memtest86

Merlin · Post by **Merlin** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 3:27 pm

I have almost no experience with DOS and as such have no idea how to install and run MEMTEST86. Help please. I have downloaded it and I know how to get it on a floppy but I'm lost from there.

Xerxes · Post by **Xerxes** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 3:50 pm

memtest86 doesnt use dos, all you need to do is run the install to make a floppy and boot from it.

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 4:19 pm

He might have to type in memtes.exe or some thing. i always used a bootable cd that did it all for you. if your using memtest86+ then it should do it automaticly.

Xerxes · Post by **Xerxes** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 5:54 pm

memtest86 and memtest86+ are exactly the same install, just run install.bat, type in the drive letter and hit enter and you're all done

Merlin · Post by **Merlin** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 6:27 pm

Thanks! I got it done and ran memtest which yielded a few questions. For those who don't already know, I have a set of Twinx1024-3200C2PT I have been using it no problem with timings of 2.5-3-3-8 and default voltage. I upped the volts to 2.8 and changed the timings to 2-3-3-8 and ran 1 pass (about 20 min.) on MEMTEST86V3.1 with no errors reported. I exited to BIOS and changed timings to 2-2-2-11 @2.8V and ran 50% of 1 pass( about 10min.) on memtest still no errors so I exited the test and when the system started up it first went into a HDD scan which I had not asked it to do, then it failed to load windows twice. It would get to the enter your password part and reset back to the BIOS Boot screen. It did this twice before I re-set my timings to 2.5-3-3-8 at which point it booted no problem. I get a POST everytime but if I go any tighter than 2.5 on CAS latency either windows won't load or some other program locks up. I thought that 3200C2 was supposed to be tested by Corsair at CAS2. Am I doing something wrong, is my set bad, or am I just wrong about the timings this is supposed to handle?

Xerxes · Post by **Xerxes** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 8:57 pm

what motherboard are you using?

Merlin · Post by **Merlin** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 9:03 pm

A new ABIT AN7

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 11:04 pm

I wonder if the stress of boot up is taxing the power regulation and robbing the ram of its voltage. Just speculation, is your cpu overclocked when you boot or are you just testing the ram timings?

Merlin · Post by **Merlin** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 5:51 am

CPU is overclocked a bit. I have only upped FSB to 380 but I haven't upped the volts on the CPU yet.

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 8:41 am

you might want to drop the fsb down just for a little while until you can find the problem. it may be that you need more voltage. Rather than just bump up the voltage i would lower the fsb and just see if you can load windows. then if it works start to raise the voltage until windows loads.