8 Comments:

1. Unregistered

   Guest

   
   7 Dec '04, 6:40 am

   "The most important item here is the "errors" line. If you see ANY errors, even one, then you have bad ram. If you see any other number than "0" in the "pass" line then your memory is good. It's that easy!"
   ..but...
   what does it mean if the "errors" line says 8 (bad ram) and the "pass" line says 8, too? (good ram)
   Thats what I see on the screenshot..
   Can some1 explain?
2. Trogan

   Malware Remover

   
   7 Dec '04, 8:53 am

   Good guide prime. Nice and clear about what to download, how to make the floppy and how to run memtest.

   I'l give memtest a go when I have time

   
3. primesuspect

   The Icrontic Guy

   
   7 Dec '04, 10:30 am

   Quoting Unregistered

   "The most important item here is the "errors" line. If you see ANY errors, even one, then you have bad ram. If you see any other number than "0" in the "pass" line then your memory is good. It's that easy!"
   ..but...
   what does it mean if the "errors" line says 8 (bad ram) and the "pass" line says 8, too? (good ram)
   Thats what I see on the screenshot..
   Can some1 explain?

   Those are not "8"s, those are "0"s........
4. Unregistered

   Guest

   
   8 Dec '04, 7:34 am

   what does it mean if the "errors" line says 8 (bad ram) and the "pass" line says 8, too? (good ram)

   ANY errors at all means your memory is bad.

   What I find interesting about this article is that motherboard and CPU issues aren't mentioned. I have been using Memtest86 for a long time, and have come across a LOT of bad memory, but I've also found bad motherboards and one bad P4 2.8C CPU.
5. Unregistered

   Guest

   
   17 Dec '04, 4:04 am

   Thank You for the clear and concise instructions, this has been most helpful!
6. MM

   Guest

   
   30 Apr '09, 4:10 pm

   Well, I have 4 passes and 10,000,000 errors. I have no doubts I have a bad RAM, but what's that with the >0 passes is good?
   Thanks
7. KairosDrasis

   Guest

   
   12 May '09, 11:25 pm

   *sigh* If we forget to put a email, please for god's sake don't clear the entire post when I hit the back button... Onward to what I said early, before it all got deleted.

   Passes are not good. They just mean that the test is complete. You will see when test hits 100% pass will go up 1 and the test will restart.

   Simple rule:
   if error>0 then bad ram,
   if pass>1 and error=0 then good ram,
   if pass=0 then your test is not finished.

   Kairos
8. Gillighan

   Guest

   
   2 Oct '09, 7:13 pm

   Great Job !
   Stay Well

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