There seems to be a misconception about issues with system locks, crashes, data corruption, boot problems, checksum errors, failed scrubs, failed network transfers, and all types of weird problems! One thing I can say with confidence is that “memtests” are a waste of time. :-1: If your RAM was “ba…

PSA: "Memtests" are pointless

winnielinnie February 12, 2026, 5:55pm 7

Here’s yet another example of a memtest totally not revealing RAM issues.

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