Best way to test this memory for errors?

[Fisher]

i took abit of a gamble and brought this memory off ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....m=170138536896&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=007

i took out my mushkin memory from my comp in the sig and stuck this in to test it out. i had no troubles booting up and using applications and no bsod. i have memtest86 biult into the bios of my dfi board but i have never used it before. i was wondering what is the best test(s) to use on the memory or do i just stick in the ram and let memtest86 run?

 

[ssc456]

yeah jus let memtest run that will do the job but the chances are if your booting up and running ok then the RAM is ok.

its a strange thing about RAM where it usually works or it doesnt full stop.

so if your RAM didnt work youd know bout it

 

[Fisher]

ive been letting it run now and its passed 3 times on all of the tests so it looks like my gamble paid off

 

[spywarebanisher]

ram is weird. just run memtest.

 

[Rudster8161]

there is also a built in mem test for vista

 

[Kage]

Seems alright though, I mean 512MB of memory for 99p?

 

[Fisher]

it was a good buy. ive been building a cheap budget system for my girlferiend for when she goes to uni. its almost done. ill put up a post about it when its finished. itsd relly cheap (£88.06) and based around an athlon 64 skt939 3200+

 

[Kage]

Wow, thats amazing value for money!

 

[Rubber314Chicken]

that is a great price for a low end computer.

 

[muz]

hey i built this one here for around £50
pentium 4 2.8GHZ most expensive part £25
mobo -free
Ram-256MB £4
hard drive-40GB one from prev build
60GB-£13
other bits like fans and a new heatsink £7
case from prev build
But yeah that is a pretty cheap budget system right there . I mean 512MB ram for 99P what a bargin .