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    Diagostic Software

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Jrb599, Jul 14, 2010.

  1. Jrb599

    Jrb599 Newbie

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    I've been taken broken laptops and fixing them up. I wanted to know what programs you guys use to make sure all the hardware is working well.

    One more question. I'm using Memtest 86 and it says my memory runs at 333mhz while the BIOS says 667mhz. Any idea why this may be?
     
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  2. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The real frequency is 333mhz but since the ram is double pumped, the effective frequency is 667mhz.
     
    moral hazard, Jul 15, 2010
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  3. Jrb599

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    Any suggestions on the diagnostic software?
     
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    Marecki_clf Homo laptopicus

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    CPU-Z, GPU-Z, HWINFO32, CPUID Hardware Monitor, GPU Caps Viewer.
     
    Marecki_clf, Jul 15, 2010
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    KimoT Are we not men?

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    classic77 Notebook Evangelist

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    Eurosoft is the industry standard. Give it a google. I use it everyday as part of a PE I have.
     
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    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    Windows places a lot of security, abstraction layers, and latency/overhead between the user and the hardware. This makes meaningful testing, as opposed to simplistic identification and inventory, pretty hard to do.

    You are going to find that most (all?) credible hardware diag software runs from bootable media.

    There are plenty of bootable diag-specific linux distros available as well as commercial products.
     
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    ^such as.......?
     
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    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    Bing search is your friend; learn it love it live it.......

    However, things like systemrescuecd, stresslinux, gpartd, memtest will all bang away at a system pretty thoroughly
     
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    Bing is my friend. There is a lot of junk to go through too, and for someone like me I'm less likely to find something friendly for me.
     
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    sean473 Notebook Prophet

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    CPU-Z, GPU-Z, HWINFO32, CPUID Hardware Monitor, PC Wizard 2009 and built in windows diagnostic tools should be enough.
     
    sean473, Jul 16, 2010
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    none of those 'tools' do much of anything other than reporting what is there.
     
    newsposter, Jul 16, 2010
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