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. "Hold No Punches.." Rode brings you great shareware/freeware programs with his honest opinions in this weekly column. http://freepctech.com/rode