11-10-2004, 12:37 PM | #1 (permalink) |
Psycho
Location: cali
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testing a mobo or cpu
anyone know of a way to definitively test a mobo or cpu?
i recently had a problem with my comptuer rebooting all by itself. many times, it wouldn't even make it to windows. and once it did, it would reboot whenever it pleased. i tried checking logs, but found nothing. so i've narrowed it down to psu, mobo, or cpu. i swapped out the psu, nothing. but i can't swap out the cpu or mobo because i don't have anything lying around the house that works with it. is there a way to test it without getting another mobo and cpu combo and swapping them? it's an 850 and can be used for dad who only reads e-mail. but if i bought a cpu thinking it was a cpu only to find that it wasn't, then i would be stuck with another cpu and have to buy a mobo. so about 100 bucks spent into outdated stuff when i can get an amd for around 200 bucks. thanks all
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11-10-2004, 03:33 PM | #4 (permalink) |
Psycho
Location: cali
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i had 2 sticks of it in there and tried singles of each, but i'll look for some around the house and see if it's better.
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11-10-2004, 05:30 PM | #5 (permalink) |
Insane
Location: Bay Area
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memtest86 or memtest86+ is good for testing memory.
As far as motherboards, I use these: http://www.pcengines.ch/test.htm but I usually use them when a system won't boot at all. I suppose to test a CPU you could try CPU Burn-in http://users.bigpond.net.au/cpuburn/ Last edited by westothemax; 11-10-2004 at 05:35 PM.. |
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