Sekhen t1_itni7y2 wrote on October 24, 2022 at 11:06 PM

That's amazing.

One of my favorite diagnostic tool ever made. Now, remade!

wallacebrf t1_itrimhe wrote on October 25, 2022 at 7:43 PM

I love this program and am happy to see it is back

DeadMansMuse t1_itorwhp wrote on October 25, 2022 at 5:13 AM

This bad boy helped my diagnose HW vs SW problems in I dunno, a thousand or so machines in my time? System instability in windows almost always shows up on Memtest as some kind of memory failure, doesn't necessarily mean the memory was bad, only that the system was infact being fucky instead of say a PoS piece of software or driver problem.

amcrambler t1_itodt5l wrote on October 25, 2022 at 3:01 AM

So memtest64?

BallardRex t1_itnjw9k wrote on October 24, 2022 at 11:19 PM

Holy crap, talk about waves of nostalgia, lovely!

valiantbore t1_itnpto8 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 12:04 AM

What better way to test my RAM overclocking?

wierdness201 t1_itozm53 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 6:50 AM

Does it test the memory any faster than previous versions?

LloydAtkinson t1_itpd00p wrote on October 25, 2022 at 10:03 AM

I didn't even know it was abandoned? Crappy journalism or true?

> But development stopped in 2013 once Memtest86 was split into Memtest86 and Memtest86"

OK so crappy journalism.

Felinomancy t1_itobxk1 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 2:46 AM

What's next, Memmaker86+ ?

styres t1_itoqjyn wrote on October 25, 2022 at 4:58 AM

Need bootcd next

wallacebrf t1_itrjcpm wrote on October 25, 2022 at 7:48 PM

I miss the old "ultimate boot CD" and the amazing tools it had available

styres t1_itrxdc3 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 9:17 PM

Recently was cleaning up and found my software cd collection. Lots of good stuff there.

Some of the most fun I had with computers back in the day was simply troubleshooting. Definitely a testament to hardware/firmware/software reliability as I have way more computers now but don't need those tools

OklahomaXx t1_itpu9ie wrote on October 25, 2022 at 1:01 PM

Does the old Boot n Nuke not work anymore?

[deleted] t1_itnpus3 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 12:05 AM

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Silicon_Knight t1_itpl2m5 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 11:38 AM

Feature request: diagnose memory issues on my brain 🧠

Loki-L t1_itpzbpi wrote on October 25, 2022 at 1:41 PM

That brings back memories.

littleMAS t1_itrv578 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 9:02 PM

Is it different than PCmemtest?

AMillionMonkeys t1_ito4320 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 1:46 AM

Windows actually has a built-in Memory Diagnostic now which does the same thing. Last time I ran it, it didn't save its results like it said it would, though.

Iggyhopper t1_itozuls wrote on October 25, 2022 at 6:54 AM

This works on Mac and Linux too.

Mr_ToDo t1_itqkabk wrote on October 25, 2022 at 4:03 PM

Last time I used it it was more or less a stop on fail, low feedback, tool. It's actually why I use the Memtest86x line.

iambluest t1_itnlt2q wrote on October 24, 2022 at 11:34 PM

Maybe a step back toward privacy.

NerdBanger t1_itnpc85 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 12:01 AM

Uh wut?

ruinne t1_itowe85 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 6:08 AM

Please elaborate on how a software package that tests memory before any kind of OS is even loaded is supposed to help bring back user privacy.

iambluest t1_itpnljb wrote on October 25, 2022 at 12:03 PM

More information about what is using your memory.

ruinne t1_itpomx3 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 12:13 PM

Not correct. The task manager can do that.

Memtest can't show you what uses your memory because it doesn't run in userspace on the desktop. It only runs stress tests on RAM to make sure the modules can read and write data without errors.

ragingninetails99 t1_itqja7v wrote on October 25, 2022 at 3:56 PM

That's not what memtest is for.

It's supposed to test that your RAM physically works properly, nothing to do with what you put on it.

curationaccount t1_itpfzur wrote on October 25, 2022 at 10:42 AM

It is?

[deleted] t1_itpns0e wrote on October 25, 2022 at 12:05 PM