OT: Talking of laptops...

Can anyone recommend some memory testing software?

My Acer's been running faultlessly for a couple of years, but it's been running a tad short of memory. So I ordered another 1gig from Crucial.

But I cocked up; I went through the configurerer and selected the 1gig chip (to end up with a gig and a half), but for some reason then changed it for their other (cheaper) option of 2x512 (ooops).

So anyway, I replaced my 512 with their 2x512s. And it's run beautifully for a month or so. So today I flogged the original chip...

....and tonight I ended up with a BSOD memory parity error. Bollocks.

It's possible that a clean of the contacts and re-seat may sort it, but to check it out I'd like to exercise the memory for an extended period.

Any suggestions? And will I have to run DOS or CP/M or somesuch..?
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Gyp
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