Memory Test Failure

[Chevylover54]

I just test my memory with the utility at simmtester.com. It failed the test. I did the quick test and all of them were ok except the Moving Inversion test. It failed at 63.2% done.

I take it this means that I have a bad stick? I have been having problems installing windows. What is the Moving Inversion test and do I have to replace the stick? My specs are:

P4 2.66 GHZ

MSI 648 MAX-L SIS648 MB W/ ATA 133,8X APG, USB 2.0, LAN. The box says it was made it October.

ATI Radeon 9700 Pro. I saw messages that said you could look at the P/N and it would tell you the version of the 9700 you have. That doesn't work for me because the 2 digits in question are 00.

MAXTOR 60GB 7200 RPM ATA 133 HARD DRIVE

512 MB PC400 PC3200 DDR MEMORY 1 stick

Only on board sound.

56X CD-ROM Drive

MITSUMI 1.44 MB FLOPPY DR

350 Watt PS. +5 & +3.3 Volts Combined Total Load 190 Watts. Total Output is 350 Watts Max.

Thanks.

[Cricket]

Originally posted by Chevylover54 I just test my memory with the utility at simmtester.com. It failed the test. I did the quick test and all of them were ok except the Moving Inversion test. It failed at 63.2% done. I take it this means that I have a bad stick? I have been having problems installing windows. What is the Moving Inversion test and do I have to replace the stick?

I'm not sure what the Moving Inversion Test is exactly, but you most likely have a bad stick of RAM. Swap in another stick of RAM to test with if you have any available and test the system again.

Cricket

[TwoRails]

Hi Chevylover54,

First, for others that may read this thread: This is why it is recommened to get 2 mem sticks instead of one unless you have not another choice. With 2 sticks, you could swap them around, remove one, and or try them in different slots to isolate the problem.

Mostly likely, you have a bad stick of mem. You could try it in a different slot to see if the results change. Even though DocMem is a fantastic tool, you could check out their site to make sure it doesn't have an "issue" with your speed and size of mem stick.

As far as the test patterns go, I can't remember exaclty which one that is off hand, but it kinda doesn't matter. If memory can't be accessed and fails during testing, then it also fails during use. For a very basic example, say you just have a nibble of memory and do a walking test (or whatever it's called), you could get the following:

0000 = pass
0001 = pass
0011= pass
0111 = pass
1111 = fail

This is to say that every time "1111" gets stored into memory, it will fail.

HTH

TwoRails

[Chevylover54]

I can move the RAM to a different slot even though I have one stick?

I didn't think you could leave the first slot open.

[TwoRails]

More than likely, Yes. Older mobos were real particular, however, many modern mobos have no problem with swaping slots. Heck, my first KT133 mobo had the memory in slots 2 and 3 for a long time before I even realized they weren't in the "correct" slots. If your mobo doesn't support this, it should simply not boot. I'd would try the opposite end.

HTH

TwoRails

[Chevylover54]

Well I tried it in all 3 slots.

In slot 2 in booted up and I ran the tests and the memory failed. This time it failed at the March C test.

The I tried it in the 3rd slot. The computer knew it was in the 3rd slot but all it would do is check the RAM and the goto the next screen then stop.

[glc]

You have a bad memory module.