Google-search for 'MEMTEST86+' software. Download this _free_ software, and copy it to a diskette-drive, or burn a CD-R.
Shutdown your computer. Remove all but one stick of RAM. Restart your computer, and boot from the diskette or the CD. This will run an exhaustive memory-test of your RAM, taking about 1 hour per Gigabyte of RAM.
Any reported "errors" indicate that the installed stick of RAM is defective.
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Google-search for 'MEMTEST86+' software.
Download this _free_ software, and copy it to a diskette-drive, or burn a CD-R.
Shutdown your computer.
Remove all but one stick of RAM.
Restart your computer, and boot from the diskette or the CD. This will run an exhaustive memory-test of your RAM, taking about 1 hour per Gigabyte of RAM.
Any reported "errors" indicate that the installed stick of RAM is defective.
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