Can anyone recommend a good diagnostic tool (possibly free) to test RAM and
HDD for errors and defects? Long ago, I used to use AMIDiag and Qaplus but
the versions I have are quite dated and do not recognize my new hardware. I
just built a new system last week (please see some of the hw listed below):
Windows XP Pro
Asus A7N8X Deluxe
AMD Athlon XP 2400+
512MB DDR Samsung (256MB x 2)
Maxtor 80GB 7200rpm/8MB cache (6Y080P0)
Gainward G4Ti4200
Plextor CD-RW
etc
I notice it seems to be acting rather oddly. XP tends to hang every so often
and the system itself seems a lot slower than my Duron 1.2GHz Nforce (MSI
K7N420Pro) w/ 256MB DDR. Mind you this is also a fresh install without all
the other system slowing applications loaded. I have run a variety of 3d
games on it (UT2k3 etc) and they run fine. But I also notice that the HDD
seems quite loud and not sounding too happy. So, regardless I want to run
some very thorough diagnostics before I move any important data from my old
system to this one. If anyone can provide any suggestions for diagnostics
tools for RAM/HDDI would much appreciate it.
Btw, I tried Maxtor's diag tool...powermax? (i forget the name right now)
but it would not recognize my nforce2 chipset's drive controller which comes
as no surprise. Thanks again everyone, happy holidays!
HDD for errors and defects? Long ago, I used to use AMIDiag and Qaplus but
the versions I have are quite dated and do not recognize my new hardware. I
just built a new system last week (please see some of the hw listed below):
Windows XP Pro
Asus A7N8X Deluxe
AMD Athlon XP 2400+
512MB DDR Samsung (256MB x 2)
Maxtor 80GB 7200rpm/8MB cache (6Y080P0)
Gainward G4Ti4200
Plextor CD-RW
etc
I notice it seems to be acting rather oddly. XP tends to hang every so often
and the system itself seems a lot slower than my Duron 1.2GHz Nforce (MSI
K7N420Pro) w/ 256MB DDR. Mind you this is also a fresh install without all
the other system slowing applications loaded. I have run a variety of 3d
games on it (UT2k3 etc) and they run fine. But I also notice that the HDD
seems quite loud and not sounding too happy. So, regardless I want to run
some very thorough diagnostics before I move any important data from my old
system to this one. If anyone can provide any suggestions for diagnostics
tools for RAM/HDDI would much appreciate it.
Btw, I tried Maxtor's diag tool...powermax? (i forget the name right now)
but it would not recognize my nforce2 chipset's drive controller which comes
as no surprise. Thanks again everyone, happy holidays!
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