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Set of test utilities for DIY computer builders:

Note: If you are OverClocking or use any automatic overclocking or power saving BIOS features,

start out by disabling them: Intel EIST, Turbo Mode, Cool and Quite 

and drop back to the stock speed as a starting point.

Disconnect any other internal hard drives and external USB devices.

Check for any loose hard drive power or SATA cables, Graphics card or other power cables.

First try running Memtest86+:  This runs from a boot disk or CD and should eliminate or

confirm if your one or more of your memory sticks are bad or the SPD values in the BIOS are correct.

Let it run for as long as you can: 2,4,6,8 or more hours (at least 3 full passes), if no errors by then your ram is OK.

http://www.memtest.org/

Memtest86+ Guide/How To's (use the .ISO to create a bootable CD)

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=409152

**Hard drive Testing - Bootable CD:**If you have a new Seagate hard drive the very next thing would be to download Seagate's Seatools (the bootable CD)

and check for bad sectors:

http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=SeaTools&vgnextoid=720bd20cacdec010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD

For Western Digital drives download the WdDiag .iso file: http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=611&sid=30&lang=en

Samsung's Estool: http://www.samsung.com/global/business/hdd/support/utilities/ES_Tool.html

Samsung's Disk manager software: http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/utilities/shdiag.htm

Hitachi's Drive Fitness Test software: http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm#DFT

Diagnostic tool available for use by customers who feel their Fujitsu Branded Toshiba hard drive:

http://sdd.toshiba.com/main.aspx?Path=ServicesandSupport/WarrantySupport/SoftwareUtilities

Fujitsu's Notice of drive Utilities suport: http://www.fujitsu.com/us/services/computing/storage/hdd/

Toshiba bootable CD: (DOS Diagnostic Tool Ver. 7.0 For IDE/ATA/SATA Hard Drives)

http://sdd.toshiba.com/main.aspx?Path=ServicesSupport/FujitsuDrivesUSandCanada/SoftwareUtilities#diagnostic

After Windows is installed:

Device Drivers: Did you install the motherboard manufacture's latest device drivers?

Check their support site for the latest drivers as the CD that came with the motherboard may have

older less stable drivers.

Check the Graphics card manufacture's download site: Download and install the most recent Windows 7 drivers

for your card.

ATI: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx

NVIDIA: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index5.aspx?lang=en-us

Also check out Nvidia's "Box of Smoke" test or other Demos: http://www.nvidia.com/object/cool_stuff.html#/demos

or ATI equivilent.

Prime 95:http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft/

It's a stand alone .exe file contained in a .zip archive.

Just choose to run the "stress test" option for 3 hours or more.

If your PC can pass this test both your memory and CPU

are fine (close the case cover to maintain proper ventilation)

Core Temp:

Monitor the temperature of each core of your processor.

Note: For non overclockers using the stock Intel/AMD heatsink and cooling fan you can expect a temperature range of

35 to 40C at idle and from 60C to 65C max when running Prime95.

http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/

CPU-ID (CPUZ): http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

Shows the clock speed of the CPU under various load conditions

(when using Intel's EIST speed step technology).

**Note #1:**CPU-ID has two tabs (Memory and SPD) which show the actual memory speed and 'SPD' tab shows the rated speeds

for each memory slot that is populated.

Note #2:

Compair the two values, the actual speed should not exceed the rated speed of your memory.

CPUID HWMonitor: A hardware monitoring program that reads PC systems main health sensors.

voltages, temperatures, fans speed.

http://www.cpuid.com/hwmonitor.php

FurMark GPU (Graphic card) Stress Test:

http://www.ozone3d.net/benchmarks/fur/

PassMarks burn in test: http://www.passmark.com/

The Burnin test and their benchmark test both give a good workout of all the major parts of Windows.

HD Tune:

Provides drive info and has an option (error scan tab ) to test your drive.

http://www.hdtune.com/

SpeedFan:

Monitors internal temperatures and has an online drive health analysis feature (SMART tab) for hard drives.

It will display your drives model number and compares your drive with other drives of the same make and model.

http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

GPU-Z:

A lightweight utility designed to give you all information about your video card and GPU.

http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

PC WIZARD:

A powerful utility designed especially for detection of hardware, also some more analysis.

It's able to identify a large scale of system components and supports the latest technologies

and standards.

http://www.cpuid.com/pcwizard.php

Partition Wizard Home Edition:

http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html

Note: There is also a bootable CD or bootable Flash drive versions:

http://www.partitionwizard.com/partition-wizard-bootable-cd.html

http://www.partitionwizard.com/bootable-flash-drive.html

Some of the features and Functions include: Create partition, Delete partition, Format partition,

Resizing a partition, Move partitions, Restore Partition after accidental deletion,

Convert partition, Explore partition, Hide partition,

Change drive letter, Set active partition, partition explorer (View contents).

Note: To complete any task use the 'Pending Operations' box located in the lower left.

Alternative to Partition Wizard (Somewhat easier to use but both Partition Wizard and EASUS have nearly identical user interfaces)

EASEUS Partition Master Home Edition (Free):

http://www.partition-tool.com/

ALL-IN-ONE partition software and the most convenient hard disk partition manager toolkit

Includes Partition Manager, Disk & Partition Copy Wizard and Partition Recovery Wizard on MBR and GUID partition table (GPT) disk under Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7 and Windows Server 2000/2003/2008 (32 bit and 64 bit).

It allows users to Resize/Move Partition, Extend System Drive, Copy Disk & Partition, Merge Partition, Split Partition, Redistribute Free Space, Convert Dynamic Disk, Partition Recovery and much more.

Hiren's BootCD

http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd

Hiren's BootCD From USB Flash Drive (USB Pen Drive)

http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd-on-usb-disk

(something for most any issue)

UBCD4Win:

http://www.ubcd4win.com/index.htm

UBCD4Win is a bootable recovery CD that contains software used for repairing,

restoring, or diagnosing almost any computer problem.

MyEventViewer - An easy way to view your event logs:

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/my_event_viewer.html

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