if you STILL think that memory is the problem,
then you could try booting to a Linux LiveCD, which has a different
memory test app on it.
LiveCD will not make any changes to your Windows system.
lots of flavors of linux will have it, but here is one:

http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop

http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-windows


Tim



On 05/14/2016 01:13 PM, Dean Kukral wrote:
> Well, I found the Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool under Administrative
> Tools in the Control Panel.
>
> Took 5 minutes to run, and found no problems.
>
> Dean
>
> On 5/14/2016 11:55 AM, Dean Kukral wrote:
>> I had something happen to me that's never happened before.  I was doing
>> my weekly update of Windows 7, and I did the restart, and left. I came
>> back in two hours and I was on the screen that said, "Updating Your
>> Computer Do Not Turn Off Your Computer," or something like that. But,
>> it was hung up at 30%.  The three-fingered salute would not work, nor
>> pressing esc, del, and whatever else.  I had to force a hard shut down
>> by holding the power key down for four seconds.
>>
>> When it came back on the next time, I had it start as normal and all
>> seems fine.  I think that nothing bad has resulted.
>>
>> Anyone have any suggestions of things that I should be doing?
>>
>> I have had some quirks since I built this a year ago, using the latest
>> hardware.  It's possible I have some kind of a memory problem. I tried
>> to have the memory check at boot turned on in the bios of my ASUS ROG
>> motherboard, but I doubt if it is running.  It doesn't seem to have the
>> "slow boot"  like earlier bios that take time to run a memory test.  Are
>> there some memory tests built into 7 that I can use or online? I have
>> four 4GB DDR4 sticks of Corsair Vengeance Memory.
>>
>> Dean Kukral
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