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- PassMark BurnInTest V3.0
- Copyright (C) 2002 PassMark Software
- All Rights Reserved
- http://www.passmark.com
-
- Overview
- ========
- PassmarkÆs BurnInTest is a software tool that allows all
- the major sub-systems of a computer to be simultaneously
- tested for reliability and stability.
- <For more details see the online help>
-
-
- Status
- ======
- This is a shareware program.
- This means that you need to buy it if you would like
- to continue using it after the evaluation period.
-
- Installation
- ============
- 1) Uninstall any previous version of BurnInTest
- 2) Double click (or Open) the downloaded ".exe" file
- 3) Follow the prompts
-
-
- UnInstallation
- ==============
- Use the Windows control panel, Add / Remove Programs
-
-
- Requirements
- ============
- Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, WinME, XP
- DirectX software installed.
- Internet Explorer 5 or above installed (on Windows95 and Windows98)
- 16Meg RAM
- 2 Meg of free hard disk space
- (plus an additional 10Meg to run the Disk test)
- MMX compatible CPU for MMX tests
- SSE compatible CPU for SEE tests
- Network card for network tests
- Serial port and Parallel port loop back plugs (BurnInTest Pro verion only)
-
-
- Version History
- ===============
- HereÆs a summary of all the changes that have been made in
- each version of BurnInTest.
-
- Version 3.0 build 1007 23/July/2002
- - Auto-stop timer was changed from a integer to a
- floating point number in order to allow very short
- tests. (0.5min = 30sec)
- - Bug fix in the parallel test
-
- Version 3.0 build 1005 10/July/2002
- - Memory Torture Test was introduced
- - New option to disable the signal pin checking for
- serial ports and increase the timeout before flagging
- an error.
- - Bug correction for auto-reboot in Test Passed case.
- (BurnInTest should have rebooted but didn't)
- - Bug correction for printing problem in Windows 98.
-
- Version 3.0 build 1003 4/June/2002
- - USB loopback testing. (PassMark USB loopback plugs are
- required to use this function)
- - New advanced memory test allowing RAM testing beyond the
- 4GB barrier in Windows 2000 and XP.
- - New updated look to the user interface of the main window
- - Bug fix to save as bitmap function
- - Ability to test printers using a raw printer command file
- - The machine name is now displayed in the main window
- - Basic sound testing with Midi and wave playback
- - Testing of up to 20 hard and floppy disks simultaneously.
- - Combining of the floppy disk and hard disk test
- - User friendly drive letter selection for CD/DVD and disk test
- - User controllable pattern selection for disk testing
- - User controllable file size for disk testing
- - CD / DVD testing using specialized test CD/DVDs
- (and the release of CD-Maker to complement this function)
- - Testing of up to 20 CD/DVD drives simultaneously.
- - Windows shutdown and cyclic reboot testing.
- (and the release of Rebooter to complement this function)
- - Scrolling 'H's for Electromagnetic Compliance Testing
- to ANSI standard C63.4-1992
- - Improved logging, with detailed logs and log file
- accumulation across reboots.
- - RTS/CTS and DTR/DSR pin testing is now part of the COM
- port test cycle.
- - Modification to the file names used with the disk test
- to avoid locking issues with multiple test threads.
-
- Version 2.3 build 1006 Std & Pro edition, 4/Mar/2002
- - Fixed a bug in the RAM test allocating the wrong about of RAM
- with machines with > 429MB of RAM.
- - Optimised RAM test to increase test speed
- - Fix a bug in the disk test. The test would not function
- correctly on disks > 200GB
- - Added extra error checking on incoming network test packets
-
- Version 2.3 build 1000 Std & Pro edition, 29/Oct/2001
- - Support for Windows XP
- - Support for LPT3 (a 3rd parallel port)
- - Fixed L2 cache ID for new P4 CPUs
-
- Version 2.2 Build 1006 Std & Pro edition, 21/Sept/2001
- - A floppy disk drive letter is no longer mandatory in the
- Preferences window
- - BatteryMon and BurnInTest integration. BurnInTest can now
- log battery charge statistics from PassMark BatteryMon
- - Bug fix to CPU type detection. Some early model Pentium II 300Mhz
- were reported as being Celerons.
-
- Version 2.2 Build 1005 Std & Pro edition, 25/July/2001
- - Fixed bug that caused PASSED to be displayed even
- if there was a error in the network test.
- - Added option to call external executable file
- when tests have completed.
-
- Version 2.2 Build 1004 Pro edition, 22/June/2001
- - Fixed counter display bug in SSE Multiply test.
- - Added Tape and Tape Media information windows.
- - Changed tape test block size to 64KB or maximum drive will allow
- if 64KB is too large. (this improves tape throughput)
- - Changed tape test to skip free space check on tape drives that
- can't report free space
- - New tape test option to use or not use filemarks.
-
- Version 2.2 Build 1003 Std & Pro editions, 16/May/2001
- - Update to make BurnInTest work with latest version of
- HMonitor temperature monitoring software (V4.0.1).
-
- Version 2.2 Build 1002 Std & Pro editions, 7/Apr/2001
- - Less aggressive memory grabbing
- - Serial port timeouts can now be set by the user in the preferences window
- - Extra logging info for memory allocations and
- serial port errors in errorlog.txt file.
-
- Version 2.2 Build 1001 Std & Pro editions, 10/Feb/2001
- - Fixed a bug in the disk test that caused a memory leak
- (eventually crashing BurnInTest)
- - Added an option to skip the tape locking step in the
- tape drive test. (Pro version only)
-
- Version 2.2 Build 1000 Std & Pro editions, 1/Feb/2001
- - Improved error logging to "ErrorLog.txt" file for some tests.
- - Multiple disks can now be tested simultaneously
- - Multiple serial ports can now be tested simultaneously (Pro version)
- - Tape drives can now be tested. (Pro version with NT and 2000 only)
- - Multiple network addresses can now be tested simultaneously
- - CPU selection is now possible. Tests can now be restricted to
- run on a single CPU in multi CPU machines. (Pro version)
- - Support for WindowsME
- - Support for Pentium4 and Duron CPU's
- - Detection of CPU serial number if available in CPU. The serial#
- is included in log files.
- - Addition of SSE 128Bit and 3DNow! maths tests
- - The preferences window was redone with multiple tabs and more
- options,
- - A new feature was added to the CD test, allowing data CD's or
- Music CD's to be used.
- - The RAM and Disk tests were improved by the addition of several
- test patterns. For each cycle a new test pattern is selected.
- - It is now possible to set a timeout period for the network test.
-
- Version 2.1 Pro edition, Build 1003, 9/Oct/2000
- - Included all fixes from Standard edition 2.1 build 1001
- - Added support for loopback on COM ports 5 through 12
- - Bug fix that caused rare crash in CPU ID detection
- routine on startup.
- - Included Identification of AMD Duron CPU
- - Fixed a number of spelling errors
- - Fixed problem with window placement causing windows
- to be placed partially offscreen when many are
- opened at the same time.
-
- Version 2.1 Std edition, Build 1001, 30/Aug/2000
- - Bug fix with keeping selected Log format between runs of
- BurnInTest
- - Bug fix with handling unformatted floppy disk
- - Bug fix causing multiple PASSED/FAILED windows, when
- tests take a long time to clean up.
- - Bug fix with network test to avoid blocking on some error
- conditions.
- - Better window refresh rate in Network test window to avoid
- flashing
-
- Version 2.1 - Build 1000, 27/Aug/2000
- - BurnInTest was split into a standard version and a
- professional version. The professional version is the
- same as the standard version except that parallel and
- serial loop back tests are added.
- - A new command line parameter was added, /r. This starts
- tests running automatically on startup.
- - A new parallel port loop back test was added. (an additional
- external plug and the Pro version of the software are
- required for this test)
- - A new serial port loop back test was added. (an additional
- external plug and the Pro version of the software are
- required for this test)
- - New Pentium III CPUÆs are now identified.
- - The ôtest failedö window is now displayed at the autostop
- time if an error occurred. Previously the ôtest failedö
- window would only be displayed if the "Stop on Error" check
- box was set.
- - A new option to have multiple log files with Date and time
- stamping in the file name has been included.
- - Machine type and serial numbers can now be entered into a
- new dialog box. (so an audit trail can be maintained). The
- information entered is stored in log files and displayed in
- the main window.
- - Results can be saved as text and HTML format from the Save as
- Log menu.
-
- Version 2.0 Build 1002, 11/June/2000
- - Improved error checking in network test to pick up bad network config.
-
- Version 2.0 Build 1001, 20/May/2000
- - Fixed a display problem under Windows95 with the splash screen
-
- Version 2.0, 20/April/2000
- - A date and time stamp and Level2 cache size has been added
- to the ASCII log file.
- - Extensive updates to the help file
- - Dual CPU support was added for speed and temperature
- measurement. In V1.0 only a single CPU would be reported on.
- - Better CPU speed measurement. In some configurations, such
- as multiple CPU systems, V1.0 was reporting the wrong speed.
- The test is now much more accurate on all systems. In some
- cases we can even measure to 1/10th of a Mhz.
- - We went into partnership with the Hmonitor (hardware monitor)
- people, to do temperature monitoring. When running BurnInTest
- with Hmonitor, the main window and the log file will record
- the CPU(s) temperature.
- - The visual appearance of the main window was improved.
- - Command line parameters can now be used to specify configuration
- file that will be loaded at startup.
- - The menu options were rearranged into more logical groupings.
- - Allowed test configuration files to be saved and loaded. This
- allows multiple test configurations to be supported.
- - A large green flashing "PASSED" window now pops up when the
- test period ends and there were no errors.
- - A large red flashing "FAILED" window now pops up when the test
- period ends and there was an error. If BurnInTest is set to stop
- on errors, then the message will be displayed when the first
- error is encountered.
- - A Network connection test was added to test your networking
- hardware and software.
- - A Memory test was added to test the available RAM in the computer.
- - Shareware period extended to 30days (it was 15days in V1.0)
- - A registration button was added in the toolbar
- - Improved 256 color Icons for each test window and the main
- window. Each Icon for each test window is now unique which is a
- big help when using ALT-TAB to switch Windows.
- - Fixed up a problem when ALT-F4 was used to close the test windows.
- Now the key combination ALT-F4 can be used to stop all tests
- from any BurnInTest window.
- - Fixed a minor bug with the Autostop function not stopping if the
- main window was not visible.
- - Fixed a bug that was stopping the hard disk slide bar in duty
- cycle window acting independently of floppy disk setting.
- - Re-Wrote the CD Test to better detect error conditions
- - Allowed the selection of a particular CD player to test.
- In V1.0 the first CD Player was always used, now any
- available CD-Player can be selected.
-
- V1.0 11/Sept/99
-
- - First version released to the world
-
-
- Documentation
- =============
- All the documentation is online. It can be accessed from
- the help menu.
-
-
- Support
- =======
- For technical support, questions, suggestions, Mail us at
- support@passmark.com
- or visit our web page at
- http://www.passmark.com
-
-
- Ordering / Registration
- =======================
- All the details are in the online documentation
- or you can visit our sales information page
- http://www.passmark.com/sales
-
-
- Compatibility issues with the Network Test
- ==========================================
- WinSock2.2 (ws2_32.dll) is required for this test. This
- means that the Network Test will not work with early
- versions of Windows95. All the other tests will work however.
-
- If you are running Windows NT or Windows2000 or XP, you need
- to have administrator privileges to run this test.
-
-
- Compatibility issues with the Parallel Port Test
- ================================================
- If you are running Windows NT or Windows2000 or XP, you need
- to have administrator privileges to run this test.
-
-
- Enjoy..
- The PassMark Development team
-