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{{Explanatory Guide | |||
|Device=Raspberry Pi | |||
|Type=Troubleshooting/Diagnostics | |||
|Difficulty=1. Easy | |||
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{{Stub}}To test that the RAM is working correctly, the <code>memtester</code> package can be installed: | |||
sudo apt update && sudo apt install memtester | sudo apt update && sudo apt install memtester | ||
Check how much RAM is available with the <code>free</code> command: | Check how much RAM is available with the <code>free</code> command: | ||
Latest revision as of 20:44, 13 January 2024
| Raspberry Pi RAM Test | |
|---|---|
| Type | Troubleshooting/Diagnostics |
| Device(s) | Raspberry Pi |
| Difficulty | ◉◌◌◌ Easy |
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To test that the RAM is working correctly, the memtester package can be installed:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install memtester
Check how much RAM is available with the free command:
free
This produces the following output:
total used free shared buff/cache available Mem: 945292 64212 609464 696 271616 824816 Swap: 102396 0 102396
In the above example, 824MB are available. To test those 824MB two times, run the following command:
sudo memtester 824M 2
- If the command gets killed by the OOM killer, try testing a smaller amount of RAM.
- To test more than 3GB of RAM, a 64 bit version of Raspberry Pi OS must be used.
- To increase the amount of available RAM, close all other programs. You can also boot the Pi in console mode (
sudo raspi-config, choose options1,S5, andB2) to test the maximum amount of RAM possible.