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memtest86... bit of help
as i have had problems for a long time sys spec is AMD Athlon XP 2600 80gb IDE hdd DVDrw/DVD/CDRW Gainward GeForce5200 256MB MSI KT6V Motherboard Crucial DDR333 PC2700 512MB (purchased brand new) i have been getting CRC errors while installing big games and extracting large files, this suggested to me a memory error So for ages i had been meaning to run memtest86 i finally got round to it this evening i ran it for 30 minutes there were something like 4200 Errors thats four thousand two hundred!!!! and only a pass rate of 3% now after 3 minutes is this normal or is the memory i'm using totally FUBAR? should i run memtest again for a longer length of time or is 4200 errors and 3% pass after 30 minutes conclusive evidence that i was right about suspecting the problems (which i have had for a very very long time) with CRC errors and IRQ errors were to do with the bad memory? also i believe all crucial memory comes a lifetime warranty does it not? if so could i go about returning it to crucial to get a replacement? any advice would be greatly appreciated Thanks Christo
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"Christo" <chris@juststuffnospam.co.uk> wrote in message news:3b30cpF6duf9qU1@individual.net... With that many errors, it might not be the memory module > just ran it > > as i have had problems for a long time > > sys spec is > > AMD Athlon XP 2600 > 80gb IDE hdd > DVDrw/DVD/CDRW > Gainward GeForce5200 256MB > MSI KT6V Motherboard > Crucial DDR333 PC2700 512MB (purchased brand new) > > i have been getting CRC errors while installing big games and extracting > large files, this suggested to me a memory error > > So for ages i had been meaning to run memtest86 > > i finally got round to it this evening > > i ran it for 30 minutes > > there were something like 4200 Errors thats four thousand two hundred!!!! > > and only a pass rate of 3% > > now after 3 minutes is this normal or is the memory i'm using totally FUBAR? > > should i run memtest again for a longer length of time or is 4200 errors and > 3% pass after 30 minutes conclusive evidence that i was right about > suspecting the problems (which i have had for a very very long time) with > CRC errors and IRQ errors were to do with the bad memory? > > also i believe all crucial memory comes a lifetime warranty does it not? if > so could i go about returning it to crucial to get a replacement? itself. Try reseating it. Some mainboards don't care what slot you use -- check your mainboard manual -- you might try another slot. -- Bob Day http://bobday.vze.com "Bob Day" <bobday***@verizon.net> wrote in message news:%7Y2e.334$4b.55@trndny09...Show quoteHide quote > "Christo" <chris@juststuffnospam.co.uk> wrote in message i forgot to mention> news:3b30cpF6duf9qU1@individual.net... >> just ran it >> >> as i have had problems for a long time >> >> sys spec is >> >> AMD Athlon XP 2600 >> 80gb IDE hdd >> DVDrw/DVD/CDRW >> Gainward GeForce5200 256MB >> MSI KT6V Motherboard >> Crucial DDR333 PC2700 512MB (purchased brand new) >> >> i have been getting CRC errors while installing big games and extracting >> large files, this suggested to me a memory error >> >> So for ages i had been meaning to run memtest86 >> >> i finally got round to it this evening >> >> i ran it for 30 minutes >> >> there were something like 4200 Errors thats four thousand two hundred!!!! >> >> and only a pass rate of 3% >> >> now after 3 minutes is this normal or is the memory i'm using totally >> FUBAR? >> >> should i run memtest again for a longer length of time or is 4200 errors >> and 3% pass after 30 minutes conclusive evidence that i was right about >> suspecting the problems (which i have had for a very very long time) with >> CRC errors and IRQ errors were to do with the bad memory? >> >> also i believe all crucial memory comes a lifetime warranty does it not? >> if so could i go about returning it to crucial to get a replacement? > > With that many errors, it might not be the memory module itself. Try > reseating it. Some mainboards don't care what slot > you use -- check your mainboard manual -- you might try another slot. > > -- Bob Day > http://bobday.vze.com > i have had the problems with a previous board an Abit NF7 2.0 plus that required the memory be in slot 1, as does this current board, so i cant try it in another slot Christo wrote:
Show quoteHide quote > just ran it Try a single memory DIMM at a time. Try a good DIMM in each slot. > > as i have had problems for a long time > > sys spec is > > AMD Athlon XP 2600 > 80gb IDE hdd > DVDrw/DVD/CDRW > Gainward GeForce5200 256MB > MSI KT6V Motherboard > Crucial DDR333 PC2700 512MB (purchased brand new) > > i have been getting CRC errors while installing big games and extracting > large files, this suggested to me a memory error > > So for ages i had been meaning to run memtest86 > > i finally got round to it this evening > > i ran it for 30 minutes > > there were something like 4200 Errors thats four thousand two hundred!!!! > > and only a pass rate of 3% > > now after 3 minutes is this normal or is the memory i'm using totally FUBAR? > > should i run memtest again for a longer length of time or is 4200 errors and > 3% pass after 30 minutes conclusive evidence that i was right about > suspecting the problems (which i have had for a very very long time) with > CRC errors and IRQ errors were to do with the bad memory? > > also i believe all crucial memory comes a lifetime warranty does it not? if > so could i go about returning it to crucial to get a replacement? Turn down the buss rate and maybe the CPU clock until no errors result.
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"Christo" <chris@juststuffnospam.co.uk> wrote in message there should be *no* errors at all...news:3b30cpF6duf9qU1@individual.net... > just ran it > > i have been getting CRC errors while installing big games and extracting > large files, this suggested to me a memory error > > So for ages i had been meaning to run memtest86 > > i finally got round to it this evening > > i ran it for 30 minutes > > there were something like 4200 Errors thats four thousand two hundred!!!! > > and only a pass rate of 3% > > now after 3 minutes is this normal or is the memory i'm using totally > FUBAR? > > should i run memtest again for a longer length of time or is 4200 errors > and 3% pass after 30 minutes conclusive evidence that i was right about > suspecting the problems (which i have had for a very very long time) with > CRC errors and IRQ errors were to do with the bad memory? even if you run the test for 24 hours |
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