Is there a program that detects hardware failures??

mecharmor25 · September 14th, 2003

As the title says, is there a better way to detect if my hardware is defective or not instead of taking something out?? Right now I can't figure out why my whole system just goes into black screen crash & freeze once every 24+ hours. And it has nothing to do with the individual programs....

Instead of pulling out one hardware piece after another I want to just scan to see if my cpu, ram, video card and other hardware whether they are defected or not.]

Athlon xp 2200+
640 sdram
128mb gf fx 5200
creative sound blaster live
50x cd
floppy drive
20gb master hd
40gb slave hd
365W enermax psu
cpu temp: 55 C
system temp: 45 C

Andrew Hruska · September 14th, 2003

For that system, the temps seem a little high. Also, you have a enermax PSU, which are known to crap out every so often. Try AIDA32 or another PSU.. that is TRUE, unlike Enermax PSUs.

Monkeybrains · September 14th, 2003

Prime95's torture test for CPU, motherboard and PSU (run overnight).
Memtest86 for memory (run for a few hours).
3DMark2003 for graphics card (loop for a few hours).
For hard drive testing get the diagnostic tool from your drive manufacturers site and run the longest test it has.

Of course, if Prime95 has an error (and Memtest86 doesn't) you will still need to work out whether its the CPU, motherboard or PSU.

Chinoz · September 14th, 2003

Just out of curiousity..how sure are you that individual apps aren't the problem? Hey it could even be a prob with windows itself. What version of windows are you running?

And I don't think it's the PSU. If there's a fault with it, your puter would prolly shut down/restart.

September 14th, 2003	#1 (permalink)
mecharmor25 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 133	Is there a program that detects hardware failures?? As the title says, is there a better way to detect if my hardware is defective or not instead of taking something out?? Right now I can't figure out why my whole system just goes into black screen crash & freeze once every 24+ hours. And it has nothing to do with the individual programs.... Instead of pulling out one hardware piece after another I want to just scan to see if my cpu, ram, video card and other hardware whether they are defected or not.] Athlon xp 2200+ 640 sdram 128mb gf fx 5200 creative sound blaster live 50x cd floppy drive 20gb master hd 40gb slave hd 365W enermax psu cpu temp: 55 C system temp: 45 C

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Andrew Hruska Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: somewhere Posts: 1,121	Re: Is there a program that detects hardware failures?? For that system, the temps seem a little high. Also, you have a enermax PSU, which are known to crap out every so often. Try AIDA32 or another PSU.. that is TRUE, unlike Enermax PSUs.

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Chinoz ... Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Desa Park, Key Ell, Malaysia Posts: 2,301	Re: Is there a program that detects hardware failures?? Just out of curiousity..how sure are you that individual apps aren't the problem? Hey it could even be a prob with windows itself. What version of windows are you running? And I don't think it's the PSU. If there's a fault with it, your puter would prolly shut down/restart. __________________ System specs P4 2.6c \| Abit AI7 \| Radeon 9800pro \| 1024mb kingston ddr400 \| 120gb seagate sata \| 40mb wd \| And all the minor bits and pieces 3dMark2001SE

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September 14th, 2003	#3 (permalink)
Monkeybrains ? Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: England Posts: 409	Prime95's torture test for CPU, motherboard and PSU (run overnight). Memtest86 for memory (run for a few hours). 3DMark2003 for graphics card (loop for a few hours). For hard drive testing get the diagnostic tool from your drive manufacturers site and run the longest test it has. Of course, if Prime95 has an error (and Memtest86 doesn't) you will still need to work out whether its the CPU, motherboard or PSU.