memtest.

-Ben-Ben
edited December 2004 in Community
With the recent memory errors with HL2 some people have been running into, most of the time it's the memory at fault but people don't know how to run memtest to check their memory.

Maybe some kind of guide?

Comments

  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    Good idea. I'm on it.
  • -Ben-Ben
    edited November 2004
    Once you do it I can start posting it on the major HL2 sites :)
  • DexterDexter Vancouver, BC Canada
    edited November 2004
    Make sure to indicate that there is a CDROM ISO download as well, I find that much easier to deal with than a floppy for boot-up. :)

    Dexter...
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    Good idea, Dexter, especially since folks who play HL2 play it from a DVD or CD, right??? And the simpler to use memtest is from the self-booting-and-launching CD iso. The only things I can think of against this, is that some gamers might be on AOL or dialup for internet, or not know how to burn an ISO 9960 type CD as versus a data CD of the ISO file. So, a howto about how to use Nero 6.0 to burn a bootable CD from an ISO file might also be useful.
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited November 2004
    thats not entirely correct, a lot of people preloaded it on steam, which means that it was downloaded. although at this point i think most people have cd burners
  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited November 2004
    The majority of the lag issues when entering a new room in hl2 and doom 3 are ram timeing or someones cranked there agp apature size way high (very bad idea) personaly i wish agp apature size didnt exsist it would improve proformence alot for the short term on highend cards :p
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited December 2004
    Guide is written, submitted to mediaman for editing and posting :)
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited December 2004
    I'ts actually pretty easy to implement memtest in the bios as long as you have a fairly new mainboard with a 4mb bios chip. No cd or floppy is needed that way.
  • MediaManMediaMan Powered by loose parts.
    edited December 2004
    Memtest86+ Guide

    :)
  • -Ben-Ben
    edited December 2004
    I don't see my name mentioned :P

    I want my name in lights!
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited December 2004
    better? :D
  • -Ben-Ben
    does the happy dance.
    edited December 2004
    does the happy dance.
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