Need some good PC diagnostics

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From: MILLION D L
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 17:31

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I'm having one of those maddeningly intermittent problems with my
Zeos 486/33 wherein the machine hangs completely at what seems like
random moments.  Everything stops and nothing but the RESET button
can recover.  It's happened in Windows 3.0, in Windows 3.1, and in 
plain ol' DOS as well.

I suspect some sort of hard-to-locate hardware problem.  I would like
to find some good diagnostic software for PC's that can really wring
the system out and possibly locate a bad memory chip or whatever.
Unfortunately, I am not real familiar with what's available in this line.
I've had someone suggest CHECKIT.  I've also read about something called
AMI Diag in PC Magazine (which is $150!!).

Can anyone out there recommend anything?  Surely by now someone has 
written some decent diagnostics for PC clones.  I'm willing to consider
PD, shareware, or commercial.  What I *don't* want is an "exerciser"
or "burnin" program that just runs until something breaks, but doesn't
really tell you what's wrong.

Thanks.

Dan Million               Internet:  milliondl@ornl.gov

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From: lio@ornl.gov (MILLION D L)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Need some good PC diagnostics
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Date: 20 Aug 92 17:31:04 GMT
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