Using Ubuntu to test hardware

[rpowersau at gmail.com]

I've used:

http://users.bigpond.net.au/cpuburn/

On 8/24/06, Sean Hammond <sean.hammond at gmail.com> wrote:
> We just got a laptop back from being repaired. I know ubuntu CDs now
> have the memory test thing if you boot from them. Are there any other
> tests that Ubuntu can run, in order to put the machine through its
> paces for a few hours and see if it really is fixed?
>
> (this is the 3rd or 4th time it's been returned to us "repaired" and
> in the past it's always stopped working again after a few hours or
> days. This time, they bashed in the power button and some pixels and
> scratched the casing but all else seems fine, the store is
> http://www.futureshop.ca btw, don't go there!).
>
> Just to clarify, I'm asking how Ubuntu can be used to test hardware,
> not to test Ubuntu itself, which is working just fine.
>
> The laptop is running Hoary if that's important (they kept it in the
> shop for that long), though I have some Dapper CDs ready to burn.
>
> Thanks
>
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Regards,
Russ