Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2009 mails)

[gandalf@xxxxxxxxxxx (Lars Knudsen)]

"Bryan S. Tyson" wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 09 Sep 2000, Lars wrote:
> 
> > I allways run new computers through a series of hardware tests before
> > starting to use them or shipping them to our custumers, this practice
> > has shown me that about 1 in 10 PCs have errors that most users never
> > ever notice.
> 
> Could you give some examples? Thanks.
> 
Have a look at sourceforge, the VA Linux Cerberus Test Control System. I
am using this at the moment - earlier on I just used to recompile the
kernel a few hundred times and verify that the result was allways the
same.

With both methods the "fun" starts when you notice that there is an
error and try to localize it - this is the hard part. 

I usually start out running the tests on the computer with everything
installed. If this works I am done, if not I strip out everything except
CPU, RAM and a hard disk and do the test again with this minimal setup.
If this works I ad the video card and the other boards one by one until
I find the one causing the error but most of the time I get no errors or
the error turns out to be with the CPU or RAM.

Happy hacking,

 Lars


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