[expert] anyone know of a good hardware diagnostics tool for linux?

2003-03-08 Thread Adrian Golumbovici
Something which would test motherboard (also bios and memory addressing) related problems? I used memtest86 but if I understood it right it will just test the memory itself but not the real way an operating system handles it. Best regards, Adrian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSo

Re: [expert] anyone know of a good hardware diagnostics tool for linux?

2003-03-08 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Saturday March 8 2003 01:55 pm, Adrian Golumbovici wrote: > Something which would test motherboard (also bios and memory > addressing) related problems? > I used memtest86 but if I understood it right it will just test the > memory itself but not the real way an operating system handles it. > >

Re: [expert] anyone know of a good hardware diagnostics tool for linux?

2003-03-09 Thread David E. Fox
>Unless you're sure your case and cpu cooling is adequate, take the > diag's in the above order. Otherwise go right to cpuburn. The acid > test for cpu/cache/ram/PSU/motherboards. Someone also mentioned recompiling the kernel - using many gcc forks (make -j 100) as a good test for the system

Re: [expert] anyone know of a good hardware diagnostics tool for linux?

2003-03-09 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Sunday 09 March 2003 09:05 pm, David E. Fox wrote: > >Unless you're sure your case and cpu cooling is adequate, take the > > diag's in the above order. Otherwise go right to cpuburn. The acid > > test for cpu/cache/ram/PSU/motherboards. > > Someone also mentioned recompiling the kernel - usi

Re: [expert] anyone know of a good hardware diagnostics tool for linux?

2003-03-10 Thread et
On Monday 10 March 2003 12:23 am, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > On Sunday 09 March 2003 09:05 pm, David E. Fox wrote: > > >Unless you're sure your case and cpu cooling is adequate, take the > > > diag's in the above order. Otherwise go right to cpuburn. The acid > > > test for cpu/cache/ram/PSU/moth

Re: [expert] anyone know of a good hardware diagnostics tool for linux?

2003-03-10 Thread et
On Monday 10 March 2003 06:33 am, et wrote: > On Monday 10 March 2003 12:23 am, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > > On Sunday 09 March 2003 09:05 pm, David E. Fox wrote: > > > >Unless you're sure your case and cpu cooling is adequate, take the > > > > diag's in the above order. Otherwise go right to cpu