged on.Does it mean the test finished? Failed?Is there a log anywhere?
October 28, 200718 yr Hi,I decided to test my memory with MemTest.I burned the bootable CD, restarted & started the test.When I realized it will take several hours, I decided to stop & redo the test at night.When I woke-up this morning, Vista was logged on.Does it mean the test finished? Failed?Is there a log anywhere?I dunno. Probably isn't because it failed. Sounds like probably because the CD wasn't being recognised.
October 28, 200718 yr I think memtest86 keeps going until you stop it. Maybe you have a hardware problem which causes the computer (not OS) to crash. Or maybe you had a mains power spike/dip.
October 28, 200718 yr Author I did a second test during the day & I got a nice PASS msg when I got back home...
October 28, 200718 yr what memtest are you using? memtest86 and memtest86+ do not have a finish line and will continue doing passes endlessly. it wont exit unless you hit the 'esc' key or your pc resets. also I dont think it should take 10 hours, maybe 1 for a full test, though it may depend on your memory. next time take a note of the test duration, # of errors, and # of passes.
October 29, 200718 yr what memtest are you using? memtest86 and memtest86+ do not have a finish line and will continue doing passes endlessly. it wont exit unless you hit the 'esc' key or your pc resets. also I dont think it should take 10 hours, maybe 1 for a full test, though it may depend on your memory. next time take a note of the test duration, # of errors, and # of passes.1 hour isn't sufficient! You're required to run it for 12 hours!
October 29, 200718 yr 1 hour isn't sufficient! You're required to run it for 12 hours!In my experience, if you don't find an error within one hour, you probably won't find one within 12.
October 29, 200718 yr 1 hour isn't sufficient! You're required to run it for 12 hours!In my experience, if you don't find an error within one hour, you probably won't find one within 12.Around an hour and a half is where you at the least should check.
October 29, 200718 yr Author I don't remember the #Passes, but I do know I have #Errors=0.In this case, I don't see why I should run it again
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