In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Fri, 04 Sep 2020 17:51:26 -0400, Paul
wrote:

John McGaw wrote:
On 9/4/2020 1:35 PM, Arlen Holder wrote:
What PC hardware diagnostic stress-testing freeware can you recommend?
........

If it's not the RAM, it's something else hardware related (the HDD has
been
re-imaged multiple times in its entirety and all extraneous boards and
peripherals have been disconnected).

What other hardware diagnostic stress-testing freeware can you further
recommend?


Why settle on a hardware problem without proof? In my experience a bad
driver or glitched OS is equally likely if not more so. Try booting from
a Linux CD/DVD/STICK and run it for at least a few days and see what
happens.


You can run Prime95 from Linux. That's my favorite.

Normally you'd do that to avoid corrupting the
registry on an (unstable) Windows install. You should
not run Windows or do Windowsy things, until
"proving it's a computer" first.

The Linux ones are static. Which is what you want.
Nice and portable.

https://www.mersenne.org/download/

Make sure your CPU cooler works first, before
running that. Or, the power will go off on overheat
(THERMTRIP).

"We are not responsible for lost prize money, fame, credit, etc. should
someone accidentally or maliciously test the number you
are working on and find it to be prime. "

Paul, if they are saying they're not responsible, who is? Will you
chip in if I lose the prize I should have won?
Paul