First time using Mem test...help

[Michelle]

I'm running Mem test86 4.3.6 on my pc to try to test the memory due to frequent freeze ups and shut downs. Ever since I got the process running, my computer has been scrolling a dizzying array of blue, red, white and black that is scrolling to fast to read...is this what it's supposed to look like while it's testing? If not, is there some way to stop it besides just shutting the computer off?

I have no idea what to do with this!

[David (PassMark)]

In MemTest86 V4, you should be seeing white text on the blue background.

Like this,


Do you have a old style CRT monitor or a LCD monitor? Maybe it is just the CRT monitor loosing sync and rolling the display. How is the monitor connected to the computer? Do you have another monitor you can try.