On 10/29/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanx for the suggestion.I ran the memory test which ran fice times over > with no errors and passed all five times.
You are welcome. Please keep your technical replay's list public :) > > I don't know how to test the cpu or MB. Is there a similar package which > performs these checks? > I am unfamiliar with MB or CPU specific test software. OTOH, to test your hard drive, you could use the s.m.a.r.t technology. Use this excellent LJ article as reference : http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6983 In short : # > apt-get install smartmontools # > smartctl -s on /dev/hd[DRIVE] # to launch a full harddrive test do # > smartctl -t long /dev/hd[DRIVE] -l error # for quick test do # > smartctl -t short /dev/hd[DRIVE] && smartctl -A /dev/hd[DRIVE] | less HTH -- Cheers, Maxim Vexler (hq4ever). Do u GNU ?

