any comments on memtest v2.95, a command line memory testing utility?

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hi,

	are there any thoughts about how good this ram tester program is?

	http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/17156

	"memtest v2.95, a command line memory testing utility"

	curious...



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>Message-Id: <7F8327E8-5F0F-11D8-BD30-000A95A0D8CC at cae.wisc.edu>
>From: Kynan Shook <kshook at cae.wisc.edu>
>Subject: Re: [Ti] mail.app problem...but different this time
>Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 11:01:57 -0600
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>...Note, however that there is NO software test (eg Apple Hardware Test,
>TechTool Pro, my little Chess exercise) that will get even close to
>finding all bad modules; I'd guess those catch on average 1 out of
>every 20 bad modules, usually the ones that have massive failures.  The
>ones that just have a few bad bits, or run just a little slower than
>their specification, or have intermittent failures tend to slip by. 
>Even the $5000 hardware RAM tester we have at our shop only catches
>maybe 3 of 4 sticks of bad RAM, I'd estimate.
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