It kinda does take a lot of time to properly test ram, especially larger capacities. So OP would need to plan accordingly, because the pc won’t be usable during the test.
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khannie@lemmy.world 20 hours agoHow can I make sure it’s in 100% perfect working condition. ?
Memtest is what you’re after. You need to boot into it from a USB key because you can’t reliably test ram on a running OS.
There’s a commercial version that has a free offering or this open source one which I’ve found excellent.
I’d encourage you to sell it. In these trying times, any extra supply is helpful.
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daannii@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Ah thank you for that info. I will run it overnight then.
Tetsuo@jlai.lu 18 hours ago
I think you can do a memtest with Windows included tool that doesn’t require to install anything. Type memory check or something in the Start menu and the system should require a restart to boot on the memtest.
But obviously setting up a dedicated thumb drive can be useful too.
WereCat@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
That test is a little bit better than worthless
daannii@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
This is super helpful, thank you. I’m going to do that and then I can screen shot the report and let people know I tested it and what it said.
Someone told me I could just put one of the 16gb at a time, in my current motherboard. Start up the PC. If it’s good it will start , if not then it won’t. But I wasn’t sure if that would really be an indicator of condition or not. I mean if completely junk it would. But otherwise not really.
Yeah I was just going to sit on it.
I’m convinced now.
Best to get it to someone who needs it for gaming or software needs.