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How long MEM test

post #1 of 11
9/13/05 at 1:59pm
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Got 1Gig ram for my 9300. Installed along with the 256 it cam with. Ran memtest for 6 1/2 hours. no errors. Is that long enough?
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post #2 of 11
9/13/05 at 2:01pm
Yes thats usually long enough as long as you ran all the default tests.
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post #3 of 11
9/13/05 at 2:02pm
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I booted from cd, Anything else needed?
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post #4 of 11
9/13/05 at 3:04pm
For what?
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post #5 of 11
9/13/05 at 3:06pm
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tests of any kind to make sure my ram is working flawlesly
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post #6 of 11
9/13/05 at 3:22pm
Yeah, go USE your computer. If you have a bad stick it will show up in the first few passes. You could loop test 5 about 50 times.
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post #7 of 11
9/13/05 at 3:31pm
I think it is convention on these forums to run it for about 3 weeks straight then brand a whole manufacturer useless at the first sign of an error...
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post #8 of 11
9/13/05 at 4:59pm
Lol
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post #9 of 11
9/13/05 at 7:06pm
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Originally Posted by K9387
I think it is convention on these forums to run it for about 3 weeks straight then brand a whole manufacturer useless at the first sign of an error...
You shouldn't be getting ANY errors no matter how long the RAM has been installed on SODIMM memory running at stock speeds. The RAM is only running at its rated speed and these are high voltage chips that require more voltage then stock and a burning in process.
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post #10 of 11
9/14/05 at 12:40pm
Actually, as it says in the documentation, gettign the odd error on long runs is nothing to be worried about...

As for the voltage and burning in (this is actually a pahase of production - like testing), the voltage is normal for DDR2 and burning in is a myth (apart from when it comes to adding thermal paste and heatsinks etc - a little bit of extra heat helps things settle).
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post #11 of 11
9/14/05 at 3:26pm
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Originally Posted by K9387
Actually, as it says in the documentation, gettign the odd error on long runs is nothing to be worried about...

As for the voltage and burning in (this is actually a pahase of production - like testing), the voltage is normal for DDR2 and burning in is a myth (apart from when it comes to adding thermal paste and heatsinks etc - a little bit of extra heat helps things settle).
Burning in is not a myth. Its only considered a myth by those that have tried it without knowing what their doing and usually on RAM that gains no benefit from being burned in at higher voltages. UTT-BH and UTT-CH style RAM which runs at high 3V+ voltages in overclocking GREATLY benefits from being burned in. You'll be able to run speeds error free after burning in that normally caused hundreds of errors when you first installed the RAM. Even RAM manufacturers like OCZ recommend these types of RAM to be burned in on their forums. All the hardcore overclockers at xtremesystems do this as well and they are the ones that hold the records. And noone adds thermal paste and heatsinks to RAM if they know what their doing. You gain better cooling by taking the heatsinks off and putting fans directly on the RAM chips.
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