Friday, 16 October 2009 MemTest is a RAM reliability tester that runs under
Windows. It evaluates the ability of your computer's memory to store and
retrieve data accurately. A correctly functioning computer should be able to do
both these tasks with 100% accuracy day in and day out. A computer that fails
these tests, perhaps because of old hardware, damaged hardware, or poorly
configured hardware, will be less stable and crash more often. Even worse, it
will become even less stable over time as corrupted data is written to your hard
disk.
By running MemTest you can ensure that your computer's RAM is correctly
functioning. It is wise to test this when you buy a new computer, install new
RAM, or change the configuration of your machine (for instance, to overclock
it). Are you the sort of user who likes to push the performance of your machine
to the edge? Relying upon whether your machine will boot after your new BIOS
tweaks is a poor way to determine the safety of your new settings. Use MemTest
as a true test of stability.