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Found a quick way to test RAM sticks without a multimeter
I had a client's desktop last week that kept blue screening randomly. Tried the usual stuff like drivers and Windows updates but nothing stuck. Then I remembered a trick an old IT guy showed me years ago. Boot into MemTest86 on a USB stick and let it run for just one full pass. That caught a bad stick in about 20 minutes that I would have wasted hours guessing at. Has anyone else got a go to tool that saves them time on weird crashes?
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kelly_nelson951mo ago
Dude same thing happened to me last month! MemTest86 saved my ass on a build I was sure had a bad motherboard.
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iris5741mo ago
Wait, did you run it overnight or just a quick pass? I left mine going for like 6 hours and it caught a single bad stick that was causing random blue screens.
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