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Sep 13 2009
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MICG  0.3.4b Worked flawlessly on my G4.

Nice output and simple.

If you buy new RAM or used this is the utility to have installed to test

it. Don't waste time with RAM when you buy it, test it ASAP and get

your $'s worth. I've been fortunate to never have had defective RAM, and

testing it just confirms it. I'm happy.  
(Version 0.3.5b)

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Sep 1 2009

MACTECHHEAD  Previous version and this newest version seem to be buggy. I no longer see my ram slots or visual info like it used to do before I updated to 10.5.8.

Something's broken.

Here is what I see instead - http://i29.tinypic.com/6yfedg.jpg

The Console log shows nothing useful.

/Rember.app/Contents/MacOS/Rember[5539] CPSGetCurrentProcess(): This call is deprecated and should not be called anymore.

/Rember.app/Contents/MacOS/Rember[5539] CPSGetCurrentProcess(): This call is deprecated and should not be called anymore.

/Rember.app/Contents/MacOS/Rember[5539] CPSGetFrontProcess(): This call is deprecated and should not be called   
(Version 0.3.5b)

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Aug 8 2008

SOME1  Why does my CPU temp shoot over 125 C (according to iStat Pro and SMC Fan Control) when running the memory test? This can't be safe! I have a Macbook Pro running Leopard 10.5.4.  
(Version 0.3.4b)

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Sep 1 2008

EDDIE_KELLEY  When processor activity is high, the temperature of the processor increases. This is normal behavior in all computer processors. If a cooling mechanism in your computer fails, the temperature increase may be problematic, but for most machines the increase in temperature should be harmless.  
(Version 0.3.4b)

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Jan 3 2008
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RACER27X  I really appreciate Rember. I got me out of, what seemed like, a hopeless problem with my Mac.  
(Version 0.3.4b)

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Nov 1 2007

MAC ADAM  When I test all memory, "NOTE: Memory request is too large, reducing to acceptable value...", I have a error in Block Sequential ?

No Error when I test less memory…

Is it a Bug or my memory ?  
(Version 0.3.4b)

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Sep 22 2007

EDDIE_KELLEY  The newest version of Rember (0.3.4b) includes a memtest executable that is more compatible with 64-bit Intel based machines. This should eliminate crashing and slow testing on Apple's newest hardware.  
(Version 0.3.4b)

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Apr 20 2008

MDD-MAN  I am very grateful for Rember and Memtest, and only want to help improve them.

It would be very nice if the memory test would permit different ranges of memory to be tested sequentially (or by some other algorithm that covers the entire memory range). If this is already done, then, in the immortal words of SNL great Emily LaTella -- never mind!)

Thus before each test a different memory range would be allocated and locked in, which would slow things down a bit. A possible algorithm for 2 GB RAM, where (say) only 1.5 GB can be tested by Rember, would be to do #1-to-#1.5GB on the 1st pass, #1.5GB-to-#2GB and #1-to-#1GB on the 2nd pass, etc.   
(Version 0.3.4b)

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Sep 14 2007

HEATHERMASON  Does it tell you that your ram is bad by freezing up your mac and forcing you to do a hard shut down? Or is that it's way of telling you Rember/Memtest itself is bad?  
(Version 0.3.3b)

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Sep 21 2007

EDDIE_KELLEY  Please provide more information about the crashing that you are experiencing:

Machine type (ie. G4, G5, Intel)

Operating system version (ie. 10.3, 10.4)

Amount of installed memory

At what point is the program freezing? Does it freeze on launch? Does it freeze once you've started tests?  
(Version 0.3.4b)

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Dec 30 2007

RACER27X  When Rember found a bad stick of RAM, I guess the RAM was so bad that a kernel panic and crash resulted. But after I figured out which RAM was bad and removed it, my system was better. Rember was able to test the remaining RAM without crashing.

I downloaded Rember in order to help diagnose an on-going kernel crash problem. It definitely helped me!  
(Version 0.3.4b)

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Aug 19 2005

ANONYMOUS  doesn't like my B&W G3. "dyld: incompatible cpu-subtype"  
(Version 0.3b)

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Aug 19 2005

EDDIE KELLEY  Version 0.2.3b of Rember is compatible with the G3 processor. I would recommend using it. That version can be found at www.kelleycomputing.net/rember.  
(Version 0.3b)

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Aug 20 2005

ANDREAS/MITCH  You can dl the orig. memtest 411 and copy the g3 build into the same place in rember.

orig. 411 memtest has all builds, but have problems to use the G3 one.

This happen to the gui also.

With this way, memtest (with rember) works with the new memtest 411  
(Version 0.3b)

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Aug 20 2005

ANDREAS/MITCH  Forgoten:

DL Link for V411 (g3):

http://www.memtestosx.org/download2/

Its named pre1039, butt runs with tiger too.  
(Version 0.3b)

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Oct 10 2005

EDDIE KELLEY  I have posted a version of Rember that includes the alternative memtest executable (for systems lower than 10.3.9 and G3 based machines) on the Rember download page (http://www.kelleycomputing.net/rember).  
(Version 0.3b)

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Mar 4 2005

AJ  useful when you get a kernel panic and dont want to wait through the hardware test on the OSX cd to confirm that it is bad ram.

running rember should be the first thing you do after installing new ram.  
(Version 0.2.3b)

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Jan 6 2005
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ZOOM77  This app has successfully found bad RAM on 2 Macs for me so far. It takes a long time to run but if there is bad RAM it should find it.

? for the dev: does this only test the first 2gb of memory?

Requested memory: 1988MB (2084569088 bytes)

Available memory: 1988MB (2085318656 bytes)

Allocated memory: 1988MB (2084569088 bytes)

I have a G5 with 6.5gb of memory I want to test.  
(Version 0.2.2b)

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Jan 8 2005

EDDIE  There is a limit in 10.3 and lower that only allow any one application to allocate 2 GB of RAM. Apple's memory testing utilities have the same problems. Tiger (Mac OS 10.4) should solve this issue, as it is a 64 bit operating system.  
(Version 0.2.2b)

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