PassMark Software heeft versie 5.3 build 1021 van Burnintest uitgebracht. Dit programma legt het spreekwoordelijke vuur aan de schenen van de verschillende onderdelen van de computer om zo betrouwbaarheid en stabiliteit van het systeem te testen. De software is beschikbaar in een standaard en een professionele editie, waarbij die laatste ook nog eens in een 32bits- en een 64bits-smaak is te downloaden. De professionele editie is in staat om meer hardware te testen, waaronder tape drives en bijvoorbeeld de parallelle, seriële en usb-poorten. Daarnaast heeft de Pro-versie ook uitgebreidere geheugentesten. Meer informatie over de onderlinge verschillen is hier te vinden. Hieronder zijn alle veranderingen te vinden die in het programma zijn aangebracht sinds de vorige vermelding in de Meuktracker:
Release 5.3 build 1021Release 5.3 build 1020:
- 32-bit BurnInTest PRO 5.3.1020 would not start on Windows 2000. This has been corrected.
- Other minor changes.
Release 5.3 build 1019:
- BurnInTest could have crashed on accessing bad video memory hardware in the 2D test. This problem is now just reported as an error (and BurnInTest continues).
- When BurnInTest stops working, it should now generate a "minidump" file to help debug which system component caused the problem (32-bit BurnInTest Pro only).
- Other minor changes.
Release 5.3 build 1018:
- Corrected rare crash bugs in the 2D and Video tests.
- Added a hot Key, F4, to set the auto run flag and run the tests (i.e. set"-r" and then run the tests).
- Other minor changes.
Release 5.3 build 1017:
- Added an operation watchdog timer for all tests. In rare cases, a single test can stop in the operating system - i.e. there is a problem in the operating system/ device driver that prevents control being returned to the BurnInTest for that test. This was added for specialized serial port hardware that could lockup after several hours of testing.
Release 5.3 build 1016:
- Corrected the Advanced Network test to run on non-English Operating Systems.
Release 5.3 build 1015:
- Added additional USB 2.0 Loopback plug test initialization to ensure plugs are in a 'clean' state when starting the USB tests. This was added due to reported USB data verification errors after scripted USB testing across multiple reboots.
Release 5.3 build 1014:
- Increased error reporting detail for the standard RAM test, when the -v command line option is used.
Release 5.3 build 1013:
- Corrected a problem where the loopback sound test could run out of memory if run for several days.
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- Improved the reporting of COM port errors such that in the rare case a COM port locks up in the Operating System, the error is still reported.
- Corrected a bug, where in rare cases, the result summary could be duplicated in a log file.
- Updated license management, in an attempt to remove a rare crash on startup.