Test/diagnose/stress test Laptop hardware component

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Hi,

I'm preparing few old Lenovo thinkpad Edge 530 and 531, 14 of them. I'm already in the process of buying SSD to replace the original HDD. Before I buy the disks I will like test/stresstest the laptops.

What will be the best approach to accomplish this?

Do you to know if there is an utility that comprehensively test every single hardware component, including testing the fingerprint reader/scanner (without having to resort to setup Windows Hello).

There are utilities like Speecy and HWINFO that tells you the hardware on your computer but they don't do any test. Then you have tools like ismylcdok, keyboardtester, HDsentinel, Furmark, memtest86, etc but those are specific for what they do and again I haven't found something to test the fingerprint reader. I will also like to test the ports, touchopad, speaker, etc.

Thanks.

 

Use the ThinkPAD software for that (it may have the fingerprint hardware testing too). I think it is now called Lenovo Companion (sorry, don't have a ThinkPAD near me...).

Myself? They are best tested with a clean install of Win10x64 Pro... if you can update to the latest BIOS, install Windows and drivers (again; use the ThinkPAD utility for updating drivers...) and then install your programs as needed; the system is 99.99% good to go.

Good luck.

 

@3d1l I use Prime95 running simultaneously with MSI Kombustor (Furmark). It fills the memory almost to the limit, stresses both CPU and GPU. Run it for at least 15 minutes; it will tell you whether the system is stable or not, and whether it needs a repaste. For testing peripherals, get Lenovo software from the driver download page. Testing USB ports can be done quite fast with any USB 3.0 thumb drive or card reader.

 

HDTune for HDD (Though maybe not necessary in this case)
Memtest86 for RAM
Prime95 for CPU
Unigine on loop for GPU

I don't suggest Furmark or Kombuster for GPU.

 

Hi again,

Thanks you all for the responses. I know about the Lenovo utility but it had very low reviews and it didn't check every single component. Since it seems that I need to use different tools and there will be thing that I will have to test in a hands-on manner, I think that it will be good to create a checklist so I don't miss anything. The process could become tedious.

The BIOS update and the use of Prime95 were well noted.

Best regards.

 

You're welcome.

Just note that reviews are not all that important in how thoroughly Lenovo's own can test their (own) hardware/software.

Neither does hammering a system in an unrealistic workload make that system 'pass/fail' on that process for normal work.

 

Agreed on Furmark, never really ran into problems with Kombustor at this point.