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• Tried to update and shut down my PC and now I get this. What's the deal?

  It comes in either a bootable ISO or an EFI file. I'd recommend putting Ventoy on a flash drive and loading either the EFI file (listed as "Binary Files" on the page) or "Linux ISO w/ Grub" versions from that. This will wipe the flash drive, but you can just drag and drop ISOs or whatever into a folder and boot them without something like Rufus or Etcher. It's quite nice to have on hand either way for things like... Source: over 1 year ago

• Got some questions about system stability

  I've been having some weird issues such as Discord restarting itself and browser tabs crashing randomly. Originally I thought I was having some issue with Electron related programs, but the more I Google the more I see "test the ram" so I finally did. For context, my hesitation on testing ram is I haven't had a game crash or act weird once, outside of normal Linux things (Pop!_OS), it's just been browsers and... Source: over 1 year ago

• To the PC gamers of Better Ask Reddit: How do you do it?

  Memtest86+ to check your RAM. A tutorial here. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Need help with random reboots

  You might want to check for memory problems. You can create a bootable thumbdrive with the memtest86+ installer at https://memtest.org/. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Desperately need help, frequent program crashes

  What I would do is create a bootable thumbdrive with Memtest86+ installed. You can read about it and find the download link at (https://memtest.org) . What you'll be downloading is the program to install memtest86+ on a thumbdrive. Source: almost 2 years ago

• B650E-F non functional.

  That's good advice, especially when having many issues. RAM can be finicky (due to official specs, platform it's targeted for and timings) I usually test new ram configurations using an USB stick with memtest86+ on it (free from memtest.org). Some 7000 series CPU's seems to have trouble running RAM at 6000, and even though 6000 seems to be the norm, it is considered overclocking and the official specs are:. Source: almost 2 years ago

• X670E Hero ram slots A1&A2 wont work after 3days of no electricity

  Additional step is to boot Memtest86+ and see whether the system behaves as expected. Is the status of the different memory slots reported correctly? Source: almost 2 years ago

• Consistent total system crashes on PC

  Check if the cooling is not clogged up with dust, check if the PSU is rated comfortably above what your CPU and grfx card are supposed to draw. You can also check if you have bad Ram with this. For stresstesing your system you can use this. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Laptop abruptly powers off during live trial of fedora.

  Sounds like a hardware fault. Run a memtest. If that passes without errors, your motherboard might be dieing. Source: about 2 years ago

• Checks for Memory Health

  2.: At work we use program called memtest86+ for checking Memory. You just have to create bootable USB stick (Using Rufus for example) and just boot from it. Source: about 2 years ago

• pc restarts when loading into a game

  I would suggest testing the RAM with Memtest86+. Ideally let it run for at least a couple passes if it doesn't find any errors before that, this will take several hours. Source: about 2 years ago

• Upgrade from 4gb RAM to 8gb RAM

  2) If it still goes into a blue screen, run MemTest86 to see which stick of RAM is causing the issue. If you see errors, the RAM stick is very likely faulty. Source: about 2 years ago

• KDE Neon randomly freezes, can't access Virtual Terminal, have to restart system

  As long as the kernel is new enough to support the CPU and iGPU, then a memtest sounds like the next step. I have a USB men stick setup with Ventoy, I have Memtest86+ on it for testing as needed. https://memtest.org I have some other things on it too for installs and maintenance. Source: about 2 years ago

• Windows Corrupted File SFC

  Go to https://memtest.org and create a bootable USB stick. Source: about 2 years ago

• Continuously Getting Error Messages While Trying to Play

  I'd test the ram first. There's a download on the right side of https://memtest.org/ to make a bootable usb drive. Boot from that and let the test run for a couple hours. Any errors will show up in red and will let you know which slot the bad ram is in. You can then remove that stick and test again to make sure you removed the correct one. Source: about 2 years ago

• When root on ZFS breaks on Arch Linux

  I am not sure what is consensus, but I use this: https://memtest.org/. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

• pc constantly rebooting itself

  Given that you have ruled out cpu and gpu overheating, I'd do an overnight run of memtest86+. Make a bootable USB at memtest.org. If the memory seems fine, then I would suspect the PSU. Putting it in another computer as a test is a good idea, so long as that other computer puts a comparable if not higher load on the rails. If it is putting a lighter load on the PSU then it won't necessarily trigger the issue... Source: about 2 years ago

• TrueNAS Core keep crashing

  Nope you build a bootable flash drive, can download it from https://memtest.org/. Source: about 2 years ago

• B550M AORUS ELITE became unable to boot windows

  It may be caused by faulty RAM stick. Make bootable pendrive with MemTest on it and test the RAM for few hours. Https://memtest.org/. Source: over 2 years ago

• Brand new server with checksum errors 1 week in. Is this serious?

  Run memtest iso (https://memtest.org/) and verify that the memory works as expected. I've had all kinds of crashes / corruptions with faulty memory. Your drives are most likely fine. Source: over 2 years ago

• How can I find out why my computer is crashing?

  Download and run the memtest86+ USB tool to see if the RAM is OK. Source: over 2 years ago