Bootable diagnostics disc?

Percival P. Cassidy

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Jan 19, 2012, 9:54:43 AM1/19/12

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I'm having some problems with an F1A75-V Pro, but the only Asus
diagnostics I can find require some version of Windows. I do not have
Windows on this machine and do not want Windows on this machine.

Is there a stand-alone bootable diagnostics disc -- Linux or DOS?

Perce

Puddin' Man

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Jan 19, 2012, 4:41:00 PM1/19/12

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I keep Parted Magic and GParted Live handy. These and many others at:

http://www.livecdlist.com/

Puddin'

"Law Without Equity Is No Law At All. It Is A Form Of Jungle Rule."

Paul

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Jan 19, 2012, 5:46:22 PM1/19/12

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For new or obscure hardware, it's best to check the level of Linux support
by Googling the processor family ("llano") or chipset ("A75" "Hudson D3")
and so on. Depending on the feedback you get, it might not even be worth burning
a Linux CD. While a number of interfaces on hardware are standardized,
there are some areas of Linux with rough edges (I've had problems with
the early code that checks for VT-X/Hyper-V and virtualized environments).

You have the option of using BartPE PEbuilder and a Windows install CD,
to build a WinPE (preboot environment) disc. I've only done that once, and
did all my initial testing in VMs (virtual machines under VirtualPC 2007).
Once I had enough apps loaded and the disc image was booting in the VM, I
could consider burning an actual physical CD. That doesn't install Windows,
but does give a command prompt. And I was able to load a few utilities in
there. The nuisance part, is burning a new CD when you add new utilities.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartpe

My main problem with my Bartpe CD sitting next to me, is I can't remember
now what utilities are inside it :-)

Paul

Percival P. Cassidy

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Jan 19, 2012, 6:09:49 PM1/19/12

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I do have a BartPE CD created with Macrium Reflect on a Win7Pro machine,
but what I need is something to check the onboard timer/clock on this
machine.

Perce

Rob

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Jan 20, 2012, 8:45:04 AM1/20/12

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Ultimate Boot CD (UBCD) is also worth having in your armoury:
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
--
Rob

Percival P. Cassidy

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Jan 20, 2012, 12:26:59 PM1/20/12

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On 01/20/12 08:45 am, Rob wrote:

>> I'm having some problems with an F1A75-V Pro, but the only Asus diagnostics I can find require some version of Windows. I do not have Windows on this machine and do not want Windows on this machine.
>>
>> Is there a stand-alone bootable diagnostics disc -- Linux or DOS?

> Ultimate Boot CD (UBCD) is also worth having in your armoury:
> http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

I downloaded the latest, but I don't see any tool that will tell me
about any clock/timing problems. Moreover, the tools on that CD that
I've tried so far result in:

PANIC: MCB chain corrupted
System Halted

Perce

Paul

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Jan 20, 2012, 3:33:01 PM1/20/12

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Did you search on the error string ? This one doesn't have an
answer, but seems to be suggesting FreeDOS is involved.

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=255

Paul