From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 22 14:52:20 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA08595 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 22 Apr 1997 14:52:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA08585 for ; Tue, 22 Apr 1997 14:52:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id OAA24359; Tue, 22 Apr 1997 14:52:12 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 14:52:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Don Wilde cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: computer testers In-Reply-To: <335D2810.66DD@PartsNow.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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