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How to test Vid,CPU,and RAM?

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RancidWAnnaRIot

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Would it be okay.. to just plug in a vid card, a CPU and RAM.. and connect the power supply to the mobo, fire it off and just wait for one beep? I jsut have some old parts laying around, and i want to make sure they still work, would that be enough?
 
Yeh. That should be fine. That's generally what you do to troubleshoot/test items. Video, CPU, RAM, and PSU are the minimum..
 
If I'm building a new system thats what I always start with.
If it wont boot it a lot easier to trouble shoot it.
Then its into the bios and do any tweaks needed.
Overclock it untill it fails......
Back it off a little, Attach a floppy and run Memtest.

Only after all that will I back it to stock speeds and attach the rest of my hardware and load an OS.
The test for stability again before overclocking.

Luck...... :D
 
dandragonrage said:
No. It won't test them under load. Play a game for an hour.
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True...also if you don't want to play a game for an hour you can make 3dmark03 run for an hour :)
 
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