[PLUG] Tools for really thrashing a machine, and reporting specific errors

[Bill Barry]

On 9/11/07, Keith Lofstrom <keithl at kl-ic.com> wrote:
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> I have been having some problems with a flaky laptop lately - it
> stops without warning, sometimes in the middle of typing something,
> often all by itself.  Just in case it is memory, I replaced it with
> new RAM from ENU ( it turns out that my supposedly 1GB T30 will work
> with 2 GB of RAM, so it was worthwhile ).
>
> Now I want to thrash it and see if there are any bugs remaining.
> MEMTEST reports nothing, but it did not before I replaced the RAM.
>
> So I am looking for something that thrashes harder, but like MEMTEST
> is small and standalone and easy to diagnose.  The classic "compile
> X" kinds of tests may stress the machine, but I would like diagnostics,
> too, as specific as possible, not just "it failed".
>
> Any suggestions?
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>
If it happens again, try to ssh in from another machine. Is it completely
hosed or is it just that the keyboard/mouse are locked up?

Bill