memtest86... bit of help

 

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?

any advice would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

Christo

 


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 forgot to mention

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:

Try a single memory DIMM at a time.   Try a good DIMM in each slot.
Turn down the buss rate and maybe the CPU clock until no errors result.

 



there should be *no* errors at all...
even if you run the test for 24 hours