can u test memory?

deankenny

deankenny

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obviously the first test i did to test one of my sticks was to use it using games and with it in it would crash or retsart the system, with the stick out the games played ok, so obviously i have a faulty stick, but is still loads windows etc, is there any programs which can test the memory stick and give me some more detailed information?
 
weird one

ok i got 2 sticks of 512ddr 400mhz, one stick is faulty and will only work when dualled with the working one but for a short period of time but for that time like DOOM 3 is really smooth and amazing, so obviously i cant take these ccrashes so i remove the faulty stick leaving in just 512 ddr of ram, now Doom 3 plays eally jerky and takes like 2 seconds to load on each door opening i knew th performance would drop but not by that much?? is this right??
 
Well, besides running in single channel, you have much less RAM which means the swap file is being used more. The HD is much slower than RAM, so I'm sure it can't help. Now what you're saying does seem to be a bit much just for lacking RAM, but that would be my guess...
 
please help

ok i put 2 ram sticks in for and it runs at correct speed etc i put only one stick of 512 and it goes incredibly slow why is this my other stick is faulty, so i can only use one stick on benchmarks it compares with 133mhz ram, is there something in bios i need to change to configure for one stick or something?
 
You seriously need some basic writing skills. Use commas and periods so people can easily understand what it is that you're trying to say. I have no idea what you're trying to say so please re-phrase it IN ENGLISH!
 
basically, i have 2 sticks of 512ddr 3200 ram, 1 of which is faulty, when both sticks are in they perform average/normal. but because 1 stick is faulty i cant use it for games etc so i can only put one stick of 512ddr in. but when this is in all games are very very choppy, i know its less ram but i mean CHOPPY. so i benchmarked the ram and its runnin at like 900mb/s which is equivalent to 133mhz oldstyle ram. but when both stick are in its normal. so what could it be? a setting in the bios??
 
if it runs dual channel you should be getting more like 5gbps rather than less than 1gbps (.9gbps = 900mbps). check your bios to make sure you're not running a memory divider on accident. also, is it running dual channel?
what did you use to benchmark it? how do you know one of them is faulty?
personally, id buy a new stick, that could seriously bottleneck you... and 512mb is definitely not enough.
i couldnt game on settings that only require 512mb. lol
 
its faulty because when i run it dual with the working stick, it crashes in games and freezes or goes back to desktop sometimes restarts. and it does not even turn on the monitor if i only insert the faulty stick, but with both sticks in i get 4000mb/s which is fine. i will buy another 512 when i can, but till then my single stick of 512 is only running like 900/mb/s tested with Everest. So what must i change in the bios in order for the one stick to run at full capacity?
 
one of them is faulty because when its installed with the other stick in games it crashes, restarts, freezes etc. and when its inserted on its own does not even get image on the monitor. I will buy another 512 when i can but till then i want to run my single 512 stick at its proper capacity, is there anything in bios etc im missing that i must change, yes i disabled dual channel also in bios, and benchmarked using Everest
 
shouldnt my ram be running at 400mhz??? on this program it says its running at 200mhz

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#1 you dont need to disable dual channel in the bios.
#2 what was the configuration when you tested at 900mbps and what was the configuration when it tested at 4000mbps??

its running at ddr400, which is the same as 200mhz... also referred to as pc3200, which is most definitely full capacity.
ddr = double data rate... or dual data rate. it sends info at the rising and falling end of each clock, ultimately doubling performance.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDR_SDRAM
read up, kind of interesting.
 
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