Memory testers and windows _ XP's ram diag utility

TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
edited January 2004 in Hardware
They always say to really test the memory you have to boot outside windows as in memtest and docmemory etc.... but I have had a couple times especially with dual cpu rigs that I think are pickier about ram anyway where the memory would test ok with docmemory and I would boot into windows and get weird errors. replacing the ram would always cure the problems.... hmmmm.

Am I the only one that didn't know that windows xp has a ram diagnostic utility now? I found a link for it in the xp sp2 readme about what to do if an xp upgrade barfs. have not tried it yet but ... how long has XP had a ram diagnostic utility available and has anyone else used it or have user feedback to provide here? I swear I'm always the last guy to find this crap.

Tex.... must learn to actually "read" more of these confounded "readme" files I guess...

Tex

Comments

  • dodododo Landisville, PA
    edited January 2004
    ram diagnostic utility? where?

    ~dodo
  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited January 2004
    Here you go. If I did the attachement thing right..
  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited January 2004
    Hey Tex, that must come with the SP2 beta, huh? That's pretty darn cool; I guess I'll have to try it out. Thanks for posting up the zip file of it.:)
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    I have an mtinst.exe in my XP box, did not get separate and it is an SP1 full disk install. Might have been dropped from the OEMs, though.

    John.
    muddocktor wrote:
    Hey Tex, that must come with the SP2 beta, huh? That's pretty darn cool; I guess I'll have to try it out. Thanks for posting up the zip file of it.:)
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    Actually, this is rather new. Windows Memory Tester debuted in October/November, and is now being included as a part of SP2.

    It doesn't actually run in windows, if that wasn't made clear. It's just like docmemory or memtest, in that it's DOS.
  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited January 2004
    I downloaded it from links in the readme file from sp2 actually. May of come with it also but thats where I snagged it from.

    Tex
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    Correct, HAS to run in DOS or a Command Prompt-- best in "DOS" boot, though. I think it might have arrived in a WU official released part of SP2, or a post SP1A Update. What do you bet the SP2 full XP CDs will test RAM before install???? inst usually is at install time, uinst is typically and uninstaller.... :D

    If you want to see something funny, go to start|run and type IExpress.exe .... :D

    John.
  • gtghmgtghm New
    edited January 2004
    What does IExpress do?
    Also, I downloaded the mtinst.zip and unzipped it but I don't see how to launch it in a command prompt from within XP?

    It did give me the option of creating a disk or ISO to run it from...

    "g"
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