Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 14:52:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Don Wilde <Don@PartsNow.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: computer testers Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970422144910.24344B-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <335D2810.66DD@PartsNow.com>
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On Tue, 22 Apr 1997, Don Wilde wrote: > Are there any quick and repeatable utilities for testing basic > PC hardware (memory, cache, CPU, io and disk? I know you can run a 'make > world', but that seems like a drastic and dangerous way to expose > problems. Morgan's Disk Toolkit (aka M'S**t ScanDisk), NDD and MemTest > come to mind. There aren't any good software memory exercisers, unfortunately. Norton has a Diagnostics tool with a Burnin feature you can run for n times or until you tell it to stop. It'll check stuff, not rigorously, but leave it run for a couple of days and if it's still going, give it the make world test. > I think this is even more pertinent with so many non-parity > Pentium chipsets out there ( like some of mine! 8-( ) Both of my machines are running non-parity (an old SiS, and an ASUS which does support ECC RAM) and I have not had any memory problems. Just lucky I guess :) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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