Memtest86 is an excellent little program for testing your system memory. I’m feeling a bit  lazy tonight so here’s an excerpt from their website:

Memtest86 is a thorough, stand alone memory test for x86 architecture computers. BIOS based memory tests are a quick, cursory check and often miss many of the failures that are detected by Memtest86. Memtest86 was developed by Chris Brady with a first release in 1994. However, the testing algorithms used have been under development since 1981 and have been previously implemented on Dec PDP-11, VAX-11/780 and Cray XMP architectures. Development and distribution of Memtest86 is now funded and supported by BradyTech Inc.

Be sure to click the “Free Download” link in the left menu…

dixlinx: MEMTEST86.COM

Tags: diagnostic, memory test, ram, utility