I have been using something called "The Ultimate Boot CD" for years. It
has served me well. I haven't updated it since I downloaded it a couple of
years ago, but after a simple google search, it is still at
www.ultimatebootcd.com
Best of all, it's free! The version I have has many, many tests on it, but it
is simple to use. I can only assume they've improved it over the years.
Good luck,
Gordon Montgomery
Living Scriptures, Inc.
(801) 627-2000
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Powell, MMfab" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 7:12 PM
Subject: [HP3000-L] OT: PC hardware diagnostics
> Anybody have any experience / recommendations? I'm looking for hardware
> tests that can be run from a bootable CD, completely bypassing Windows. I've
> done some searches and found a few products that claim to be perfect in every
> way, but they don't give enough specifics to tell me how close they are to
> what I want.
>
> My ideal diagnostics would be much like the CD Dell ships with their Optiplex
> machines, but I want to buy other brands which sadly come with lame
> diagnostics, or none at all. And the Dell CDs don't like to run on other
> brands. Dell's CD offers nice choices full system tests or a menu of
> individual tests, choice of quick or long flavors of most tests, etc, etc.
>
> PS: the bit about bypassing Windows is a big deal for me. Just recently
> Windows on a month-old Dell decided to boot into BSOD with a pretty useless
> error message, but the Dell bootable CD ran just fine and reported memory &
> cache errors and it was easy to get Dell to replace the parts. Without that
> CD I might have gone on a Windows reinstall wild goose chase. Either that or
> I'd still be on the phone with Dell support.
>
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