Computer Diagnostics

In my opinion, not worth it. The Technology changes so fast inside that it'd be out of date by the time it arrives at your door..

I find that if you suspect a bad port or card, it's cheaper to carry spare cards and MB's

Jamie

Not.

Just about all repair for a PC is board replacement and you really don't care to diagnose more closely. (no parts available, specialised repair equipment required for mass produced board made with very little profit margin)

These only report POST progress. They're great for debugging boards and BIOS; next to useless for a user or repair schlub. How often do you do component-level debug or write BIOS?

To put it another way, if it told you there was an error, what would you do. If your answer is "replace the board", you're wasting your money. More precisely, if the board is dead, POST may give you a clue where in the POST process it died. What would you do with that information?

If you do buy a POST card, don't buy it from Micro 2000, There diagnostic program is full of bugs and doesn't always work, there post card is poorly documented; it's a waste of money.

Shaun

Post codes are documented by the mother board maker. POST card makers don't have influence on that. POST codes are simpel hexcodes send to port 80. Nothing fancy.