From what I've been doing, I do not trust any diag program. The only useful
utility is RAM tester, all others are useless to me. You can do a search on
the net, there should be large number utilities that you could give a go.

normally, a fatal error means something hardware related, it could be as
simple as driver issue, or as bad as hardware failur. a diag program could
provide no help in this area. I suggest you run a good RAM test program
first.

Jun Qian

----- Original Message -----
From: "tannis zamora" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 8:42 AM
Subject: [PCSOFT] Afternoon


> I have been a member for quite a while now, over a year and I do not
remember seeing this addressed.
>
> I have a Generic built computer.  I used to have a Compaq.  One of the
features of my Compaq was I
> could run diagnostics on it.
>
> Is there any way I can run diagnostics with printout on this home built
machine, I mean is there a
> generic diagnostic program available.  I hope I have asked the right
question and supplied the
> necessary information.
>
> I keep getting fatal error messages.  I do not know what is wrong.  I do
the maintenance on my system,
> scan and defrag every week, I have AVG anti virus software that is also
run weekly.  Just cannot figure
> out what is going on.

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