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title: Hardware Testing
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- title: Configuration
- title: Machines
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## Information Gathering


### Linux

- Show CPU vulnerabilities: `tail -n +1 /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/*`

## CPU

### Prime95

- For stress testing.
- For most OSes.
- Install: [Download](https://www.mersenne.org/download/).

## RAM

### MemTest86

- For health error testing.
- Standalone/bootable.
- Install: [Download](https://www.memtest86.com/download.htm)
    - Use v4 for systems without UEFI support.
- Not the same as Memtest86+. Memtest86+ is an old fork of Memtest86.

## Storage

### smartmontools

- For health testing.
- For Linux.
- See [smartmontools](../../linux-general/applications/#smartmontools).

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