Windows 10: Why is mdsched so unreliable?

Because of repeated BSODs (memory management, page fault, and numerous others), problems with installers, and certain programs running unstable, I ran mdsched to test my RAM. The tool reported zero errors, and even after a couple of runs kept insisting that everything's fine, even though it clearly is not.

After some other unsuccessful troubleshooting, I ran memtest86. And lo and behold, it immediately started spewing heaps and heaps of errors at me, about 800k in a single pass, all of them in the 12-14 GB range. So how can it be that the memory testing tool included in Windows is unable to detect such a glaringly faulty memory module?

And just for the record, yes, I do realize that no memory testing software can ever be 100% reliable. But still, this discrepancy really seemed kinda odd to me.

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Mdsched

Windows 10 (latest version) would randomly freeze and on hard shutoff give the BSOD - "Memory management"

Ran MdSched. With Standard option it ran two passes and found no problem.

Tried same with extended option. Test froze at 21% of first pass. No problem had been detected at time it froze.

I ran Chkdsk and no problems. I ran sfc/scannow with no problem.

I then ran Mdsched three more times with both standard and extended options. Same result as above.

 

Windows 10 detecting hard disk problems

Hello Bolt,

Apology for the delay in response.

I suggest you to go for Memory Diagnostics manually by following the below steps.

* To open Memory Diagnostics Tool, click Start button, in the search box, type
mdsched, and then select the same from the list.‌ If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

* Select Restart now and check for problems(recommended). Before selecting the same, ensure to close all running applications and files by saving them.

Also I suggest you to go for a complete system scan using Windows Defender or with any available Antivirus software, to make sure that no virus is causing the problem.

Keep us posted how it went.

 

Windows 10 & Problems With System and Compressed Memory Taking Up All Of The Computer's RAM

Hi,

Thanks for replying to us with the status of your issue.

We appreciate you for trying the troubleshooting steps.

As the issue still persists, I suggest you to run memory diagnostics tool and check if it helps.

Memory diagnostics tool will detects possible problems with your computer’s memory, it will prompt you to run the Memory Diagnostics Tool.

Follow the below steps:

• 
  Type Memory Diagnostic in the search area in the task bar and select
  Windows Memory Diagnostic.
  
• 
  Select Restart now and check for problem.
  

For more information, refer to the below link:

Windows Memory Diagnostics Tool - MdSched

Hope it helps, reply to us with the status of your issue, We will be happy to assist you.

Thank you,