DOS based prog to stress test sytem?

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Hi

My system has been crashing a lot lately with a variety of blue screen
errors.

I'm sure its a driver issue rather than a hardware problem but to be 100%
sure I wanted to know if theres a DOS based prog which will really drive my
CPU and RAM at full load for xx minutes.

It would be useful if I could set a duration for the test and also if poss
get a CPU temp readout.

I'm running WinXP Pro SP2 on an AMD XP3000 Barton/MSI K7N2 Delta.

Thanks for any info

Ian

 

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Try the Ultimate Boot CD - http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
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"Ian Roberts" <sorry@NOSPAM.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> My system has been crashing a lot lately with a variety of blue screen
> errors.
>
> I'm sure its a driver issue rather than a hardware problem but to be 100%
> sure I wanted to know if theres a DOS based prog which will really drive
> my CPU and RAM at full load for xx minutes.
>
> It would be useful if I could set a duration for the test and also if poss
> get a CPU temp readout.
>
> I'm running WinXP Pro SP2 on an AMD XP3000 Barton/MSI K7N2 Delta.
>
> Thanks for any info
>
> Ian
>
>
>

 

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"Ian Roberts" <sorry@NOSPAM.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> My system has been crashing a lot lately with a variety of blue screen
> errors.
>
> I'm sure its a driver issue rather than a hardware problem but to be 100%
> sure I wanted to know if theres a DOS based prog which will really drive
> my CPU and RAM at full load for xx minutes.
>
> It would be useful if I could set a duration for the test and also if poss
> get a CPU temp readout.
>
> I'm running WinXP Pro SP2 on an AMD XP3000 Barton/MSI K7N2 Delta.
>
> Thanks for any info
>
> Ian
>
Hi Ian. Right click My Computer\Manage\Event Viewer. Click items in Left
pane, Dbl click items in right pane. Any errors\warnings might point you to
system or software problems.
best wishes..OJ

 

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Try MEMTEST86; goggle for it - it will test your memory/busses


"Ian Roberts" <sorry@NOSPAM.com> wrote in message
news:db944k$d91$1@nwrdmz02.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
> Hi
>
> My system has been crashing a lot lately with a variety of blue screen
> errors.
>
> I'm sure its a driver issue rather than a hardware problem but to be 100%
> sure I wanted to know if theres a DOS based prog which will really drive
> my CPU and RAM at full load for xx minutes.
>
> It would be useful if I could set a duration for the test and also if poss
> get a CPU temp readout.
>
> I'm running WinXP Pro SP2 on an AMD XP3000 Barton/MSI K7N2 Delta.
>
> Thanks for any info
>
> Ian
>
>
>