How To Run Memory Diagnostics

Unlike a hard drive crash that announces itself with clicking sounds or a GPU failure that distorts your screen, faulty RAM (Random Access Memory) often hides behind a mask of maddeningly inconsistent symptoms: random blue screens of death (BSOD), application crashes, corrupted files, or a PC that randomly reboots when you’re in the middle of important work.

This native utility is available on all modern versions of Windows (7 through 11) and is the most straightforward way to check for RAM defects. how to run memory diagnostics