Re: What PC hardware diagnostic stress-testing freeware can you recommend?
"wasbit" <[email protected]>
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"Arlen Holder" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > 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? I've posted a list on alt.comp.freeware. -- Regards wasbit