[Sussex] Hardware diagnostic tools

[Pybe]

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

Absolutely stuffed with tools


On 5/9/06, Paul Tansom <paul at aptanet.com> wrote:
>
> To date in my IT career I've not had any need for much in the way of
> hardware diagnostic tools. When working at IBM there were a few internal
> tools, then a smattering of AMIdiags, HD manufacturers own test tools
> (all re-badged versions of the Ontrack tools!), Memtest, etc.. At the
> moment, however, I have a machine that is irritating me majorly, so I've
> started looking around at what is available, what it does and at what
> prices.
>
> So AMIdiags is still around, but looking rather old. I've also started
> looking at things like PC Certify, one from Trinitech and there's
> Microscope for Micro2000, and Sandra from SiSoft, etc. etc. I've not
> found huge amounts of Linux/open source stuff though - Memtest, CPUburn
> and a couple of others.
>
> So, does anyone have any recommendations in this area. The sales pitch
> on the Microscope package goes well, but many of the commercial packages
> are pretty expensive, so it would be nice if I could find someone with
> experience of one or more. Ideally there would be an open source package
> or selection that I could run from a Linux boot CD (hmm, must take a
> closer look at the Linux BBC!).
>
> Basically it has to boot off a CD (or diskette possibly, but they seem
> pretty small these days!) so it can bypass the OS and test all the
> hardware (CPU, memory, HD, graphics, etc., etc.).
>
> OK, running out of steam tonight. Hopefully that makes sense!
>
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