System freezes on memory test

[Guitrldy]

Hello! I just downloaded Spinrite 6.1, so I hope I have the latest revision.

I can't even get thru its memory test! It freezes at different points, but usually within 5 minutes from boot up.

I've been having issues with this system crashing in Windows 10.

Is this the GRC universe telling me it was my memory all along?!

Thanks if you have a solution! My memory is pretty new, so I hope it's under warranty.

Lisa W

 

[PHolder]

I've been having issues with this system crashing in Windows 10.

Sounds like your memory might be the issue. Try downloading a more thorough test and see how that goes. https://www.memtest.org/

 

[cschuber]

Bad RAM can make for a very bad day. I had a FreeBSD machine with a bad DIMM. It corrupted a mirrored ZFS pool. Both halves of the mirror were corrupted. Running memtest86++ resulted in inconsistent errors across the board. So I replaced all the RAM in the machine and recreated the ZFS pool, as it was a sandbox machine. Copying the datasets from another machine in my basement restored it. I couldn't trust the backups because the bad DIMM also caused corrupted backups, hence copying the datasets from a prod machine next to it.

Run memtest86+ overnight. If it detects the RAM chip, replace it. If it doesn't or the results are inconsistent between memtest86 tests, you're better off spending the few dollars to replace all the RAM in the machine.

 

[AlanD]

I've been having issues with this system crashing in Windows 10.

Is this the GRC universe telling me it was my memory all along?!

Thanks if you have a solution! My memory is pretty new, so I hope it's under warranty.

Lisa W

Have you actually looked at the memory? If it is fairly new, it might just have come loose. Try taking each module out and re-seating it firmly into the slot.

 

[ZiggyStar]

Yes, the "gold" connectors on RAM can become oxidized and start to give you a flaky connection.
Usually, just removing/re-inserting them is enough to "clean" the connection back to normal.

 

[MaxxHR]

I too am having the random freeze-ups on my Dell system. I've switched the RAM around and used other SODIMMs without any change. If I quickly space through to the drive scan, skipping the mem test, I can get it to start looking at the drive (Level 2) but it will again freeze. Sometimes it freezes on the first splash screen. Thoughts? Thanks in advance. Matt

 

[Steve]

YIKES!! Level 2 might is likely okay, but do not use any higher level which is doing a lot of writing to the drive on any machine that cannot pass a few minutes of SpinRite's memory test. And, really, that machine needs attention that SpinRite cannot provide.