Tools

Below is a list of useful tools to troubleshoot or stress test your computer:

Various Powershell Scripts

In order to run the scripts below you must first set the Powershell Execution Policy to Unrestricted.
Write in Powershell:

Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

Windows Update

Runs Windows Update including optional updates directly in Powershell (run as admin).

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Reconnect Logitech G29 Steering Wheel

Occasionally the G29 wheel won’t reconnect/connect to the PC after it’s been disconnected and PC rebooted. Disabling and re-enabling the device in the device manager has solved the issue 10/10 times for me, so I made a script for it:

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Prime95

Prime95 is a great free tool for stress and torture testing your CPU. It will put a lot of workload on the CPU and thereby also test the stability of the CPU, along with L1/L2/L3 caches.

Along with CPU, you can stress test the memory controller and RAM, as shown in the picture below. You can do your own custom settings – or simply do a little bit of everything.

Read more and download from the link below.

Link: GIMPS – Free Prime95 software downloads – PrimeNet (mersenne.org) (https://www.mersenne.org/download/

Memtest86+

Do not confuse this with the paid Memtest86 from PassMark. This software is an open source tool to test your memory.

Should your memory test show errors, and you have more memory blocks installed – simply run them one by one to see which one will fail.

If none of them fails, try different sockets on the motherboard.

If your tests are very inconsistent, maybe you have a problem with your CPU. Check the CPU is getting enough power, maybe your motherboard has an ATX_V12_2 connector you’ve missed, or timings on your dual channel memory is wrong. More can be read in the link below.

Link: Memtest86+ | The Open-Source Memory Testing Tool (https://www.memtest.org/)