Sdram memory test ??

Dear Person: 1st up , I'm a newbie...What I want to do is check out my memory cards...I currently have 3 cards @ 256MB each..When I go to "My Computer" & click on properties it shows 544MB instead of the expected 768MB...I went online & found a program called memtest86...It is a GZ file...Adobe won't open it...I then found a file called wrar380...I have absolutely no clue as to how I can open & run memtest86 with wrar380...I am totally confused about archiveing & extraction , etc...All I want to do is run a simple test...Period...If someone can give me detailed info that will bring up a screen that says "RUN PROGRAM" or something similar , I would really appreciate it...My computer is a Dell Optiplex GC1 with WinXP Pro SP 2...In advance , Thank you VERY much.....:banghead

 

gz is a tarball file. Download the program here instead. Once you have the file, you need to burn it as an image to a CD. By telling you burning program to "burn as an image" the iso will be converted the way it has to be to become bootable.

Then, all you need to do is keep the CD in the tray, reboot your computer, and it will run the memtest.

 

Dear Mimsy; Thanks for the lightning fast reply....However it did not work , or I did not do it right..When it came to download I was given 4 choices..3 were obviosly wrong...I selected the 4th choice of burn with RealPlayer...After rebooting I got nothing...I went & opened memtest86 & got the following screenshot..That's the same thing I got with wrar...Whaaa hoppen ??....:cry

 

Does RealPlayer have a "burn an iso as an image" option?

 

Mimsy; If it does I don't know where to find/use it....

 

That's why you're not able to use Memtest properly. Download CDburnerXP instead, and use that function in the File menu to burn the disk.

 

Mimsy:I downloaded both CDburnerXP & memtest from this site...Here we go again...:banghead....:cry......I've tried every which way from here to sundown (literaly) to get that to work...

Will not do it !...... During my trial & error attempts , a message came onscreen that said.."Write ISO Image" When I click there I get , "No image loaded""...FYI..I am a NEWBIE...PLEASE could you give me detailed , step by step, info to get this done?? I may even consider giving you my first born...roflmao...Not really !! But I'd really appreciate it..Thank you VERY much for ALL you have done for me.......I've been at this for over 4 hrs today..I'm getting :tired so I hope to see ya tommorrow....
PS: wrar seems to take over all the files , etc...Could that be causing this ??...Not fond of it !!

 

Where did everybody go?? I need HEEEYAAALP!!!

Dear Mimsy or person: Where did everybody go ?? It's been 3 days & no replies... :zzz I've fried 3 CD-RW's trying to get this memory test to work..:hammer...I can not get the memtest & CDburnerXP to work together or ?? ...No matter what I do or try , I can not get the thing to boot up with the CD..FYI: My comp is set to boot from CD Drive 1st...I got rid of wrar due to too much extraction confusion...What scared you off?? Was it the word "newbie"?? I really need help on this...:confused

 

Re: Where did everybody go?? I need HEEEYAAALP!!!

No, it was the offer to give me your first born. I hate kids. :major

I assumed you had the files unzipped, my mistake. Plodr has given you good instructions on how to deal with that part... in addition to what he already posted: If you do not unzip the files, burning the iso as an image will not work. You have to unzip them first. 7-zip can help you unzip them.

 

1st.. Mimsy:

roflmao..roflmao........

Here's where one of my problems is...I downloaded 7-zip from here...I installed it..I went to open the memtest file on my desktop , found 7-zip & clicked on open with 7-zip...What happened next nearly took my socks off...A black box about 3/4 of my screen size came up & then instantly vanished...That's it...Gone..How do I know if this file is unzipped ??

2nd..Plodr:...First...Thank you for your reply..I've tried wrar & there's NO instructions for this dummy to follow...It got SO confusing that I removed the program..I will try winrar if 7-zip gives me a problem..

I have only 1 CD-RW left & my SS check doesn't arrive for another week..Then I will get some more...So I need to get it right this time..

Makes a whole lotta sense to me...But shouldn't 768MB show up in the screenshot below ??? You said: "memory cheap shares RAM <<--- Do you mean memory "chip" ??....Or you a Latino ??....Absolutely NO offense intended..

Where do I see it at ??....Does another icon appear ??

Where it says "name_of_file.iso" do I type in Memtest86 etc or will it magically appear ??

As you can see I'm not very bright when it comes to these kind of programs..Please give me some time & info & I will learn them...Thank you VERY much for your help & patience...Later....RM2007...:wave

 

Mimsy & plodr:...STOP THE PRESSES!!...Made some progress!!... I figured out how to extract memtest to ISO..And am the PROUD owner of a new desktop icon with iso in it's file info...I also got the file to record as an iso image to CD-RW..AND I got a notification that the file was recorded successfully...BUT when I rebooted I got NOTHING!! :cry ..What exactly am I supposed to see when this test is going on ??....FYI... When I go to "my computer" & open up CD drive "D" , shows nothing on the CD...What's next??...Later folks.....rolleyes

 

That you see nothing on the CD is a bit unusual, you should be able to see some sort of files on it. Did you burn the CD at 8x or 4x speed, or any other number-x?

When you start CDBurnerXP it will ask you if you want to burn a data CD of Audio CD. Tell it data.

In the starting window, you will see four sections. The top two work like the folders in windows, if you click on C:\ in the left section you will see its contents in the right one. Above them you have menus... File, Edit Recorder, et cetera.

Under File you have an option called "Burn disc from ISO file..." Click on that one.

Now you have a new window in front of you. Click on the button with "..." near the top and select the iso file you extracted to your desktop. In the drop-down menu underneath Burning speed, select a low number, and then click on Burn disc.

These steps will give you a bootable memtest86 CD.

Before you try to boot the computer from the memtest CD, make sure you have looked in your BIOS and told the computer to use the CD drive as the first boot option. Also, keep in mind that memtest86 will test all your memory sticks as a single unit, so if you see errors in the test, the program will not be able to tell you which of the sticks that caused them. And easy way around that is to test one stick at a time.

 

1st..plodr...I checked the BIOS...Under "Boot Sequence" , CD-ROM starts first...It was never changed...Thank you for that tip....

2nd..Mimsy...

..On the front of my burner it says:..12x10x32x...I have no clue as to what speed it's copying at...or even if I have a choice..

There are 2 screenshots below..#1 is the first one you told me about...When I click on "Copy disc" , it expands & I then click on data...Then I get screenshot #2 immediatly...

This is what I don't get......I can not find a "C:\ anywhere...

So I'm stuck again...:banghead

Talk to ya later...Best regards......

 

Dear plodr;...Door #3 is the problem.!!..Does not work ...BUT , I found that I was clicking in the wrong place...I should have clicked on door #1 where it says "Data Disc"....

Can you please comment on this ?? ^^...Thanks

Dear Mimsy:...I finally found this --> :clap

..But I could not find this..--->

I've added screenshots to show you what I got..The 1st one shows what's under "File"....
The 2nd shot shows what I managed to get to...
Again I'm stuck...Where do I go from here ??

 

Dear plodr: THANKS for your input & interest...There are a number of people reading this thread , but you & Mimsy have at least tried to help me out...I will wait patiently for Mimsy or someone else to reply...Thanks VERY much for your efforts....

 

Re: Sdram memory test ?? ( 10-19-2008 , SOLVED)

Dear Mimsy & plodr: Great news ....I did some surfing & located a file I can use...It is called "Windows Memory Diagnostic" test...I don't remember what website I got it from ( Wasn't Microsoft ), but it's easy for me to use...I ran the test & I've got a bad card.....I also found an excellent tester at cpuid.com...You might want to give that one a try...It's VERY good & thorough..I want to give you both a deep heartfelt "THANK YOU" for ALL that you did for me...I wish you both a VERY HAPPY , HEALTHY , & PROSPEROUS future......BYE , BYE for now....................... :clap.... :hyper..... :clap .....:celebrate...

 

Thanks for the update. Very glad to hear you got it working. Bookmarking the easy-to-use tester for personal use, for later

 

Dear Mimsy & plodr: My pleasure...You're both MOST welcome... .....