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Memtest86 on Laptop Question (OT)
Hi,
I've got a Dell C400 laptop with 768MB of RAM, that obviously I can't overclock. The reason I'm posting this question here is that I think this ng is about as knowledgeable about Memtest86 as any other ng. I've had some blue screen of death (BSOD) problems with the notebook when trying to use wireless networking cards in the PC card slot; this is a not uncommon problem from what I can tell, reading various Dell forums and other ng postings. I believe it is software related. Anyway, I spent yet another 45 mins on the phone with Dell laptop tech support yesterday, speaking to a fellow who was obviously pretty knowledgeable about computers (much moreso than your usual telephone support person; he sounded like a computer nerd). Anyway, he told me that the only other thing he could think of to do that I hadn't done was to remove the one removeable Sodimm from the notebook and see if the problems are eliminated. That makes sense, however I've run 3 or 4 passes of Memtest86 on the laptop and not had any errors; my sense is that (1) it is very unlikely that Memtest86 would miss a memory error; (2) if there are memory errors, there are 3 possible sources, e.g. 2 sticks of ram only one of which is user removable plus the cpu which is also not user accessible, and (3) given #1 and #2, we are talking about such a very small possible yield that it isn't worth doing, e.g. removing the memory module as a test procedure. Alternatively, I guess I could run another memory testing utility but I question if there is one out there that is any better than Memtest86. If anyone has a reaction or suggestion, please let me have it! Best, ken |
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