New Features
- Row Hammer Test (Test 13) now uses double-sided hammering and random data patterns in an attempt to expose more RAM modules susceptible to disturbance errors.
- PXE network boot is now fully supported (MemTest86 Site Edition only) to support scalable, diskless deployment to PXE-enabled clients. Like the Pro version, the configuration file (acquired from the PXE server via TFTP) can be used for customization and configuration of MemTest86 memory tests. Report files can also be uploaded to the server. Logging, however, is unavailable.
- Memory tests are run in Parallel CPU mode by default, if supported by the UEFI firmware. Running in parallel mode significantly decreases the test time as compared to running in single CPU mode and should also help to detect more errors faster. This was made possible after developing a work around for UEFI BIOS bug that prevented multi-threading on some machines.
- Added 'HAMMERPAT' config file parameter to specify the data pattern to use for the row hammer test. By default, random data patterns are used.
- Added 'HAMMERMODE' config file parameter to specify whether to use single or double sided hammering. By default, double-sided hammering is used.
- Added 'CPULIST' config file parameter to specify a subset of available CPUs to enable for the memory tests.
- Added 'DISABLEMP' config file parameter to disable multiprocessor support in MemTest86. This can be used as a workaround for certain UEFI firmwares that have issues running MemTest86 in multi-CPU modes.
- Added 'BGCOLOR' config file parameter to specify the background colour to use
- Added Portuguese translations
- Added Czech translations
Fixes/Enhancements
- Added ECC support for different revisions of Intel Skylake memory controllers
- Fixed ECC detection on Intel Broadwell-H chipsets
- Changed how ECC errors are detected on Broadwell chipsets
- Changed how ECC errors are detected on Atom C2000 chipset
- Fixed incorrect channel/slot number being reported for ECC errors on E5 chipsets
- Added SMBUS (SPD) support for Intel Broxton
- Added SMBUS (SPD) support for Intel Airmont
- Added SMBUS (SPD) support for Intel Sunrise Point-LP
- Reduced the number of iterations for the Modulo 20 Test (Test 9) to decrease the test time
- Reduced the number of addresses to be hammered for the Row hammer Test (Test 13) to decrease the test time
- When no tests are completed, the test report now displays "N/A" as oppose to "PASS"
- The High Precision Event Timer (HPET) is now used to measure the clock speed, if available. Otherwise, the older Programmable Interval Timer (PIT) is used.
- The clock speed displayed in the RAM info is now the effective clock speed as opposed to the actual clock speed. The effective clock speed is twice the actual clock speed for DDR RAM.
- Speeds greater than 10000MB/s are converted to GB/s when displaying memory/cache speeds in the test screen
- Memory sizes greater than 10240MB are now displayed in GB
- Console is no longer forced to 80 x 25 if the current mode has a higher resolution
- Fixed issue with certain UEFI firmware when switching from console to graphics mode
- Fixed RAM benchmark chart title string overflow
- Various system info related updates/fixes (CPU)
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