Knoppix <http://knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html> will give you a pretty good idea of whether or not it works. Just boot it up and try stuff. If stuff works the hardware is probably okay. If something doesn't work it might be hardware problem, but maybe not.
If you're machine has less than 128MB RAM try typing 'knoppix 2' at the boot prompt to avoid starting X.
The Dell diagnostics will run on non-Dell machines. IBM techs use it. It's pretty thorough. You can build a CD with the diag tools on it, but I haven't done it so I can't tell you how. You can get them from support.dell.com, but you may need a Dell service tag to get in.
The Dell diags will test everything you can think of in every way possible. Some of the errors you'll see will be "Hey, this isn't a Dell machine." But it should run.
-- Andrew Jorgensen
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