Testing RAM?

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Tavish Muldoon

I have recently tried a couple of programs which require a lot of disk
space. I have been receiving errors from Windows 2000 - errors at
memory addresses - press cancel to terminate or OK to debug.

I suspect my ram or HD.

Anyone aware of any good programs to test my RAM and HD?

Or perhaps any suggestions why I get address errors? Best way to
troubleshoot?

Specs - Windows 2000 SP3
RAM 512
CPU Athlon 1700+

Thanks for your time,

Tmuld.
 
Tavish Muldoon said:
I have recently tried a couple of programs which require a lot of disk
space. I have been receiving errors from Windows 2000 - errors at
memory addresses - press cancel to terminate or OK to debug.

I suspect my ram or HD.

Anyone aware of any good programs to test my RAM and HD?

Or perhaps any suggestions why I get address errors? Best way to
troubleshoot?

Specs - Windows 2000 SP3
RAM 512
CPU Athlon 1700+
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First suspect is- as you suggest- the memory
Download a test program and let it run for a long time.
Look here for prgrm and info
http://www.memtest86.com/

Success

&re
 
In addition to the excellent advice about memtest86 from the other poster,
I'd suggest that you download the disk testing program from the web site of
the manufacturer of your hard disk.
 
Tavish Muldoon said:
I have recently tried a couple of programs which require a lot of disk
space. I have been receiving errors from Windows 2000 - errors at
memory addresses - press cancel to terminate or OK to debug.

I suspect my ram or HD.

Anyone aware of any good programs to test my RAM and HD?

Or perhaps any suggestions why I get address errors? Best way to
troubleshoot?

Specs - Windows 2000 SP3
RAM 512
CPU Athlon 1700+

Thanks for your time,

Tmuld.
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I found the RAM testing tool from Microsoft better than a couple of other
popular tools I have tried.

http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp

For hard disk diagnostic, it is better to go for tools provided by the
manufacturer. my personal favourite is Seatools from Seagate, which gives
results on the "optimistic" side. If it reports a minor problem, take it
seriously.
 
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