| Forum Home | ||||
| Press F1 | ||||
| Thread ID: 47535 | 2004-07-29 06:36:00 | Testing Software | JAllenNZ (3541) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 256358 | 2004-07-29 06:36:00 | I'm sure I read in one of the PC World magazines yet can cannot find it of sofware that would extensively test the hardware. As I have a XP PC that is randomly crashing with a report of HARDWARE FAILURE. Thanks, J. |
JAllenNZ (3541) | ||
| 256359 | 2004-07-29 11:09:00 | Any other info with that error message Alan? Was it Memtest or System Mechanic that was mentioned? Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 256360 | 2004-07-29 11:14:00 | Think he would be thinking more along the lines of a stress test or burnin test. System mechanic just cleans out files. |
metla (154) | ||
| 256361 | 2004-07-29 11:18:00 | www.passmark.com Personally i would take other steps to diagnose a hardware issue,The program above is what PC company techs used to run on machines.......... |
metla (154) | ||
| 256362 | 2004-08-11 08:52:00 | Could be System Mechanic | JAllenNZ (3541) | ||
| 256363 | 2004-08-11 09:17:00 | > I'm sure I read in one of the PC World magazines yet > can cannot find it of sofware that would extensively > test the hardware. As I have a XP PC that is randomly > crashing with a report of HARDWARE FAILURE. > > Thanks, > J. Maybe you are looking for Sisoft SANDRA. This will do an extensive test. It does have a burn in test. You might also think about Memtest86 just to test memory. I would try Memtest first. Have you enabled S.M.A.R.T. on hard dives? |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 256364 | 2004-08-11 09:26:00 | > www.passmark.com > > Personally i would take other steps to diagnose a > hardware issue,The program above is what PC company > techs used to run on machines.......... So what do you use in the way of software diagnose? In general I just replace and test hardware. Unfortunately not all PressF1 members have spare hardware lying about. Not that I really expect an answer from you. Not a sensible one anyway. Going down the garden now to eat worms or check on fairies. |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 256365 | 2004-08-12 00:09:00 | I don't think that motherboard (Pentium II) doesn't support S.M.A.R.T | JAllenNZ (3541) | ||
| 1 | |||||