What memory tester do you use?

[daemorok]

I have been using memtest86+ for awhile now.

But talking to the corsair tech support recently they recommended that I use memtest86 instead.

I have also tried a few others in the past.

I know of these 4 offhand
memtest86+ - http://www.memtest.org/
memtest86 - http://www.memtest86.com/
mtinst.exe - http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp
goldmemory - http://www.goldmemory.cz/

I was hoping to get some feedback on each of these, or experiences anyone had with these programs or others.

[Technoid]

Nowdays I use memtest86+

[cjolley]

My wife.
Chuck

[Wombat]

It's my understanding that 86+ is a re-write of 86. 86 can't handle some of the newer motherboard designs very well?

[daemorok]

see thats what i thought...

Of course it is entirely possible that the corsair tech support doesnt know what they are talking about.

[Ribbit]

Best memory tester I know: Install a 1st-stage Gentoo system and bootstrap (i.e. compile) to a usable system. If you can get through building GCC, GLibC, and other big complex packages without compile-stopping errors, your memory is very probably fine. You need a lot of spare disk space and CPU time though...

Seriously, I saw this myself a year or two ago - I was playing with Gentoo and would get compiler or linker failures every so often. Memtest wasn't catching anything, so I assumed the CPU was overheating. The machine continued to have strange and vague issues for about 6 months, when a Memtest run finally found a problem (3 bad bytes across a 512MB stick) and I replaced the memory - no more issues after that. GCC is a very good memory tester if you work it hard.

[Goc]

Originally posted by cjolley
My wife.
Chuck

LOL

[Technoid]

Originally posted by Wombat
It's my understanding that 86+ is a re-write of 86. 86 can't handle some of the newer motherboard designs very well?

yupp, 86 crashes on some mobo's where 86+ don't