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MemTest86 - is this right!?!

Moises2018
Level 7

‎05-12-2018 09:16 AM - last edited on ‎03-06-2024 08:48 PM by Community Admin

I've been having some intermittent BSOD, therefore I'm trying to pin point what might be the cause (happens a bit more when I play Ghost Recon Wildlands) .

I ran Memtest86 over night , it ran for about 10hrs, this morning there were no errors, however I think it had only 2 passes. I'm no pro at running MemTest86, but seems like that was very slow to, only have about 2 passes.

What are your thoughts? Any ideas?
System specifications:
Motherboard: Maximus X Hero
BIOS Version: 1401
OS: WIN 10 64 Bit
CPU: i7-8700K @3.7GHz
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i Water Cooler
Memory: G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080TI
SSD: Samsung 970 PRO M.2 (2280) 512GB & Intel 335 Series 240GB (secondary drive)
Power Supply: Cooler Master Silent Pro 1000W
Hard Drives: WD 700GB & WD 300GB SATA
Optical Drives: 1 Asus Blu-Ray Drive & 1 DVD/RW Drive
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gupsterg
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‎05-12-2018 10:22 AM

I'd use RAM Test or HCI Memtest or GSAT.
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xeromist
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‎05-14-2018 10:14 AM

memtest86 is indeed very slow and takes more time the more memory needs to be tested. Your results are typical.
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Silent_Scone
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‎05-14-2018 10:30 AM

Memtest86 was designed around much earlier platforms (pre DDR3) and is next to useless at finding instability on current platforms. Use GSAT, RAMTest or HCI as suggested.
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benjos
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‎05-17-2018 12:04 AM

Try Googling on the BSOD message (you may need to turn off the Windows 10 friendly BSOD message or check the Event Viewer after rebooting https://superuser.com/questions/1097234/where-can-i-find-last-blue-screen-error-message-after-reboot... ). If memTest already passed, the issue could be driver related, or if it happens randomly with more occurrences running higher powered applications such as games, then it could be your power supply failing, especially if it is a few years old.
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