to killerb: too late, i already started the windows memory diagnostics tool. but when i tried using that memtest, there was no bar at the top that went through tests. like i said, it showed and only showed this:
no, it doesn't begin. it says this:
Memtest86 v4.10
Intel Core 2 1729 MHz
L1 cache: 32k 24353 mb/s
l2 cache: 2048k 11301 mb/s
l3 cache: none
memory: 2038m 2222mb/s :---------------------------------------…
chipset: intel i945gm/pm (ecc: disabled)- fsb : 133 Mhz- Type : DDR2
settings: Ram: 221 Mhz(DDR443)/ CAS: 4-4-4-12/ Dual channel (Interleaved)
512k e820 off
Memory SPD Informations
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i waited a few minutes, but it hadn't done anything, so i assumed it either didn't work on toshibas, or windows vista, or both. thanks for trying to help though.