Tests and Functions
If automatic testing is not desired, a test
session can be scripted by toggling any of the following tests ON/off. The
default is all tests ON. In addition, any test session can be run in single
pass or continuous mode.
- System Board Tests
- Microprocessor
- Math Coprocessor
- DMA Controller
- Real Time Clock
- Video Alignment Aids
- Cross-Hatch Pattern
- Dot Pattern
- Vertical Bars Pattern
- Horizontal Bars Pattern
- Text Color Chart
- Video Adapter Tests
- Verify Screen Memory Test
- Character Set Test
- Video Attributes Test
- Fill Display Test
- Cursor Addressing Test
- Video Memory Test
- Hi-Res Color Test
- Text Resolution Test
- Parallel Port Tests
- LPT1 Test
- LPT2 Test
- LPT3 Test
- Serial Port Tests
- COM 1 Test
- COM 2 Test
- COM 3 Test
- COM 4 Test
- Diskette Drive Tests (drives A & B)
- Reset Drive Test
- Rotational Timing Test
- Seek/Read Test
- Read Only Test
- Fixed Disk Tests (drives 0 & 1) - Up to
2000 Gigabytes!
- Controller Test
- Seek (Hysteresis) Test
- Surface Analysis Test
- Main Memory Tests *
- Allzeroes Test (includes Parity Module Test)
- Allones Test (includes Parity Module Test)
- Checkerboard Test (includes Parity Module Test)
- Address Test (includes Parity Module Test)
- Walking Ones Test (includes Parity Module Test)
* Note: when any of the Main Memory Tests
are run, #1-TuffTEST is automatically relocated on each pass
(from the lower portion of main memory to the upper portion of main memory and then back
again). This insures that ALL of main memory is rigorously tested. This unequaled
ability to test the lower portion of main memory (that is normally occupied by
the operating system and operating system dependent programs) is vitally important because
this is the most used portion of memory and, therefore, the most likely area to fail.
- Extended Memory Tests - Up to
3.5 Gigabytes!
- Allzeroes Test (includes Parity Module Test)
- Allones Test (includes Parity Module Test)
- Checkerboard Test (includes Parity Module Test)
- Address Test (includes Parity Module Test)
- Walking Ones Test (includes Parity Module Test)
#1-TuffTEST supports desktop PCs that use Intel
Pentium 4,
Pentium III, Pentium II, Pentium Pro, Pentium, i486, 80386, and compatible AMD and Cyrix
processors with Industry Standard Architecture (ISA), Enhanced Industry Standard
Architecture (EISA), VESA Local Bus (VLB), and Peripheral Component Inter-connect (PCI)
bus configurations.
#1-TuffTEST will test all
speeds, sizes and types of memory including RDRAM and DDR SDRAM.
Menu Options
If automatic testing is not desired, the Main
Menu has the following options:
- System Configuration Information - This
option indicates the hardware resources that are functioning, i.e., identifiable in the
system, and also provides information about the system's BIOS and CMOS settings. In
addition, a CPU Speed Test is performed, MMX Extensions
are tested and a BIOS Checksum Test is performed. This System Configuration Information can be viewed or printed.
- Certification Test Selection Menu - This
option enables scripting of each test session by allowing individual
tests for each system component to be toggled ON/off. Upon completion of
the customized test session, which can be run in single pass or
continuous mode, the Certification Test Selection display becomes the Certification
Test Results display with ok/FAIL posted to the selected tests.
The results can be printed and/or saved to the Program Diskette. Each saved test
session includes the Test Results and System Configuration.
- Prior Test Results - This option allows up
to five (5) previously saved test sessions to be viewed, printed or
cleared. Each test session includes the Test Results and System
Configuration information.
What Doesn't #1-TuffTEST Do?
Now for the next logical question, "what doesn't #1-TuffTEST
do"?
As stated earlier, #1-TuffTEST, with its
own boot-loader and operating system, is a highly specialized diagnostic software
"tool" that provides superior "hardware" testing because
the target system's native operating system is never used or called into memory.
Thus, #1-TuffTEST can directly
test major system components such as memory, fixed disk drives, diskette drives, serial
& parallel ports, video, keyboard, etc. False positives and false negatives that can
be induced by the system's native operating system are eliminated.
However, since the PC's native operating system is not
available to #1-TuffTEST, it cannot use the operating system's functions
or interact with the various devices that, due to their proprietary design, are not
supported by the PC's BIOS. Examples include pointing devices, CD-ROM drives, sound cards,
network cards, etc. These devices require the availability of their own special native
operating system-based software drivers and only a utility that runs under the system's
native operating system can see and interact with these drivers.
Since numerous operating system-based diagnostic utilities
have always been available to see, exercise and resolve conflicts with these devices, #1-TuffTEST
has remained specialized in doing what it does best - directly and rigorously test
the PC's basic hardware.
Our customers recognize this and use #1-TuffTEST in
conjunction with, not instead of, operating system dependent products such as
#1-TuffTEST for Windows , Norton Utilities, PC-Doctor, CheckIt Pro,
etc. They use #1-TuffTEST
to reliably test the system's basic "hardware" and
DOS/Windows-based utility products for help with configuration issues and conflicts.
Technical Support
#1-TuffTEST comes with
technical support during normal business hours via e-mail, fax or mail.
Upgrade Information
for New Version 1.53
Once you license #1-TuffTEST it can be
upgraded for life. For your convenience, upgrades are always totally backward compatible
so you never have to worry about using your old
Program CD-ROMs or Program Diskettes with your new
Program CD-ROMs or Program
Diskettes.
There is usually one upgrade per year or whenever support
is added for major new hardware.
For example, new
version 1.53, adds support for:
- Unlimited Memory
Testing. Will now identify and test ANY
amount of memory.
- Unlimited Hard Drive
Testing. Will now identify and test ANY size
hard drive. The drive(s) can be located on the Primary IDE
Channel, Secondary IDE Channel, SATA MB socket and/or attached to a supported SCSI host
adapter (see below).
- Testing SCSI Drives.
Any SCSI drive can now be tested provided its host adapter's BIOS supports INT13h and
drive counting located at 4075 in the BIOS data area.
- Testing Up
To 2 Hard Drives Per PC. Will now
test up to 2 IDE, EIDE, SATA and/or SCSI hard drives per PC.
The new version also includes
numerous minor enhancements & fixes. To upgrade, all we need is your
Name and #1-TuffTEST
Serial Number.
The cost of a #1-TuffTEST upgrade ranges
from no charge to a nominal charge depending upon the size of the
upgrade. This can be determined by the version number which always has the following
format: X.XXx
 Any change to the second X
after the decimal, or the small x after it, means it is a minor upgrade
or patch, and there will be no charge. Any change to the X's
immediately before and after the decimal means it is a major upgrade and there may be a
nominal charge.
For example, if your
version number is 1.50 and you check our download page and see that the current version is
1.51 or 1.52a, etc., you can go ahead and download and install the upgrade using your
current #1-TuffTEST Serial Number at no charge. If,
however, you see that the version number is 1.60 or 2.00a, etc., there may be a nominal
charge for a new #1-TuffTEST Serial Number.
Note: The current version can always be downloaded
at the:
Licensed
User Area
Click on Upgrades
for additional upgrade information.
INSTANT DOWNLOAD Information
#1-TuffTEST is only distributed via
download. The download files
and complete instructions are available at the:
Licensed
User Area
#1-TuffTEST, which is derived from #1-TuffTEST-Pro, our industry-leading
professional-level diagnostic software product, is an outstanding diagnostic value. The
license fee is only $9.95, and it is paid via PayPal.
No one's set of diagnostic
tools is complete without #1-TuffTEST so:
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