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Old 03-02-2004, 12:52 AM   #1 (permalink)
DontStealMyFish
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Question How to test hardware?

what are some things i can do to test out the majority of a computers hardware? like, any programs, or any kind of testing that dont require additional hardware if possible... i dont mean bench marks. thanx.
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Old 03-02-2004, 10:27 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Try SiSoftware Sandra Standard , 3DMark 01,03,
Prime95 , MEMTEST .
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Old 03-02-2004, 03:22 PM   #3 (permalink)
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if your talking about stress testing, I would use sisoft. Sandra. You can burn in lots of stuff with just one program. As a side note, most benchmark programs also have an option to loop them which provides a good stress test.
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