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Ulrich Stern edited this page Apr 6, 2023 · 82 revisions

XPS 8950

This page has a partial log of the MemTest86-detected errors we had on our XPS 8950.

Notes:

  • the log is partial in that it contains memory errors only from 2023; errors from 2022 are not shown.
    • I initially ran the free version of MemTest86, but upgraded to Pro in July 2022.
  • we ran MemTest86 by booting the machine from a USB flash drive (MemTest86's default), so the regular OS of the machine is not used.
  • if MemTest86 did not freeze (see next bullet), I was able to save its report about the memory error.
    • the reports are nice-looking, pretty detailed, and linked below.
  • in maybe 1/3 of the MemTest86 runs with error, however, the machine froze, often when I tried to stop the test to save a report.
    • I had a similar freeze after running the memory test in Dell's built-in diagnostic, see Home page.
    • it is likely the freezes were caused by the memory errors; the machine never froze after a MemTest86 run without memory error.
  • it is unclear what caused the dramatic drop in speed for the 2023-04-04 report below.

Partial log:

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