System shuts off on memtest86

[Tranq]

I booted up my floppy drive and memtest starts running...it goes through the first percentage cycle and then on the second one around 91% it shuts my system off immediately...I can't press c for configuration or esc to reboot either it doesnt let me...any ideas? ive never used memtest before so if this sounds stupid plz let me know

 

[tbrunt3]

restart it but before you do it remove one ram stick if you have two installed.

let us know

 

[Tranq]

ok i tried it with both memory sticks separately and it still shuts off...so maybe both RAM sticks are damaged or maybe the motherboard is damaged...not sure...

 

[Nodsu]

Maybe try some other memory test? Memtest86+ instead of Memtest86 maybe?

 

[tbrunt3]

Redownload Memtest86 form here http://www.memtest86.com/

burn it to a cd go to bios to make the cd first thing to boot (or first on boot order) rerun the test with stick of ram .. YOu might have a bad copy of it to begin with. Becuse if you had two bad ram sticks you would not post or be here...

let us know

 

[sven breynaety]

System shuts down on memtest86

Hi,

I'm having the same problem, I ran memtest with all the RAM inside, and the system shutsdown after a few tests.
So I removed all the RAM and left but one, I did the tests again, but the same problem. I did this with all the RAM modules seperately but the same problem exists. I ran memtest86+ as well, same here.

I think there is a problem with the memory controller on the motherboard. How can I be sure of this? Or does anybody have any other suggestions?

THanks
Sven

 

[cpc2004]

Maybe overheat and your PC shutdown to prevent hardware damage.