Re: [OCLUG-Tech] why does my new ASUS laptop not run the memory test?

[Brett Delmage <brett [ at ] twobikes [ dot ] ottawa [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca>]

On Wed, 21 Sep 2011, Robert P. J. Day wrote:

>  just picked up a new ASUS laptop and first thing i tried was to just
> boot from a ubuntu 11.04 dvd and do a memory test.  but the memory
> test didn't do anything -- the memtest+ screen came up, but no
> testing, it just sat there.

memtest86?

I found that older versions don't deal with newer Intel CPUs well e.g. i5. 
Get Memtest86+ (http://www.memtest.org/) put it on a USB drive and try 
that.

Brett