Think I found the bad memory stick, how to run Memtest86 to check it?

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I had a bad memory stick that I was finally able to pin point I think.

I have Memtest86 on a disc ready to go, how can I test this specific memory card only?

Do I have to take the other 3 out & run the disk, or is there a way to run all together and I can pick which memory slot for it to check & run diagnostics on?
 

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Do I have to take the other 3 out & run the disk, or is there a way to run all together and I can pick which memory slot for it to check & run diagnostics on?
If you want to test the bad stick, you'll have to run memtest with only that stick. There's no way to tell memtest which sticks to test; it tests every stick that's installed.
 

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