PassMark Software has shipped MemTest86 7.0, a major update for the veteran memory diagnostic tool. Testing now runs in Parallel CPU Mode by default, as long as it’s supported by the UEFI firmware, significantly improving performance. Smarter testing for the row hammer effect should result in the detection of more "disturbance errors", where memory cells may interfere with each other’s operation and change their values. The MemTest86 Pro Site Edition gains full support for PXE network booting, and uploading report files to the server. (Sounds good to us, too, but keep in mind this is the $2,490 enterprise version.) There’s… [Continue Reading]