Call It A Comeback: Memtest86+ Returns To Scan Your DDR5 And DDR4 Memory For Defects

If you were not aware, Memtest86, originally written by Chris Brady in 1994, is used to stress test RAM and prove out stability. Memtest86+ is an open source fork of that original software. Boot failures and many crashes can often be rooted in RAM problems. Sometimes it's as simple as bad seating, sometimes it's damage from power failure. Those are usually pretty easy to determine, especially if you have a spare motherboard lying around or just taking it out and putting it back in. What if the issue is at the software or firmware level, though? That's where Memtest86+ comes in.
The software is so ubiquitous with memory reliability testing that many Linux operating systems include it within their distributions. Though much of it has been modified for those distributions to work on modern computing devices, such as making it work on UEFI based systems. That's where the latest update comes in.

Version 6 of Memtest86+ was a complete rewrite of the software. Thanks to this, it now has added support for the latest generation chipsets from AMD and Intel while simultaneously adding support for older NVIDIA and AMD chipsets. Of course, there are a bunch of bug fixes and enhancements overall. The change log includes support for DDR4 and DDR5, XMP 3.0, up to 256 cores, x64 long mode paging, and UEFI 32 and 64 bits.
If you want to see the full changelog or download the latest edition of the tool you can grab it from the official website.