diagnostic

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jime said:
Is there a diagnostic program to check memory and disk drives
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for harddrives..just check the website of the mfg or your drive...
they prob. have a free utility you can download

as to memory... just google for memtest86


btw: if the utilites find a problem...
there probably is one...
however if they do not find a problem...
there still could be one
 
Is there a diagnostic program to check memory and disk drives
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For memory / CPU / timing:

MemTest86
MemTest86+ (www.memtest.org)
Prime95 (www.mersenne.org)

While the memtest86 programs are good, they often miss
out on diagnosing timing issues (where the PC checks out
fine, but then bluescreens when playing). Prime95 is an
old trade-secret, it's not even a burn-in/test program,
but the calculations that it performs are very
CPU/memory intensive. As a result (and since it self-
checks) it will often throw errors on hardware that
other diagnostic software gave a clean bill-of-health
to.
 
For memory / CPU / timing:

MemTest86
MemTest86+ (www.memtest.org)
Prime95 (www.mersenne.org)

While the memtest86 programs are good, they often miss
out on diagnosing timing issues (where the PC checks out
fine, but then bluescreens when playing). Prime95 is an
old trade-secret, it's not even a burn-in/test program,
but the calculations that it performs are very
CPU/memory intensive. As a result (and since it self-
checks) it will often throw errors on hardware that
other diagnostic software gave a clean bill-of-health
to.
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I concur and Sisoft Sandra is Eye candy Junk.
HTH :)



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