Memtest86
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Memtest86 is a piece of software designed to stress-test an x86-compatible computer's random access memory for errors. It is designed to run from a bootable floppy disk or CD-ROM, or from a suitable bootloader, without an operating system being present. Memtest86's tests are sufficiently harsh that it can find otherwise unrecognized problems on machines that appear to work normally. With many chipsets, Memtest86 allows counting of failures even in error-correcting ECC DRAM.
Memtest86 was originally developed by Chris Brady. The bootloading code was originally derived from Linux 1.2.1. It is written in C and x86 assembler. The source code is released under the GPL.
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External links
- Memtest86 homepage (no longer aggressively maintained)
- Memtest86+ homepage (based on Memtest86, with active mailing list)
- OTCOMP Memtest (based on Memtest86+ with many added chipsets)
- OCZ Technology's Memtest86+ (Memtest86+ with additional timing tweaks)