[Leaplist] is there such thing as a cheap RAM memory stick tester?

[patrick]

andrei raevsky wrote:
> Dear friends,
> 
> I increasingly find myself in the situation to have to swap RAM sticks to
> see which one works and to get to the BIOS setup to check for which
> motherboard speeds the RAM stick is designed to work with.
> 
> I was wondering, is there such thing as a cheap RAM tester into which I
> could just stick some RAM and know whether it works, at what speed and how
> big it is?
> 
> I look around on the net and I found these items for truly obscene prices:
> http://www.simmtester.com/page/shop/shop.asp
> 
> Surely there must be something cheaper, way cheaper, out there to identify
> and test RAM?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Andrei
> 
> 
> 
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You get what you pay for.

There are "tests" and there are "tests".  But, for all real electronics
technicians, no part or component is really suitable in any machine, any
radio, TV, or computer, until it is tested for at least 24 hours in that
specific machine.

I have had memory tested in expensive machines that tested bad, but
worked and tested good in a computer.

I have also had memory tested by memory vendors who swore it was good,
and yes, it worked in SOME computers, but, not all, and did fail the
tests in Linux in some systems.

I have a theory, about all this, and it involves "Magic Smoke"!


The real test is where the rubber meets the road.