Determining bad RAM from Winddiag

[jeffo]

Hi all.

Have had numerous crashes, ran winddiag, which reported problems with RAM. Question is, can you tell from the report which stick(s) is/are bad, or do you have to go through the hassle of swapping the RAM around to find out which one triggers a crash?

During the tests, the Stride 38 test consistently turned up failures. Here are some of the codes that popped up:

118a2244
1e6clfac
08683foc

Thanks!
Jeff

 

[Jaquio]

sadly... it has to be done that way...

 

[howard_hopkinso]

Hello and welcome to Techspot.

Hi all.

Have had numerous crashes, ran winddiag, which reported problems with RAM. Question is, can you tell from the report which stick(s) is/are bad, or do you have to go through the hassle of swapping the RAM around to find out which one triggers a crash

Unfortunately. Windbg won`t tell you which stick of ram is bad.

That`s why you need to test each stick individually.

Go HERE and follow the instructions.

Regards Howard :wave: :wave:

 

[Tedster]

run memtest86 overnight. If you know how much ram you have, it is easy to tell which stick (or memory slot) is bad. For example with a system with 1gB of ram comprising of two 512mb sticks, if memtest reports any address between 0 and 512mb, you know stick 1 is bad (or slot 1) - if its between 513 and 1024 - you know stick 2 or slot 2 is bad.

 

[howard_hopkinso]

run memtest86 overnight. If you know how much ram you have, it is easy to tell which stick (or memory slot) is bad. For example with a system with 1gB of ram comprising of two 512mb sticks, if memtest reports any address between 0 and 512mb, you know stick 1 is bad (or slot 1) - if its between 513 and 1024 - you know stick 2 or slot 2 is bad.

Of course, you are correct.

However. There are certain times when multiple sticks of ram will throw up errors in Memtest when used together, but not when used individually.

Mismatched ram/Ram with different timings/Incompatible ram/Faulty dimm slots etc. Will all give this type of error.

So, even though it`s more of a pain. It is better to test ram sticks individually first.

Regards Howard

 

[jeffo]

Thanks for the answers, I guess I'll have to test them separately. Is there much of a difference between Winddiag and memtest, or will they both pretty much cough up the same results?

Jeff

 

[howard_hopkinso]

Oops. I`m sorry. I`ve just noticed you said winddiag, and not windbg.

Anyhow. I personally use Memtest86+, and find it really useful. I`ve never tried Winddiag, so can`t give you a comparison. Maybe you could give me a link to the Winddiag programme?

Regards Howard

 

[jeffo]

Howard,

I spelled it incorrectly, it's 'windiag', short for Windows Memory Diagnostic tool. This will bring you to the page where you can access it from:

http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp

Regards,
Jeff

 

[howard_hopkinso]

Cheers for that jeffo.

Regards Howard