MemTest86

MemTest86
Original author(s)Chris Brady
Developer(s)PassMark Software
Initial release1994 (1994)[1]
Stable release
11.2 (Build 2000)[2] Edit this on Wikidata / 13 February 2025
Written inC, assembly language
Available in12 languages[3]
List of languages
English, French, German, Czech, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Catalan, Japanese, Chinese
TypeUtility
Licensefreeware, proprietary license
Websitewww.memtest86.com Edit this on Wikidata
Memtest86+
Developer(s)Martin Whitaker, Sam Demeulemeester
Initial release2004 (2004)[4]
Stable release
7.20[5] Edit this on Wikidata / 11 November 2024
Repository
Written inC, assembly language
Available inEnglish
TypeUtility
LicenseGNU General Public License, version 2.0
Websitewww.memtest.org Edit this on Wikidata

MemTest86 and Memtest86+ are memory test software programs designed to test and stress test an x86 architecture computer's random-access memory (RAM) for errors, by writing test patterns to most memory addresses, reading back the data, and comparing for errors.[6] Each tries to verify that the RAM will accept and correctly retain arbitrary patterns of data written to it, that there are no errors where different bits of memory interact, and that there are no conflicts between memory addresses.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference 86history was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "MemTest86 What's New?".
  3. ^ "MemTest86 Feature Comparison". MemTest86.com. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference 86+his was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Release 7.20". 11 November 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  6. ^ "MemTest86 Technical Information". MemTest86.com. PassMark Software. Retrieved 22 October 2015.

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