Scott Gifford wrote: > I suspect a hardware problem, > Can anybody recommend a good hardware diagnostic or "burn-in" program? > I have used memtest86
I also use and recommend memtest86. It tests your CPU, memory, and everything between them and your keyboard and display to a greater or lesser degree. It usually finds bad memory on the first pass, but I once tested a machine (Intel D945GNTLKR) that was marginal and took many hours to fail. http://www.memtest86.com/ You should download a bootable CD version of the diagnostic utility for your system hard drive, burn it, and run it. For example: http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/seatools/ http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=502&sid=30&lang=en You should get yourself a power supply tester and use it. I have this one: http://www.antec.com/Believe_it/product.php?id=ODk= I've used CPU burn-in to stress test CPU's and thermal solutions: http://users.bigpond.net.au/cpuburn/ You will need software to display the CPU temperature. I use retail motherboards, and they typically include a utility. I've used Motherboard Monitor in the past: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motherboard_Monitor If you have a bootable Windows partition/ drive, I've used SISoftware Sandra to benchmark and burn-in entire machines: http://www.sisoftware.co.uk/ HTH, David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org