How to interpret Memtest86+ results

[lighturfire]

My computer has been way slower than it should be with occasional freezes when using multiple software. I ran Memtest86+ and got this:

How should I interpret this? I'm a newbie and have no clue what to do next.

Any help is appreciated.

Grateful

 

[Boozad]

How many sticks of RAM do you have?

 

[lighturfire]

How many sticks of RAM do you have?

I have 2 sticks, 2gb each.

 

[Boozad]

Remove one RAM stick and test the individual stick left in. If it fails, move it to the slot vacated by the one you removed and test it again. If it fails again then the stick is bad, if it passes it's your RAM slot on the motherboard. Once you've run those two tests swap the sticks and run the tests again in the same order.

If the output is like this then you have bad RAM so the stick(s) need replacing.

Test|Slot 1|Slot 2
RAM 1| Error | Error
RAM 2|Good|Good

If the output is like this then you should replace the motherboard, however you can leave that DIMM slot empty although it's not advised to use a system with a faulty motherboard.

Test|Slot 1|Slot 2
RAM 1| Error |Good
RAM 2| Error |Good

 

[lighturfire]

Remove one RAM stick and test the individual stick left in. If it fails, move it to the slot vacated by the one you removed and test it again. If it fails again then the stick is bad, if it passes it's your RAM slot on the motherboard. Once you've run those two tests swap the sticks and run the tests again in the same order.

If the output is like this then you have bad RAM so the stick(s) need replacing.

Test|Slot 1|Slot 2
RAM 1| Error | Error
RAM 2|Good|Good

If the output is like this then you should replace the motherboard, however you can leave that DIMM slot empty although it's not advised to use a system with a faulty motherboard.

Test|Slot 1|Slot 2
RAM 1| Error |Good
RAM 2| Error |Good

Thank you so much, I'll try that out. What's the minimum time I should run memtest86+ for? It's not really pleasant to be sleeping with the fan noise in order to run it for a bunch of hours.

 

[richc46]

You may be interested in this tutorial
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/105647-ram-test-memtest86.html

 

[Boozad]

Eight passes minimum is recommended, anything less isn't conclusive. You don't have to run it overnight, that's just usually the most convenient way if you use your PC a lot, you can run it any time you like. It should be quicker to complete the eight passes when it's only testing one stick at a time.

 

[lighturfire]

You may be interested in this tutorial
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/105647-ram-test-memtest86.html

Grateful, Richard.