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post #1 of 14
7/23/05 at 10:35pm
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I downloaded a memory testing program called MemTest 3.2. It runs within Windows. It keeps finding error's. My computer runs great with no lockups, or blue screens, ect. Should I be worried. I am considering pulling one stick and testing them seperatly. They are Kingston 1gb sticks.
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post #2 of 14
7/23/05 at 10:41pm
Try memtest86. You cannot run a thorough test in windows.
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post #3 of 14
7/23/05 at 10:45pm
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Originally Posted by RamIt
Try memtest86. You cannot run a thorough test in windows.

I have tried to run it, but I was not successful. I burned the image to cd. I tried to boot to the cd and nothing happened. I got thrown back into Windows. I tried it with more than one disk.
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post #4 of 14
7/23/05 at 10:51pm
Make sure your BIOS is set up to Boot from CD before your hard drive.
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post #5 of 14
7/23/05 at 11:01pm
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Originally Posted by thorndt
Make sure your BIOS is set up to Boot from CD before your hard drive.
I did that by hitting F12 and chose to boot to cd. No go, it just sends be back into Windows. I burned the image. What am I doing wrong? It is frustrating.
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post #6 of 14
7/23/05 at 11:48pm
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I found the solution here:
http://www.notebookforums.com/showth...hlight=Memtest

I will run it overnight. Thanks for the responses.
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post #7 of 14
7/24/05 at 2:56am
Your Kingston memory might be defective. If you get it replaced, I recommend running memtest for 2-3 days to make sure it's free of errors. Here are my memtest results with Kingston VS dell:

http://www.notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=83937
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post #8 of 14
7/24/05 at 3:00am
Azure, when you were running memtest and got these results, did you have the battery in the machine, or out?
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post #9 of 14
7/24/05 at 3:01am
always with AC adapter plugged and battery not installed... why?
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post #10 of 14
7/24/05 at 3:05am
Brownouts (and surges) are notorious for causing...hiccups (sp?) in systems--especially RAM.
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post #11 of 14
7/24/05 at 3:56am
If you select "Diagnostics" under the F-12 boot menu, you can utilize Dell's memory test utility. It includes several types of tests, I ran it 12 times on my new Transcend 2GB. It can test 2047mb out of the total 2048mb. I had some random video corruption after installing the new memory, so I swapped slots and re-flashed the BIOS. The problem hasn't occured again so far, and all memory tests I've done came up clean.
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post #12 of 14
7/24/05 at 1:29pm

do you mean RAM runs better with battery installed?

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Originally Posted by thorndt
Brownouts (and surges) are notorious for causing...hiccups (sp?) in systems--especially RAM.
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post #13 of 14
7/24/05 at 7:16pm
No, not "better" with the battery. I'd say, potentially more reliably. It acts as a fine Uninterruptable Power Supply, after all.
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post #14 of 14
7/25/05 at 1:16am
good point.
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