Try testing your RAM for errors?

During use, your computer is slow, often has blue screen errors, automatically resets? So why not try testing the RAM to see if it is faulty or not?

As you know, RAM is an indispensable part to help the computer operate. Like other electronic devices, when used for a long time, RAM is also prone to wear and tear, performance degradation, and even memory chip errors. So how do we diagnose whether RAM is faulty? Below are simple but extremely accurate ways to test RAM.

Method 1: Use Windows Memory Diagnostic to check for RAM errors

To do this, your computer must still boot into Windows normally. To run Windows Memory Diagnostic, you can apply 1 of the 2 ways below:

Go to Run and type mdsched.exe > Enter .
Go to Control Panel > All Control Panel Items > Administrative Tools . Run the Windows Memory Diagnostic utility here.

The main interface of Windows Memory Diagnostic will look like this:

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OK, the RAM checker we need is activated. Now click on Restart now and check for problems (recommended) to restart your computer and start the RAM check process. Note that before clicking on this option, you should close all running applications.

Your computer will now restart and the Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool will start to run and start checking for RAM errors. You will need to wait for a while for the program to work.

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After running the program, the computer will restart once more and go straight to the Desktop screen. At this time, a notification about the current status of RAM will appear in the lower right corner of the Taskbar.

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If you want to take a closer look at the messages, you can open Windows Logs to see. To view Windows Logs, open Event Viewer in the same way as opening Windows Memory Diagnostic according to the instructions above.

After opening Event Viewer, click on Windows Logs => select System => select Find.

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Enter the keyword MemoryDiagnostic in the Find what box and click Find Next to search.

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And the result is as below

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Method 2: Use Memtest86 to check RAM

Step 1: Download Memtest86, the software has 2 versions: free and paid, but you only need to download the free version.

Step 2: Create USB Boot, because the user's computer cannot access Windows, you need to use another device, download Memtest86 then transfer Memtest86 to USB (called USB Boot).

To create USB Boot, open the downloaded Memtest86 > Click I Agree as shown.

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In the Select your USB Flash Drive section, select the USB drive and click Create to create the USB boot capability.

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After the program finishes running, you have a bootable USB to test RAM.

Step 3: Check RAM with Memtest86

After you have a bootable USB that can test RAM, now proceed to test RAM. Next, plug the USB into the computer that needs to be tested and select boot mode from the USB drive.

Step 4: Now Memtest86 will proceed to check the RAM on the user's device.

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If the result does not detect any errors, it means that the RAM on the system is still working properly. On the contrary, if there are errors, it is very likely that the RAM on your computer has a problem.

How to check what type of RAM you have?

Besides testing RAM to see if there are any errors, many of you also wonder what type of RAM your laptop/PC uses, how much capacity, and what buss to upgrade.

To determine the type of RAM your system is using, you can apply the following methods.

1. Look directly at the product label

Any type of RAM, whether laptop or PC RAM, is labeled with the type of RAM being used.

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2. Use CPU-Z software

You download CPU-Z software here, then you proceed to install it.

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After installation is complete, on the main interface, switch to the Memory card.

This card contains the following parameters:

Type : The type of RAM or RAM generation the machine is using, for example: DDR, DDR2, DDR3.

Size : Total amount of RAM currently in use on your computer.

Channel : The number of RAMs plugged into the machine can be Single (one RAM) or Dual (2 RAMs) or Triple (3 RAMs).

DRAM Frequency : Is the standard speed of RAM, for DDR, DDR2, DDR3, DDR4 RAM types, take the DRAM Frequency parameter multiplied by 2, the result is the RAM Bus speed.