OT: Hardware Diagnosis Software?

Any hardware gurus out there familiar with any software that will test the 
various hardware components on a desktop PC?

One of the ladies in the office is complaining about her PC "running 
funky"[??] and problems when she connects her iPod to a USB port.

I've flogged and cleaned the software and there does not appear to be a 
problem there, but I'd like to "massage" the hardware a bit.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Bob Weaver

Maybe a blast of fresh air, a spritz of bug spray and a wash down with B*S* 
repellant can cure the "funky" behavior.

I *did* find almost a gig of temp files and for the first time I can 
remember, defrag said the drive needed defragging.

Back to the drawing board.

:>)


"Abe Hendin" <no-spam@not-here> wrote in message
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>
> Bob Weaver wrote:
>> Any hardware gurus out there familiar with any software that will test

>> the various hardware components on a desktop PC?
>
> Manufacturers often have a test suite that runs various components through

> various tests. Dell is one example. Unfortunately, there are always some 
> mysterious problems that the test suites don't catch, as for example a 
> problem I once had with a client's video card that, after some 24 hours of

> mostly-unbilled testing, turned out to work perfectly up until Windows SP2

> was loaded, after which the screen would go blank at a certain point in 
> the boot process, even after the latest video driver was loaded. It was 
> checked out fine by the hardware test, and its replacement worked fine.
>
> -- 
> Abe Hendin
> AtYourSpeed Consulting
> http://yourspeed.com
> Ventura scripts: http://yourspeed.com/vscripts.html
> Ventura automation help: http://yourspeed.com/vscripthelp.html
> 

Bob Weaver wrote:
> Any hardware gurus out there familiar with any software that will test the

> various hardware components on a desktop PC?

Manufacturers often have a test suite that runs various components 
through various tests. Dell is one example. Unfortunately, there are 
always some mysterious problems that the test suites don't catch, as for 
example a problem I once had with a client's video card that, after some 
24 hours of mostly-unbilled testing, turned out to work perfectly up 
until Windows SP2 was loaded, after which the screen would go blank at a 
certain point in the boot process, even after the latest video driver 
was loaded. It was checked out fine by the hardware test, and its 
replacement worked fine.

-- 
Abe Hendin
AtYourSpeed Consulting
http://yourspeed.com
Ventura scripts: http://yourspeed.com/vscripts.html
Ventura automation help: http://yourspeed.com/vscripthelp.html

Yea, a 4hp air compressor has cured at of my PC problems.
It's good way to blow out a virus, well a bunny anyway.

Oh, and wiggling the connections to make sure they are connections.

Best of Luck,
Pat Jr.