Testing RAM on Ubuntu 14.04 (no memtest86+ on boot menu)

[marco.cognetti]

Hello,

I do not know if this is a redundant post, but I did not find the answer to my question checking other posts. In case, sorry.

I installed Ubuntu 14.04.2 on my laptop. I would like to test my RAM.
I usually do it through memtest86+, on the boot menu. This time, however, I do not have it in the grub menu (I have access to the grub menu but it displays just regular Ubuntu and its recovery mode), I guess this is due to some problems between systems with EFI and the software itself .
I tried also with a LIVE CD but it is the same. It does not appear. I tried also to install the software on my Ubuntu and try sudo update-grub2, hoping that it will find it.

I have to say the laptop has no problem, but it is just to be sure that the RAM is fine. Is there a way to install it? Or other ways to test the RAM?

Thank you,
Neostek

[dino99]

maybe install or reinstall memtest86+
on the other hand, fwts is able to scan all the hardware and analyze/propose for found problem related to hardware

[marco.cognetti]

I tried to reinstall it but it does not seems to like it so much. Other ideas?

Neostek

[weatherman2]

Can you temporarily choose "legacy" boot mode? Sometimes you can do this in the firmware settings (aka "BIOS Setup"). If you can, then you'd be able to boot non-EFI from a live USB and get Memtest as a boot menu option again.

Sometimes you can simply choose a boot menu with a key like F12 at boot, and you can choose legacy boot devices there without even mucking with firmware/BIOS settings. Your Ubuntu live USB might then show up more than once in the menu, once without EFI.

[marco.cognetti]

Just for infomation, I downloaded memtest86 from here and mounted on a USB drive. It fully supports EFI systems, while memtest86+ seems to have some problems with that. Anyway, I run two passes of such a software on my RAM.

I guess it is healthy. Am I right?

Thank you,
Neostek

[weatherman2]

If you are experiencing no issues with your laptop, then I'd say after two passes of Memtest your RAM is probably healthy.

Sometimes if people experience intermittent problems, running Memtest in a loop overnight can help find rare failures. This seems not to be the situation with your laptop.

[marco.cognetti]

The test run for 6+ hours making 2 passes and half, founding no problem....
My laptop is new, I just wanted to be sure that the RAM is healthy. I will test it overnight but I guess it is 99% healthy. Since this test run successfully, I guess also the motherboard is fine. Otherwise, I would see some errors.

Am I right?

Thank you,
Neostek

[weatherman2]

Yes, you are right, and I would not waste time running the memory test again overnight.

[marco.cognetti]

Ok thank you so much. It's time to enjoy my laptop.

Thank you,
Neostek

[amerinde]

anyway, yes, mentest is on the ubuntu install disk. at the first purple screen, at the bottom of the screen, u see a keyboard + (someother symbol) hit the arrow key down, then u will get the main screen, and can choose what u want.