Tom's Hardware Italia💻 Memtest86+ 8.0 arriva con una rivoluzione nei test RAM! Scopri tutte le novità di un tool indispensabile. #TechNews #Memtest86Plus
🔗 https://www.tomshw.it/hardware/memtest86-80-con-cpu-intel-e-amd-recenti-2025-11-24
World Basement ClassicOh yeah that's some bad RAM #memtest86plus
Pulling that stick will still leave me with 24GB RAM which is OK for my current needs of this system. Annoying though!
IrishMASMSAlso: from this #W510 experiences I learned there is a difference between #MEMTest86 and #memtest86plus
#wikipedia has a good summary:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MemTest86
In short, the old MEMTest86 went dormant so a fork was created with new capabilities, #processor and #memory support, etc - it resolved the weirdness I experienced trying to test all four DIMM banks on the W510 but MEMTest86 only would see the first DIMM slot
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Part 4/4 following up on the thread:
The continuing efforts with the #ThinkPad #W510: Though that 32GB tested out fine with #MEMTest86plus v7, that does not mean the #BIOS and other circuitry in a W510 can handle 32GB. Thanks to the local vintage computing group cluing me in that e820 BIOS routines were not tested against 32 GB of physical memory. If wonky, then that could confuse the bootloader – the issues I was running into.
On their suggestion, I replaced the #DIMMs with four (4) 4GB DIMMs totaling 16GB. Ran #MEMTest86+ and they passed.
Reinitiated the #Win11 install, and the install worked! But like the #Win10 #x86 install I had on here previously; #Windows is dog slow on this laptop. It was usable, was able to update the latest patches and such, but painful and not the end user experience I wanted. With only a i7 1.6Ghz processor, this may be the cutoff for usability. Any of the i5 or i7 ThinkPads with >2Ghz processors ran Win11 with minimal issues and certainly not with this slowness I experienced.
So, I have re-thought my plans for this #laptop reinstalling #debian latest and thinking about what to do next for my workbench needs. Need to do some research on which other #Lenovo #thinkpads have #eSATA ports which would have faster processors than this W510.
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#vintagecomputing #vintagecomputint #vintagecomputer #vintagecomputers #vintagecomputalk
#vintagehardware #computerHistory #retro #VCF #vintageComputerFestival
#retrocomputing #retroComputers #WallOfRetro #retroTech #retroTechnology
#nerdsOfVintage #happyNerding
#computer #tech #computerHardware #laptop #laptops
#IBM #thinkpad #thinkpads #VintageThinkPad #X86 #WindowsVista #IBMhardware #lenovoHardware #Thinkpadnium
#upcycle #restore #TechnologyRepair #ThinkPadRepair #WasteNotWantNot
Neustradamus :xmpp: :linux:#Memtest86+ 7.20 has been released (#Memtest86Plus / #Memtest / #RAMTester / #MemoryTester / #ComputerMemory) https://www.memtest.org/
StarbeamrainbowlabsHi, I has I new blog post!
A memory tester for the days of UEFI
https://starbeamrainbowlabs.com/blog/article.php?article=posts%2F550-memtest86.html
It started as a look at memtest86+ and the appropriate grub config for my multiboot flash drive, but then I added on a bunch of other grub config things I've done since the last post 2 years ago.
If anyone is interested, I can post my full grub.cfg file somewhere.
#Memtest86+ 7.00 has been released (#Memtest86Plus / #Memtest / #RAMTester / #MemoryTester / #ComputerMemory) https://www.memtest.org/
🧠 #Memtest86Plus si rinnova! Prestazioni migliori, più compatibilità. Scopri ora le novità! #TechUpdate
🔗 https://www.tomshw.it/hardware/lo-storico-memtest86-si-aggiorna-tutte-le-novita
Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4)#Memtest86+ 6.10 is out.
Highlight: support for Secure Boot Signing.
https://memtest.org/ #memtest86plus
https://github.com/memtest86plus/memtest86plus/releases/tag/v6.10
