Added support for up to 2 TB of RAM on X64 CPUs.If you have more than 4 GiB RAM in your computer, you need version 5.01 or newer. If you have an old version of Memtest86+, you can test 4 GiB of RAM. This iso file can be cloned directly into a USB drive to make a bootable memtest86+ system and it works both in UEFI mode and the old BIOS mode alias legacy mode. Memtest86+ version 6 (and newer) can be downloaded as a standalone zip file, which contains an iso file. In Ubuntu 16.04.x LTS systems installed in BIOS mode, there are also options 'Test memory', when you boot your computer (via the grub menu).īut when you boot your computer in UEFI mode, there is no option to use Memtest86+ (because it would not work). There is an option 'Test memory', when you boot your computer in BIOS mode (alias CSM alias legacy mode) from a DVD disk or USB pendrive with a cloned copy from the iso file. Memtest86+ is included in most Ubuntu iso files, for example ubuntu-16.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso There is a free version (but I don't think it is open source, and for this reason not available to include in linux distros). The original branch, memtest86 (without plus), works in UEFI mode. If you boot your computer in UEFI mode, older versions of memtest86+ will not work, because they are 16-bit programs. ![]() Version 6 (of memtest86+) works also in UEFI mode, when secure boot is turned off. If you boot your computer in BIOS mode (alias CSM alias legacy mode), memtest86+ works.
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