Memtest86 4 passes?

[UpGrade01]

Hey guys,

My system has been crashing occasionally without warning. Games with crash to desktop and at time i will get BSOD with a bunch of different error codes. So with that being said i starting running memtest86 and within the first hour it completely 1 pass. Im thinking "great, ill go to bed and when i wake up it should have completed 8-9 passes at this rate." So i wake up and see that the test only completed 4 passes with no error and barely started a new one in 9 hours. Is safe to say that something with my memory is bad or is this normal for memtest???

 

[Flyfisherman]

Hi,
Make sure you run memtest 7 passes
Each pass has a very different algorithm to check the memory's, and after the fifth pass memtest will do a more troughfully test pattern all the way up to the seventh pass.
For 8GB memory it will take the whole night, but just let it run. If there is a problem You can directly interrupt.

If Yo find a problem, then remove one memory stick and run it again. Memtest will be twice as fast on half´f the memory. If no problem, exchange the memory sticks and run it again.

Best regards from Sweden

 

[UpGrade01]

Hi,
Make sure you run memtest 7 passes
Each pass has a very different algorithm to check the memory's, and after the fifth pass memtest will do a more troughfully test pattern all the way up to the seventh pass.
For 8GB memory it will take the whole night, but just let it run. If there is a problem You can directly interrupt.

If Yo find a problem, then remove one memory stick and run it again. Memtest will be twice as fast on half´f the memory. If no problem, exchange the memory sticks and run it again.

Best regards from Sweden

I understand but we are almost 11hours into the test only 88% through the 5th test 16gb

 

[Flyfisherman]

Yeah and it will take some time, be patient.
The thing is, if You afterwards conclude that this thoughtfully memtest has found nothing, yes then you know that this is ok and can continue to search for other problem areas.

Best regards from Sweden