How To Test Memory Windows 10

Diagnose retentiveness problems on your PC

If Windows detects possible problems with your PC's memory, information technology volition prompt yous to run the Windows Retention Diagnostics Tool.

How to run the Retentiveness Diagnostics Tool

When you get notified that your PC might have a memory problem, tap or click the notification to cull between two options for when to run the Retention Diagnostics Tool: restart at present or later. We recommend you lot restart now.

The Retentivity Diagnostics Tool volition run automatically after you restart your PC, and it might take several minutes for it to finish checking your PC'south memory. If the tool finds errors, you should contact your PC manufacturer for info about fixing them, since memory errors normally indicate a trouble with the memory fries in your PC or other hardware problems.

The Memory Diagnostics Tool dialog box Memory Diagnostics Tool dialog box

To run the Memory Diagnostics Tool manually

If the Windows Memory Diagnostics tool doesn't run automatically, y'all can run information technology manually.

Tap or click to open the Retentivity Diagnostics Tool.‌ You lot might exist asked for an admin password or to confirm your pick.
Choose when to run the tool.

The Memory Diagnostics Tool volition run subsequently you restart your computer.
Once the Memory Diagnostics Tool has completed and Windows has restarted, tap or click Desktop on the Start screen. The test results volition appear in a Windows Retentiveness Diagnostic notification. Yous tin can likewise find the Memory Diagnostics Tool results in Event Viewer.

How to find Retentiveness Diagnostics Tool results in Effect Viewer

Open up Event Viewer by swiping in from the right border of the screen, tapping Search (or if y'all're using a mouse, pointing to the upper-correct corner of the screen, moving the mouse pointer down, and so clicking Search), entering Event Viewer in the search box, borer or clicking Settings, and and then tapping or clicking View upshot logs.
Under Windows Logs, tap or click Organization, and then under Actions tap or click Filter Current Log.
Tap or click the Event sources driblet-downward, select MemoryDiagnostics-Results, and then tap or click OK.
From the filtered list, click an upshot to view its results.

Advanced options for running the Retentivity Diagnostics Tool

We recommend that you let the Memory Diagnostics Tool run automatically. However, avant-garde users might want to change the tool'south settings.

To change settings

When the Memory Diagnostics Tool starts, press F1.
You can change the following settings:
- Test mix. Choose what type of exam you want to run: Basic, Standard, or Extended. The choices are described in the tool.
- Enshroud. Choose the enshroud setting yous desire for each exam: Default, On, or Off.
- Pass count. Enter the number of times you want to repeat the test.
Printing F10 to start the test.