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Hardware Health Check

Overheal · 2008-07-28 02:54:59

Hey lads Im sending my lappy in to swap out my motherboard and faulty 8400 chipset (:mad:) im just thinking while im at it I better check the health of the hard drive as im about to go out of warranty next month in case it needs replacing. any good health checks i should be aware of?

28-07-2008 2:54am

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Hey lads Im sending my lappy in to swap out my motherboard and faulty 8400 chipset (:mad:) im just thinking while im at it I better check the health of the hard drive as im about to go out of warranty next month in case it needs replacing.

any good health checks i should be aware of?

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#2 28-07-2008 6:15pm

Lazarus2.0

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HD Tach to check performance ... http://www.simplisoftware.com/Public/index.php?request=HdTach

Also the HD manufacturer should have a diagnostic tool on their website for a physical health check

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