lalittle Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 I just installed 4GB (TW3X4G1333C9DHX) into an Asus P5E3 Deluxe WiFi. During the BIOS memory check, it counts up to 3325 (I 'think' I'm remembering that number correctly), then pauses for a moment, then counts the rest of the way up to 4096 at a slightly slower rate. Is this normal? If so, I'm curious why it pauses, and why it appears to check the last bit more slowly. Thanks, Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekT Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Different operations are being performed. If you complete a pass, you complete a pass. The tests are not the same nor do they take the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lalittle Posted March 16, 2009 Author Share Posted March 16, 2009 Different operations are being performed. If you complete a pass, you complete a pass. The tests are not the same nor do they take the same time. So are you saying that as it progresses, it starts new tests on the same memory that slow the overall progress? Given the way it pauses and slows down, it "looks" like it's doing something different on the memory beyond the 3325 mark, but this would imply that memory beyond 3325 has different tests being run on it than the rest of the memory up to that point. Is the idea that at that point, the system starts some other memory test, which causes the count-up to slow? I always thought that the count-up was simply a representation of which "piece" of memory was being checked, but that it was doing the same thing to each "piece" of memory as it went. Thanks for the info -- I'm just trying to understand this, Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekT Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Thanks for the info -- I'm just trying to understand this About tests performed http://www.memtest86.com/#algo Click "Technical Info" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted March 16, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted March 16, 2009 I think you can probably disable this memory check at POST function and skip this part if you don't like the wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lalittle Posted March 17, 2009 Author Share Posted March 17, 2009 I actually have no problem with the wait -- I just wanted to confirm that it was normal, and I was curious why it was acting that way. I'll take a look at that link. Thanks, Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted March 17, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted March 17, 2009 Yes that is normal if you enable the extended memory test to take longer. But it is really not needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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