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New MemTest86 and ...
[link|http://www.memtest86.com/|MemTest86] - I've not used it myself.

For the power supply, there are often other indications of problems. E.g. my old 486 would die during the initial BIOS message after painting random numbers of text characters of the message. Swapping the PS out fixed it.

The simplest way to check it is to swap in a new PS. If you don't have one to swap in, then you might get lucky by simply checking the +/-12V, +/-5V lines and seeing if they are in-spec. But usually when PSs die they have problems supplying enough current. It's more difficult to check that (you have to have an ammeter in series in the circuit).

HTH.

Cheers,
Scott.
New I've used MemTest86
It seems pretty thorough. Let it do several passes to exercise the memory well.

It's a self-booting floppy.
lister
New The newer KNOPPIX CDs have it as a boot option.
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     And now this... - (lincoln) - (40)
         Mirrored drives. - (inthane-chan) - (18)
             Links on how to set one up? - (lincoln) - (11)
                 For Win98? - (inthane-chan)
                 Screw Win98 - (deSitter) - (9)
                     Can't - (lincoln) - (8)
                         That problem is easily enough solved... - (ben_tilly) - (3)
                             But the solution will force me to abandon - (lincoln) - (2)
                                 But many of those program run just fine under DOSEMU or - (folkert)
                                 What will you do if THOSE machines crash? - (ben_tilly)
                         Easy to upgrade. - (admin) - (2)
                             Me? - (folkert) - (1)
                                 Not a problem here . . - (Andrew Grygus)
                         Well, 2k then - (deSitter)
             RAID 0? RAID 1 - (lister) - (5)
                 Nightly offsite backups. - (inthane-chan) - (4)
                     Re: "offsite" - (altmann) - (3)
                         Where do you find such stuff? And another thing... - (Another Scott) - (1)
                             Product of a warped imagination, and Google to flesh it out. -NT - (altmann)
                         Ah.. an understandable confusion - (Ashton)
         never put anything on a machine that you care about - (boxley)
         Remember all HD are measured in MTBF - (jbrabeck) - (7)
             My customers ask how long a hard disk lasts. - (Andrew Grygus) - (6)
                 What about laptop drives? - (deSitter) - (5)
                     Question back to you - (jbrabeck) - (3)
                         My main machine is my laptop - (Yendor) - (2)
                             Yeah, but NOW... NOW it has a problem - (folkert) - (1)
                                 But that ain't got nothin' to do with the HD - (Yendor)
                     Two. - (inthane-chan)
         From your description I see no evidence . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (10)
             My thoughts also. I'd check the power supply too ... -NT - (Another Scott)
             concur -NT - (deSitter)
             Don't know how to check DIMMs from DOS - (lincoln) - (4)
                 MemTest86 and ... - (Another Scott) - (2)
                     I've used MemTest86 - (lister)
                     The newer KNOPPIX CDs have it as a boot option. -NT - (folkert)
                 Actually, everything can be perfectly OK . . - (Andrew Grygus)
             So if Win98 crashed and the HD didn't crash - (lincoln) - (2)
                 How I do this. - (Andrew Grygus) - (1)
                     Thanks Andrew - (lincoln)
         Linux + ext3 - (pwhysall)

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