What would be the easiest way to test a whole bunch of sticks of RAM?

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angelleye

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I've got 400 pieces of RAM that I need to test. I found these cool things: http://www.memorytesters.com/ramcheck/ramcheck_ddr2+1_tester.htm but they want $3k+ for those!

I've got an old PC case with a power supply. I can get an old video card and a cheap display easily. If I just go buy a mobo to test these with do I need a CPU as well or would I be able to at least see if the RAM boots up w/o it?

Any other tips on how to easily test these would be great too. Or a cheaper version of the link I gave. :) Thanks!
 
angelleye said:
I've got 400 pieces of RAM that I need to test. I found these cool things: http://www.memorytesters.com/ramcheck/ramcheck_ddr2+1_tester.htm but they want $3k+ for those!

I've got an old PC case with a power supply. I can get an old video card and a cheap display easily. If I just go buy a mobo to test these with do I need a CPU as well or would I be able to at least see if the RAM boots up w/o it?

Any other tips on how to easily test these would be great too. Or a cheaper version of the link I gave. :) Thanks!
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I would say, just take a working computer and stick them in (leaving one known working stick) all of the slots, and run a ram-testing program... it could take a long time...

anyway, why so much ram? Have you found a really big motherboard:eek: Some sort of liquidation sale?
 
Well, I don't imagine it would take THAT long... you don't want to do a full memtest do you? Just make sure that they work? All you'd have to do is get a setup with a mobo with 4 RAM slots and put 4 in at a time and just make sure it powers up without errors... like 30 seconds for 4 sticks.
 
Yeah, I need to test them so I can sell them. I don't have a full machine that I could use for this, though, so I'm gonna have to piece one together. I was thinking I'd just make sure the RAM would boot without errors and was seeking the minimul hardware necessary to do this. You're right, though, I should test it further.

I'll probably just end up buying some cheap machine to do it with....unless somebody can point me in the direction of a device similar to what I linked to for a better price.
 
PohTayToez said:
Well, I don't imagine it would take THAT long... you don't want to do a full memtest do you? Just make sure that they work? All you'd have to do is get a setup with a mobo with 4 RAM slots and put 4 in at a time and just make sure it powers up without errors... like 30 seconds for 4 sticks.
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Yeah I guess that's more of what I was originally thinking. So I don't need a CPU, right? Just a mobo, P.S., vid card and display..??
 
No you will need a CPU or it will just beep like its going mad. And if you go the motherboard way they all would have to be the same kind of ram
 
angelleye said:
They're all Samsung 1GB DDR 400
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well, those two items I posted will work, granted, that is only 2 sticks at a time on that motherboard... but not bad for $54

EDIT: 3 stick motherboard
all 4 stick motherboards were over $50



If you plan on getting more sticks, you could get this motherboard... it supports 2 sticks DDR2 533 as well as 2 sticks DDR 400 (you can not use the two types together though)
 
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Wow, when you said 400 i was thing PC100, or older.. But Pc3200?? Did you find them on the back of a truck or something? :P;)
 
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