If you've been having issues with your PC, and the problem has been usually difficult to diagnose, your system memory, or RAM might well be the culprit. Luckily, there is a way to test the health of your RAM.
PassMark's Memtest86 is all you need. It's a free tool for testing memory.
It comes in RAR format with an iSO include and Exe files so you can create a bootable USB stick. Once this has been created, you need to boot from the USB stick as you would a Windows or Linux installation.
The software will then write to and read from all the memory slots and check that the data is correct. If any corruption occurs, the software will detect it and notify you in real time.
If this sounds complicated, don't worry. We're going to walk you through the process right here.
Let's start with the basics: downloading the software and creating a bootable USB stick.
Download the software in a compressed format from the PassMark website here.
By default, the Config menu takes you to your PC's system information.
You may have noticed that we didn't mention two menus.
The Ram benchmark lets you test whether your RAM is being read or written, and at the end you'll get a graph as a function of block size.
And finally of course, the TEST launch itself. As soon as you click on it, it starts immediately. You can stop it by pressing the ESC key.
If you saw "PASS", that means your DRAM configuration is stable and no errors are detected. If any errors appear you'll get the detail of when and where they appeared. This will help you to find the issue and resolve it.
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