[PLUG] Hardware Test Suite

[Richard Langis]

I'll second Memtest86 - I'm running 2k at home as my main workstation, and was 
getting random lockups and errors, BSOD's when playing games or if I had lots 
of windows open.  I pulled memtest86 off the 'net and almost immediately after 
starting the test I was getting memory errors on my 3rd 256M DIMM.  I pulled 
it out, cleaned it and the memory slot off, swapped it with another dimm and 
started up memtest again.  No errors - it was just dirty.

I still get random errors and BSOD's on occasion, but I'll attribute that to 
win2k.  ;)

-R

Paul Heinlein wrote:

> 
> Does it lock up only when running X, or just whenever? If only when
> running X, have you tried swapping video cards?
> 
> Sometimes a memory swap doesn't rule out all memory-related issues
> (e.g., dust in the DIMM slot). You might try memtest86:
> 
>   http://www.teresaudio.com/memtest86/
> 
> Power and heat issues are much tougher to track down, esp. if the
> problem arises from motherboard circuitry...