Question : Memorytest86

Hi experts,

Quick question. I am running a memtest on a computer with two sticks of RAM. When I ran it a few days ago, it was normal, it ran for about two hours, then said it passed and was fine at the bottom of the screen.

Today, I am running it again, and it has found quite a few errors. I am not really looking for help with the errors, although I may post them, but mainly I was wanting to know since it has run four hours, will it ever stop. In other words, will it finish and then say it found errors on the bottom of the screen.?

Answer : Memorytest86

Ballistix modules are usually non-standard in their voltage requirements. Most (if not all) of the Ballistix DDR2 modules on Newegg show a 2.0v requirement (vice the 1.8v standard); and the DDR3 modules all show 1.65v (vice the 1.5v standard).

I've seen a couple of cases where simply replacing a pair of Ballistix modules with a pair of standard voltage modules resolved very perplexing intermitten memory failures such as what you've described.

What is the make/model of the motherboard? Also, what is shown for the voltage on CPU-Z (look on the SPD tab and select the modules one-at-a-time). http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z/versions-history.html

... Note that the make/model of the motherboard will be shown on the "Mainboard" tab of CPU-Z