>At 02:57 PM 06/06/2000 Rob E. wrote: > > > >What do you folks use for diagnostic software when trying to > >troubleshoot hardware problems? > For many of the same reasons others have stated, I don't find diagnostic software very useful. However, I do own and have found useful (several times) a program called TuffTest (www.tufftest.com). This is a stand-alone diagnostic program that runs off a floppy disk with no dependence on any other software. The "light" version only costs $10 and they have a more expensive "pro" version. I have used it several times to help duplicate intermittent problems, most recently a memory module that would fail a few times a day during normal use (a problem that can often look like a configuration or software problem) and a floppy drive that would sometimes not allow being written to. Using the diagnostic to find the failing memory module makes it easier to find which one is failing and to make sure that the problem moves with the module when switching them around to make sure that the problem is really the module and not something else. That said, I can only recommend TuffTest because it is cheap. It lacks a lot of features and is not easy to use. However, memory testing is the primary use of a diagnostic as far as I am concerned and TuffTest is cheaper than a hardware memory tester or full-featured diagnostics. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com The NOSPIN Group Promotions is now offering the NOSPIN File Download CD, Abit's Gentus Linux, Linux Power CD and the RedHat Linux CD. All CDs are always provided at COST!!! http://nospin.com/promotions