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Please read EMAIL FAQs first: Comments, suggestions, and questions to Joe Citarella, Skip MacWilliam, or Ed Stroligo

"Ultra-X WinStress - First Look"
Joe Citarella - 12/12/04

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Upon launching the CD, the following screen appears:

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Selecting Configuration opens the following screen:

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Here is where you select the test to run - note also that the stress level can be set from 1% to 100%. I'm going to do some more testing on CPU stress testing shortly.

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Drive Testing - why anyone would test a floppy is beyond me, but it's there.

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Graphics - note that you can run any test files you might have - a neat feature.

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Network

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Printer and Serial Ports - here is where the loop-back plugs come in.

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And finally, users can set the test parameters:

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When stress testing is selected, you'll see the following screens:

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This is the summary screen - it shows the status of each test element as it's running. Note also that you can save results into a log file - handy for reference purposes and a good way to document a system's performance when delivered or repaired.

These are the individual test screens - when running, there's lots of movement among the screens as testing proceeds:

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Quite a show!