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Memory testing
I am wondering what type of recomendations someone might have to test memory....Is memtest the best? Ive heard about hardware based testers.....
Also when using memtest or similar how many passes are done before deeming the memory good?
Also when using memtest or similar how many passes are done before deeming the memory good?
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or, as a faster (fastest :) alternative, you put it on ebay stating: "working, but untested memory" :)
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true carlos...i guess if i take the time to test ...i probably would get a better return though :)
I'd think you'll have better results selling memory you can truthfully say has been tested. I know I've bought a few sticks from time to time, and never even bid of memory that's not "tested." I suppose if you had a "DOA guarantee" -- would accept returns for 10 days with a full refund, for example -- that would be okay too. But the best "marketing" is to be able to say it's been "Tested with MemTest86+"
as they say: "time is money", you just need to calculate if it's better for you get a better return or to save the time needed to test it. :)
Yes, I won't argue with that - you should indeed test it. There are already enough problems if someone buy a memory module that later is found to be incompatible with his/her motherboard, or cause weird problems... The least you can do, as you said, is to test with memtest and have a "good" starting point.
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