It shows you have errors. You have to test each stick in each slot. The idea is you are testing the memory and the dimm slots. Either one can be bad. Here is a good tutorial on ram testing with memtest 86
I ran the MS memory test. This requires a reboot. I am informed that a log is generated and next time I log on I assume I can see it. I have a home PC and there is no log on.
Having finished the test it went onto running windows 7
Where is the Log?
I have used my System Repair disc to carry out a memory test. It took about 20 minutes and at the start said that the results would be shown to me (or some such wording). I have searched my C: drive for "log" and found one at the right time but it could not be opened "because it is in use by...
I have been having problems for a few days now. Would not start up. (press power button, fans start, no beep, no image on monitor.) This happened many times and still is, at one point it crashed and had bsod, also a white screen at one point...
I checked the hard drive with a diagnostic tool,...
Hi all,
I am trying to diagnose a problem with my machine, and in so doing I have run memtest overnight (to test all 8GB of RAM--which takes about 12 hours). However, I've read various places that memtest is only reliable testing one stick at a time (I have 4x2GB). I didn't get any errors in 7...
dose win 7 have a tool to check memory, cpu .1 day i looking around and clicked on something , and it showed a page with memory, and cpu,and other things . and i could have run a stress test on them. but i didn't, i was in the control panel i think.if there is let me know how to get back there. ...