Recommended hardware diagnostic kit

[mikeasa]

I am looking to purchase a hardware diagnostic kit. It has to be capable of diagnosing pretty much every part of a pc. I am looking to spend around $250. Can anyone recommend anything?

 

[Souka]

Hmmm...

I've seen ram testers go for over $500

Far as a tester for "every part"....no way for $250.


Closest thing I would guess would be an old computer....if you wanted to test the vid card, pull the old one out, put the "suspect" one in and try it out.

Wish I could be of more help. I'm kinda curios of what people have to say about this....

 

[AC]

software diagnosics utilities are prob all u can get at that price, but they r nowhere as accurate as hardware testers...but then hardware testers are device specific, so u'll need a different one for every device that exists and would need a new one when a new device comes out; i don't believe they are aviliable to the general market...only the manufacturers have them to test their own products...however, for example like with motherboards u can purchase a POST card designed for a specific BIOS that reads the BIOS generated codes during POST to determine why it is failing POST...a hardware ram tester is another must-have device if u run your own computer repair shop (software diags don't come close when it comes to ram)...for other devices, a functioning computer is the best hardware diagnostic tester that u can get for universal testing purposes, since it can accomodate a number of different devices from different manufacturers

good luck

 

[maddmax]

www.unicore.com has some "post card" type diagnostic tools. Don't know if those will do what you want but it won't hurt to take a look.