On Fri, 2007-06-08 at 12:13 -0700, Gary Thornock wrote: > --- Daniel Dilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm having some issues that seem to indicate that either a hard > > drive, the RAM, or the CPU is bad. Do you guys know of any > > decent software to test those parts. Preferably they would > > boot off of CD so that Windows wouldn't keep them from doing a > > full test? I don't care if the hard-drive test destroys data, > > because I'm using RAID 1, and will just pull one drive at a > > time, and then rebuild after the test. > > MemTest86+ is probably as good a memory test as you'll find. For > the hard drives, if you don't mind spending a few dollars, I'd > recommend SpinRite 6. No ideas for testing the CPU, though.
In all seriousness, installing and using Linux is a great way to test your hardware, since you get more verbose messages during boot and use, in /var/log/messages. Trying to deduce something from Windows' logs is an exercise in futility. By the way I'm feeling really left out, as far as operating system versions go. Windows has forked into many cool-sounding OS's like Vista Premium, Vista Ultimate, Vista Penultimate, etc. All I have is plain old Fedora. My server OS, CentOS5, is also similarly plain and obviously inferior, as it lacks a superior version, or even a "Server" version. > > -------------------- > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their > author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
