Old memtest86 needed for K6-2 CPU \ VOGONS

Reply 1 of 14, by nimdasys_inbox_ru

Posted on 2020-02-26, 19:02

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Do you have FDD ?!

Reply 2 of 14, by bloodem

Posted on 2020-02-26, 20:08

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No, ran memtest86 from DOS (without Emm386).

1 x PLCC-68 / 2 x PGA132 / 5 x Skt 3 / 9 x Skt 7 / 12 x SS7 / 1 x Skt 8 / 14 x Slot 1 / 5 x Slot A
5 x Skt 370 / 8 x Skt A / 2 x Skt 478 / 2 x Skt 754 / 3 x Skt 939 / 7 x LGA775 / 1 x LGA1155
Current PC: Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Backup PC: Core i7 7700k

Reply 3 of 14, by nimdasys_inbox_ru

Posted on 2020-02-26, 21:11

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bloodem wrote on 2020-02-26, 20:08:

No, ran memtest86 from DOS (without Emm386).

Do you know what is GRUB ?!

Reply 4 of 14, by bloodem

Posted on 2020-02-26, 21:15

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are you suggesting to boot a linux live CD or something similar?
Yes I know grub, I used many years lilo before it 😀

1 x PLCC-68 / 2 x PGA132 / 5 x Skt 3 / 9 x Skt 7 / 12 x SS7 / 1 x Skt 8 / 14 x Slot 1 / 5 x Slot A
5 x Skt 370 / 8 x Skt A / 2 x Skt 478 / 2 x Skt 754 / 3 x Skt 939 / 7 x LGA775 / 1 x LGA1155
Current PC: Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Backup PC: Core i7 7700k

Reply 5 of 14, by nimdasys_inbox_ru

Posted on 2020-02-26, 21:23

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bloodem wrote on 2020-02-26, 21:15:

are you suggesting to boot a linux live CD or something similar?
Yes I know grub, I used many years lilo before it 😀

Well then, I'll try to make a image of diskette and convert it to ISO but after 10 hours because now it’s time to sleep...

Reply 6 of 14, by maxtherabbit

Posted on 2020-02-27, 00:17

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memtest 86+ 4.10 works on everything as far back as a 386

Reply 7 of 14, by jtchip

Posted on 2020-02-27, 01:15

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If you really need older versions, the official Memtest86+ site has versions all the way back to v2.00 at http://www.memtest.org/.

Reply 8 of 14, by bloodem

Posted on 2020-02-27, 09:29

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jtchip wrote on 2020-02-27, 01:15:

If you really need older versions, the official Memtest86+ site has versions all the way back to v2.00 at http://www.memtest.org/.

I already tested the versions from memtest.org, but even v2.00 is quite new, from 2008 and it didn't work. I'm talking about v2.xx from the original memtest86 (the ones with no "+"). Those are from 1999 / 2000.

maxtherabbit wrote on 2020-02-27, 00:17:

memtest 86+ 4.10 works on everything as far back as a 386

I tried it and in my case it freezes at startup... (even though the system is now 100% stable, it can withstand 8 hours of AIDA64 CPU/memory stress tests). I remember having this problem in the past too. Some motherboard/RAM combos have issues with newer memtest86 versions.

1 x PLCC-68 / 2 x PGA132 / 5 x Skt 3 / 9 x Skt 7 / 12 x SS7 / 1 x Skt 8 / 14 x Slot 1 / 5 x Slot A
5 x Skt 370 / 8 x Skt A / 2 x Skt 478 / 2 x Skt 754 / 3 x Skt 939 / 7 x LGA775 / 1 x LGA1155
Current PC: Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Backup PC: Core i7 7700k

Reply 9 of 14, by nimdasys_inbox_ru

Posted on 2020-02-27, 10:27

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@bloodem, the only way for solving your problem is using FDD and utility "The All In One Boot Floppy" by Michael Schierl

Reply 10 of 14, by lost77

Posted on 2020-02-27, 18:54

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You can grab MemTest86 2.7 from 2001 here: https://www.ime.usp.br/~rbc/lixo/memt27.zip

Reply 11 of 14, by bloodem

Posted on 2020-02-28, 19:40

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Thanks, @lost77! I guess I'll need to buy a FDD... or a Floppy emulator 😀

1 x PLCC-68 / 2 x PGA132 / 5 x Skt 3 / 9 x Skt 7 / 12 x SS7 / 1 x Skt 8 / 14 x Slot 1 / 5 x Slot A
5 x Skt 370 / 8 x Skt A / 2 x Skt 478 / 2 x Skt 754 / 3 x Skt 939 / 7 x LGA775 / 1 x LGA1155
Current PC: Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Backup PC: Core i7 7700k

Reply 12 of 14, by jtchip

Posted on 2020-02-29, 01:29

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Another option, memtest86 3.0 (non-plus) from 2002:

https://web.archive.org/web/20020923025241/ht … mtest86.com:80/

The link for the 3.0 ISO does work.

Reply 13 of 14, by lost77

Posted on 2020-02-29, 14:46

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bloodem wrote on 2020-02-28, 19:40:

I guess I'll need to buy a FDD... or a Floppy emulator 😀

You should just be able to turn it into a boot CD using most kinds of burn software.

Reply 14 of 14, by bloodem

Posted on 2020-02-29, 16:33

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Yes, I'll probably use a modified Hiren's BootCD in the end.

1 x PLCC-68 / 2 x PGA132 / 5 x Skt 3 / 9 x Skt 7 / 12 x SS7 / 1 x Skt 8 / 14 x Slot 1 / 5 x Slot A
5 x Skt 370 / 8 x Skt A / 2 x Skt 478 / 2 x Skt 754 / 3 x Skt 939 / 7 x LGA775 / 1 x LGA1155
Current PC: Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Backup PC: Core i7 7700k

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