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How to test your RAM memory for defects

#1 tux99

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Posted 03 February 2009 - 01:02 PM

I have written a short article on how to test RAM for defects, I hope this can be useful for less experienced PC users experiencing random crashes or lock-ups of their PC, to help track down the cause.

You can find it here:
http://www.linuxtech...ostics-pt1.html

Comments and suggestions are very welcome!

This post has been edited by tux99: 31 March 2009 - 01:09 AM

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#2 ianw1974

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Posted 03 February 2009 - 02:03 PM

Looks good :)

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#3 Steve Scrimpshire

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Posted 05 February 2009 - 03:25 AM

The content is great. Very thorough. I would make a small suggestion. I would move the "Warnings" section to the top of the article, right after the title and sub-title, to encourage it being read before attempting anything.

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Posted 05 February 2009 - 09:46 AM

Steve Scrimpshire, on Feb 5 2009, 04:25 AM, said:

Thanks for the compliments, I think the 'warnings' section at the top of the article would scare off some unexperienced people from even reading any further (and would disrupt the page layout too much), but I have now put a highlighted note to read the warnings section, at the beginning of the diagnostics section, to which they primarily apply.

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#5 ianw1974

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Posted 05 February 2009 - 09:57 AM

I think it's fine where you placed it now, it wouldn't necessarily need to be at the top - only just before when you start to say take out memory, etc, etc it's enough just to say before.

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Posted 05 February 2009 - 06:35 PM

Nice. Me likes.

In addition to the very nicely written content, the text is easy to read (neutral colours) and most importantly the text is not too long!

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