how to find the bad part

[argoldst]

Hey guys, I have been getting a lot of crashes and I have narrowed down the problem to either the motherboard, cpu, or powersupply.

Is there any way (using some free software) to determine which is the bad part?

I do not have any extras on these parts so I cannot just swap them to find the problem.

I have about 7 days left on my warrenty so I need to find the bad part quickly. ALso, I do not want to send the system back to where I bought it because then I will have no puter for at least 2 weeks.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

 

[sswingle]

Even if you did figure out which part is at fault, how would you get it replaced under warranty without taking it back where you bought it?

 

[argoldst]

I bought it at abspc.

They will give me RMA on a part. They will send a new part and when I recive it, I have to send defective back to them.

I really do not want to send the whole puter to them because it just takes them too long.

 

[montag451]

tell them there are three defective parts - replace all of them, and 'drop' the original parts

 

[Blazer]

list your sys specs / CREATE A SIG.

most likely psu though

 

[argoldst]

Fortec (I think but definetly starts with a "F") 530W
Gigabyte k8N Pro
amd 3400 64