How to test and safely keep using your RAM

How to test and safely keep using your janky RAM without compromising stability using memtest86+ and the memmap kernel param.

  • tyrant@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 days ago

    Also, check your warranty. I just found some bad ram I bought years ago and thought I was in trouble. Turns out g.skill has a lifetime warranty

    • Lee@retrolemmy.com
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      7 days ago

      I had some bad g.skill DDR4 last year. I assumed it was out of warranty. Thanks for the tip!

    • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz
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      7 days ago

      Really common, actually. RAM doesn’t really wear out, so if you do get hit with some faulty DIMMS, look into RMAs.