Sunday, February 19, 2012

TIPS & TRICKS: Testing RAM on a Mac

For years, I've used memtest86 to test RAM on PC's. On Macs, I've used TechTools. However, Apple stopped including TechTools Deluxe with AppleCare. Luckily, the open source community comes through again. A tool called memtest, which is a port to Macs from the PC version, does the job.

http://www.command-tab.com/2008/01/11/how-to-test-ram-under-mac-os-x/

This write-up was more thorough and how I came across this tool in the first place:

http://www.littleprojects.org/blog/2011/02/03/testing-ram-on-a-macbook-pro/

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