Software for testing motherboards

[The_Unbeliever]

Hi

Anybody know of any good, free software out there that will be able to test a laptop motherboard for defects?

Got a laptop here which is not cherry - Windows reboots after a blue screen, and it is not the RAM as it's been tested and is cherry.

Many thanks

Libs

 

[kayvee]

You sound convinced it's a hardware problem?

Could also be a driver issue in the OS. Is re-installing an option?

 

[LazyLion]

BIOS upgrade?

 

[SouthBit]

Download and burn a Hirens disc and use the stress testing software on there.

 

[ponder]

Good, yes. Free, no.

MicroScope Diagnostic Suite. Use your imagination as to where to get it from

Pointless wasting your time with other stuff.

 

[The_Unbeliever]

It is definitely the hardware.

Got two Gigabyte laptops, virtually identical. Installed Vista sick on 160Gb HDD in lappestoppe A, works cherry. Updated everything, the works.

Moved 160Gb HDD over to lappestoppe B - instant BSOD - reboot cycle.

Moved HDD back to lappestoppe A - cherry.

$luser also complained of lappestoppe B giving weird issues, like Outlook corrupting its .OST files, at first I thought it was the HDD, hence the HDD transplant... but it turns out it wasn't the HDD after all.

$luser is working happily with new hard drive on lappestoppe A (my work's laptop) - and I want to test lappestoppe B ($luser's original lappestoppe)

Thanks, will take a look around at the suggestions.

BIOS - same.
RAM - same. (tested with memtest86+)