[ale] help - how do I test usb ports, loopback, pc-pc

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

Full pass memtest done with no errors.  I think I have to look elsewhere.

Ron


"Ron Frazier (ALE)" <atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:

>I had already run the mem test from the ms boot loader screen.  That
>passed.  I now have memtest86+ v4.00 running.  This cd was made back in
>2009, but I don't think a newer one would work much differently.  I'll
>let it cook a while, but I don't think that's the problem.
>
>Presumably, if the memtest is working, then so is the cpu.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Ron
>
>
>Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Run me test on the laptop before anything else.
>>On Jul 6, 2013 11:00 PM, "Ron Frazier (ALE)" <
>>atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Got a bit of a weird request.  I did a backup to an external hdd on
>>my
>>> laptop connected via usb.  Then, afterwards I did a checkdisk on the
>>backup
>>> disk and found errors.  I then tried running a spinrite analysis on
>>the
>>> external hdd and the computer crashes hard.  I know the spinrite is
>>good,
>>> and I even tried two different cd's of that.  I put a 2ND external
>>drive on
>>> the same machine and ran spinrite and the machine locks up.
>>>
>>> There's more to the story.  I took both external hdd's to my desktop
>>> machine and am able to run spinrite analysis on them without a
>hitch.
>> Both
>>> drives work fine.
>>>
>>> I think something has happened to the USB controller on my laptop.
>>>
>>> So, the question is, I need a way to do extensive USB port data
>>integrity
>>> testing, first via loopback from port to port on the same machine,
>>then via
>>> port to port on two different machines.  I also tried switching
>>cables on
>>> the hdd that was crashing hard.  I also did a short ram test on the
>>pc.
>>>
>>> One tends to always assume these things just work.  But, in my case,
>>I
>>> need to thoroughly test these ports so I know if I can trust them. 
>I
>>> suspect that my backup is flawed at this point and all the USB ports
>>on the
>>> laptop are not trustworthy.
>>>
>>> Any help is always appreciated.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Ron
>>>
>>>
>>>
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