How can I check my RAM?

[BlindSoul]

Hello,

I've just installed new RAM I've bought on eBay.
and I was wondering if there are any tests possible to do for Mac.
( Simple things not something complicated gotta burn and all ).

Thank you very much!

 

[simsaladimbamba]

xBench and GeekBench perhaps?

 

[Hellhammer]

If the machine boots and all RAM is seen in Activity Monitor, then there is no need to do anything.

 

[Detrius]

BS to all of the above.

http://memtest.org/
Download the latest ISO, burn it to CD, and boot from it.

or

http://kelleycomputing.net/rember/
Copy it into your applications folder, then boot in single user mode
/Applications/Rember.app/Contents/Resources/memtest all 10


Anything that tests your RAM while booted into OS X is necessarily going to be a bad RAM test--including Rember. You have to have as small of an OS footprint as possible so that as much of your RAM as possible is being tested.

 

[mkrishnan]

BS to all of the above.

There is more discussion here: I think these recommendations are still valid.

http://guides.macrumors.com/Testing_RAM

 

[Detrius]

There is more discussion here: I think these recommendations are still valid.

http://guides.macrumors.com/Testing_RAM

Your link pretty well backed me up. Memtest86+ is a free alternative to Memtest86, but it looks and works almost exactly the same. Both boot to a DOS CD.

Also, just like I said, the Mac-based software should be run from single-user mode.

 

[BlindSoul]

What do you mean a Single user mode? How can I boot as a single user mode?

Thank you!

 

[Detrius]

I didn't say because I expected you either already knew or would find a great discussion with ten seconds of googling.

Boot the machine holding command-s. it drops you to a command prompt immediately.