free utilities to troubleshoot/check hardware?

[macgig]

looking for free utilities to check hard drives, ram, other system components. and something that is virus/spyware free.

any suggestions?

thanks.

 

[Dude]

macgig,

Take a look at speccy

:ar:Speccy


Also HWinfo

:ar: HWINFO

 

[macgig]

thanks. checking out the first one now.

 

[Dude]

You're welcome. Here is a good one for your video card

:ar: GPU-Z

 

[macgig]

so do these programs show the specs and check for problems/errors?

on the mac I have something called tech tool pro... it actually tests ram, hard drives, video cards, etc. wondered if their was a windows program that does the same thing?

 

[Dude]

No they are more for monitoring. Have a look here for some more troubleshooting steps.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/220165-troubleshooting-steps-windows-7-a.html

 

[macgig]

cool thanks again.