Finding Invisible Issues With Diagnostic Software Eurosoft diagnostic solutions are very powerful, but sometimes there are issues that even diagnostics can’t see. Systems That Won’t Boot There are many instances in which a system is so badly off that it won’t even power up. Sometimes a unit may power up, but fails to boot or… [Read More]
How To Test A Computer – Hard Drive Testing
How Do I Test My Computer? Hard Drive Testing. Computer professionals see every situation from the mundane to the bizarre. From a recovery technician working on a machine that was in a fire to assess insurance claims, to a retail specialist who needs diagnostics to analyse a consumer machine, each has to ask “how do I test… [Read More]
How Do I Test My Computer?
How Do I Test My Computer? Memory Testing. As a computer professional or an information technologist, there are times when you are approached by family or friends who want to bend your ear and ask you, “How do I test my computer?” You know that they are stumped by some issue within their system that… [Read More]
More testing lives for SSD testing than you may think!
More testing lives for SSD testing than you may think (hard drives apply too!) As hard drives have developed over the years, the capacities have grown and reliability has also increased. Larger cache sizes as well as technologies such as sector remapping, S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring and Reporting Technology) have emerged along with manufacturers offering lifetime warranties… [Read More]
Cheating on Tests
Eurosoft Test Bulletin: Opinion/Editorial: Cheating on Tests This month we discuss a controversial issue that has been in the news lately; cheating on tests. More specifically, the Volkswagen emission scandal and how this is similar to using freeware or perhaps even borrowed tests to support the computers you are responsible for. Is it possible that… [Read More]
Eurosoft Celebrates 35 Years
Eurosoft (UK) Ltd is very excited to announce its 35 year anniversary this April! Not so bad, and too good to be true on most days, Eurosoft saw the start of the PC industry and moved with the times, focusing on industry and customer needs. Developing and deploying (occasionally decoying), it’s been a fantastic journey,… [Read More]
Blog: Invitation to rant and rave
Invitation to rant and rave… “Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning” – Bill Gates. Do you have a story to tell? Is there a feature you would love to see included in our products or removed? What are your personal testing experiences, and how have our products helped or hindered you. We want… [Read More]
Blog: Eurosoft settles UEFI testing confusion
While the UEFI standard continues to grow, what test methods are your computer services using to work with this industry change? Eurosoft can reliably test your UEFI hardware. If you are testing with QA+WIN™ in Windows® 8 or 8.1 and have UEFI enabled on the machine then you are reliably testing UEFI hardware. Although booting… [Read More]
Blog: S.M.A.R.T. Tests
There are often questions about S.M.A.R.T. (Self monitoring & Reporting Technology) and what the reporting means. Some people have the misconception that it will always warn before a hard drive fails, therefore there is no need to run any sort of diagnostics on hard disk drives anymore. This is not the case as explained below…. [Read More]
Blog: Testing for Row Hammer
At Eurosoft, diagnosing computer hardware issues is what we are all about. Recently a customer wrote to us inquiring about a current hardware issue and what tests we have to address it. The issue is known as “row hammer” and is seen on DDR3 and DDR4 memory modules. Row hammer can cause data corruption on… [Read More]