Microsoft Windows Memory Diagnostic Beta

4.2 out of 5 stars 4.2 (16 votes)

BETA (July 31, 2003)

Windows 2000/2003/9x/XP / Freeware / 7,505 downloads

Windows Memory Diagnostic tests the Random Access Memory (RAM) on your computer for errors. The diagnostic includes a comprehensive set of memory tests. If you are experiencing problems while running Windows, you can use the diagnostic to determine whether the problems are caused by failing hardware, such as RAM or the memory system of your motherboard. It is designed to be easy and fast. On most configurations, you can download the diagnostic, read the documentation, run the test and complete the first test pass in less than 30 minutes.

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  1. 3 out of 5 stars
    rbailin

    Reviewing Beta (Aug 1, 2003)

    Like memtest86, this is a standalone program that you boot from floppy or CD. Only the program to create the bootable floppy or CD image is a Windows program.

    Unlike memtest86, it cannot properly test ECC memory because it doesn't bother to turn off ECC first.

    And finally, memtest86 is a ~60KB download;
    Microsoft's WMD (!) is ~640KB.

  2. 5 out of 5 stars
    eL MaesTro

    Reviewing Beta (Aug 1, 2003)

    does the job :]

  3. 3 out of 5 stars
    kingthorin

    Reviewing Beta (Aug 1, 2003)

    Why would someone want to use this program over memtest86? What advantages does it have? Running under windows there is a much larger used portion of RAM that you wouldn't be able to test.

  4. 3 out of 5 stars
    _Shorty

    Reviewing Beta (Aug 1, 2003)

    who said anything was fishy? Nobody that I see. And my only comment was who knows how reliable this thing actually is, and that at least with memtest86 we get an explanation of its testing methods and know that it's very thorough and reliable. With this thing we get nothing. No theory, and obviously no track record since it's new. MS had no need to write this, we already have an awesome tool to do this job. They simply appear to have an extreme distaste for using anything that they didn't write themselves.

  5. 4 out of 5 stars
    cy_clops

    Reviewing Beta (Aug 1, 2003)

    The paranoia in here made me HAVE to download this. I cannot believe some of brainwashing people have gone through. I don't like all of MS's practices, but something fishy about this program?? Come on, get real!

    I give it a four for lack of documentation. I don't claim to know what these tests are, but here are the tests it ran: MATS+, INVC, LRAND, Stride6, WMATS+, WINVC.

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