| Tip 139 | Stress Test Your Mac’s Memory |
Problems with the RAM inside your computer can manifest themselves as the random freezing of your computer or as frequent application crashes, especially when a lot of programs are open.
Most experts agree that testing memory is best done using a third-party application called MemTest86. To run the test, you’ll need to burn this to a blank CD-R or CD-RW disc and boot from it as follows (obviously, those with a newer Mac Mini or a MacBook Air will need an external CD-R/RW drive):
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Head over to http://www.memtest.org and download a prebuilt ISO. At the time of this writing, this was described as Precompiled Bootable ISO, accessed via the Download (Pre-build & ISO) link. Usually the ISO is compressed as a ...
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