How can I perform system memory test

[Paul J S]

I am working on Labview 7.1. Is Are there any canned vi's that allows me to do basic memory tests as part of my application?

[Ray.R]

There are no "canned" / "shrink wrapped" memory tests.

There are many varieties of memory tests.  Can you describe what you are trying to do?

Is it for a target device?  A PC?

What does the memory test consist of?  walking 1's & 0's? To what extent do you want to test?  How large is the memory?

You need to describe the specs on the memory test that you need to implement.

R

[Paul J S]

The memory test is on the target system running the Labview code which is PC running Windows XP. No hard requirments on how to tests but I imagine something simple as those perform by general diagnotics utilities. Or maybe if the OS has already performed the RAM test at boot is there's a way to access information from the OS that indicates that the RAM test that XP performed at boot passed with a clean bil of health?

Paul  

[smercurio_fc]

That memory test you see is performed by the BIOS, not XP. Your best bet is to simply use an external utility that you can call from LabVIEW using, for example, System Exec, which allows you to run an executable from LabVIEW. If this third-party tool has an ActiveX interface it's even better because you can directly integrate it into your LabVIEW code. "Do the google" to look for some free memory test apps.