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    Dell diagnostics or MemTest86+

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by nkaufman, Jul 17, 2015.

  1. nkaufman

    nkaufman Notebook Consultant

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    Hello,

    Bought some RAM off of eBay and want to test it out.

    Do people recommend running Dell diagnostics or MemTest (or another ram test software) OR run both Dell diagnostics and a memory test?

    Thanks,
     
    nkaufman, Jul 17, 2015
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  2. miro_gt

    miro_gt Notebook Deity

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    I've always had great success with memtest86+
     
    miro_gt, Sep 12, 2015
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