Memory diagnostic on start up

Morning all went to turn pc on and it booted into memory diagnostic

It threw no errors and since seems to boot up fine. I’ve looked in event viewer and even though I couldn’t find the results of the tests I did find one that says the memory diagnostic scheduled the testing of the computers memory to run the next time the pc starts and that was dated yesterday when I ■■■■ the pc down

When typing memorydiagnosics-result it doesn’t do anything
I’m is there anything I should look at ?

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Task Scheduler

ETA: Did the system flag ‘shut’ or did you mistype it? ‘U’ and ‘I’ are next to each other on the keyboard. :sweat_smile:

Yeah sorry I’m actually typing on my phone I miss spelled it :rofl::rofl:

So would you say that it was just a scheduled test and not a issue and I can’t find any errors

That’s my guess. It could also be a Group Policy, but I don’t believe GP does memory tests by default.

What kind of computer are you using? Is is a home-built system, or something by Dell, HP, etc.?

Those latter companies tend to add a lot of scheduled tasks and background reporting apps.

For sure MSI mobo and Ryzen 7 9800X3D :wink:

It’s a custom built pc from scan

Msi mpg 870e carbon
9800x3d
4090

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I did a little research, and it looks like memory diagnostics are enabled/ disabled in BIOS.

Restart your computer and enter the BIOS/UEFI settings. Look for an option related to Memory Diagnostics or Automatic Testing and disable it. Enabling ‘Quick Boot’ might be all you need to do. Save your changes and exit BIOS/UEFI.

Note that DDR5 BIOS by default uses ‘memory retraining,’ but all this does is slow down the boot process when it runs (like after a BIOS update.)
It’s completely different from memory diagnostics. My computer usually takes about 1-2 minutes to boot, but after a BIOS update I’ve seen it take 10 minutes. I’ve been tempted to think I bricked the system, but all I had to do was wait.

I’ll check when I’m back buddy, been dragged to White House farm with the little ones :rofl:

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I have a Scan pc.
I did a memtest68 last week and got a report in a txt document in the desktop.Test was a pass.
Scan sent me instructions how to do it.Might be worth doing the test.

I know you meant memtest86. The copy editor in me couldn’t help myself. :partying_face:

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I didn’t get any txt in desktop

Im back home now so ill go into bios and have a look and report back

You won’t find the “Quick Boot” option in your BIOS settings.
@BegottenPoet228 mentioned it, but it’s an option from some older motherboards.
X870E Carbon WIFI motherboard does not have this setting.

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Thank you for clarifying. I didn’t much feel like looking at that motherboard manual. Your familiarity with it is helpful.

Do you know what the UEFI setting is that will allow him to disable automatic memory diagnostic at boot?

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I don’t recall this option being available in the BIOS settings.
Memory diagnostic is a built-in tool in Windows for testing RAM.
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Right. But the issue remains: Why is his computer running a memory diagnostic at boot up?

Well I’ve been on and managed a flight and no memory test ran on start up

Only thing I can think is because the sim keeps crashing maybe it’s triggered it ?

It didn’t come back with any errors

I couldn’t find any diagnostic for memory in my bio I will look again tomorrow if the problem continues I’ll just ring scan and they can sort it

I did noticed after disabling nvidia over lay and rolling back my driver I was getting stutters and like Audio stutters. But I did disable it just as the game fired up so I’ll see what it’s like tomorrow.

Memory diagnostic is a built-in tool in Windows, not a BIOS setting.

So what do you think he should look for? I suggested Task Scheduler and Group Policy. Of course, neither of those would run during POST.

After that I’m out of ideas if it’s not a UEFI thing.

Did that memory diagnostic run before or after Windows started?

There is no need for that because there is no scan at every PC startup.