I bought memory from someone in my office. He said its brand new but I have doubts. How can I test if the ram is in fact brand new or how worn it is?
2006-07-19 06:22:11 · 6 answers · asked by Sugar 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
RAM doesn't wear out, unless it's 10 years old, and then it still probably has another 5 years till it's dead.
The MemTest that the 2nd guy wrote about is just to check if your RAM is stable under a certain speed, usually only used by overclockers.
you don't need to worry about the RAM being used or not as long as it works
2006-07-19 06:42:57 · answer #1 · answered by Eng 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ram don't have odometers. If the gold plating is worn off the contacts that means they have removed many times in the past. Windows Xp is the best memory tester around. If you don't get any blue screens of death after playing a few hardcore games for several hours then you can say you have good ram. If you don't play games then just use the computer like you usually do and if you don't get any blue screens after a week or so then the ram should be good.
2006-07-19 06:46:00 · answer #2 · answered by biller19 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You cannot test a worn memory by any means of testing. PC can tell if its worn or not, you can hear a beep if it is. if it is not, it will work normally as the pc boots and you will notice a self memory test that is enabled on the bios that the ram is being tested. The structure of a ram is based on the capabilities of the pc, if the chip is destroyed, all the remaining chip of a ram is unaccessible, because all the chip is interconnected to each other.
2006-07-19 06:57:48 · answer #3 · answered by helpdesk_tech2006 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can run a program called MemTest. It can be downloaded from the Internet. You put it onto a floppy and boot the computer to the floppy. It will run all sorts of tests on your memory.
Of course you have to make sure that the Memory is configured correctly in Bios.
If it is, and it gives errors, then the memory is bad.
2006-07-19 06:29:10 · answer #4 · answered by nWo_Spon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While it is theoretically possible for RAM to "wear out", practically speaking it's effectively impossible. You need not worry. So long as the RAM functions now, it will still function well longer than you will even keep your computer.
2006-07-19 06:27:51 · answer #5 · answered by FriendlyHelper 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
memory doesnt wear-out as such.
there is no ways to test for its newness :)
most RAM chips will have a made date on them
2006-07-19 06:38:35 · answer #6 · answered by Paultech 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋