Re: What PC hardware diagnostic stress-testing freeware can you recommend?

On 9/4/2020 1:35 PM, Arlen Holder wrote:
> What PC hardware diagnostic stress-testing freeware can you recommend?
> 
> o I have a random hardware related BSOD whose cause is unknown to me
>    <https://i.postimg.cc/9Q4m7tfM/bsod01.jpg>
>    <https://i.postimg.cc/DyNFnJcK/bsod02.jpg>
>    <https://i.postimg.cc/XYnhMnR0/bsod10.jpg>
>    <https://i.postimg.cc/T2mHpyG6/bsod13.jpg>
>    <https://i.postimg.cc/5t6s1ypD/bsod15.jpg>
>    <https://i.postimg.cc/T1X0r9GX/bsod16.jpg>
>    <https://i.postimg.cc/8khtTqBk/bsod18.jpg>
>    <https://i.postimg.cc/LsjxVzL2/bsod19.jpg>
> 
> It could be the motherboard, a daughter card, the HDD mechanics, etc.
> 
> I first ran the Windows memory diagnostic freeware to no avail:
>   <https://i.postimg.cc/d3xZzxrd/bsod24.jpg>
>   <https://i.postimg.cc/VvmczfBP/bsod25.jpg>
>   <https://i.postimg.cc/kMc0xdvD/bsod26.jpg>
> 
> As per the kind suggestions of "n/a" and others, I ran memtest86 freeware
> on that old BIOS desktop in an attempt to identify its hardware faults:
> <https://alt.comp.os.windows-10.narkive.com/oL7PTNKu/windows-10-bsod-indicates-a-hardware-problem-but-what-hardware-is-the-problem#post17>
> 
> The old BIOS desktop booted a 32GB Memtest86 USB stick to ran overnight,
> finding no errors on 16GB RAM (I stopped it after 5 hours & 6 iterations):
>   <https://i.postimg.cc/KY1Yk4WP/memtest02.jpg>
> 
> If it's not the RAM, it's something else hardware related (the HDD has been
> re-imaged multiple times in its entirety and all extraneous boards and
> peripherals have been disconnected).
> 
> What other hardware diagnostic stress-testing freeware can you further recommend?
> 

Why settle on a hardware problem without proof? In my experience a bad 
driver or glitched OS is equally likely if not more so. Try booting from a 
Linux CD/DVD/STICK and run it for at least a few days and see what happens.

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