A Computer Memory Checker Will Help Verify Defective Or Bad Memory

There are times when you know that a computer has a problem with memory. Normal indicators are blue screens, they freeze, they sometimes start and then don't. The only way you can be entirely sure about whether it is the memory that has failed is if you use a computer memory checker.

Sometimes the use of cheap memory can cause it to fail sometimes and sometimes not. The problem is that although these venders offer lifetime warranties, unless you can prove that it is the memory that is failing, there isn't any way you can get the company to back up their warranty.

Computers with damaged ram will often give you a stop error followed by a blue screen. When the stop error codes are similar to the ones below then you will know that it is due to defective memory.

* 0x0000000A

* 0x00000050

* 0x0000008e

* 0x000000D1

But what happens when your not sure of the error code or you need more Proof of defective RAM. In that event you should use a computer memory checker like the Windows Diagnostic tool. This type of computer memory checker can be used as a boot floppy or placed on a CD-Rom and is used to check windows based systems.

How to Use a Computer Memory Checker?

* First download the Windows memory diagnostic setup. You can find it online at the Microsoft site.

* When the computer memory checker has downloaded then you can run the program

* When the windows memory diagnotstic setup dialog box appears make sure you save CD image either to CD rom or to the disk.

* If not you can save it to a specific location on your hard drive and then burn your disk.

Once you have burned your CD you will have a bootable CD with the computer memory checker on it.

When you are ready to use the tool, you need to place the CD om the CD-Rom drive and restart the computer. Make sure the computer is set to boot from the CD-ROM

When the memory checker it starts to boot from the CD-Rom the program will start to load. When the test begins be sure to press the T key so that the program will run the extended tests. Then if there are errors on the memory module the memory checker will allow you to view the memory errors if it finds them. It is probably best to allow the computer memory checker to run overnight and run through all of the checks more than once to make sure it sees any errors that may be there.

You will have two options available. You can View errors by memory module or view errors by test.

When you view the errors by memory module you will see the memory errors that were detected for each ram module and then know if the memory is bad or not.

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