System Requirements |

Operating System: BurnInTest 32bit version specific: 32bit versions (x86) of Windows 2000, XP, 2003 Server, Vista, 2008 Server, Windows 7 (*) BurnInTest 64bit version specific: 64-bit versions (x64) of Operating System: Windows XP, 2003 Server, Vista, 2008 Server, Windows 7

RAM: 64 Meg

Disk space: 20 Meg of free hard disk space (plus an additional 10Meg to run the Disk test)

DirectX software for 3D graphics and video tests (plus working DirectX drivers for your video card).

DirectX 9.0c (or above) software

CPU:

Extended CPU support (e.g. SSE) compatible CPU for extended CPU tests (e.g. SSE) tests

Operating System compatibility notes:

1) RAM test: The standard and Torture tests are available on all operating systems. The Address Windowing Extensions test mode is only available under operating systems where you can lock memory pages into memory, such as Windows 2000, and Windows XP Professional; users must have administrator privileges for this test mode.

2) Disk test: The Butterfly seek test mode of the Disk test requires administrator privileges. In BurnInTest Professional, raw physical disk testing also requires administrator privileges. It requires elevated administrator privileges in Vista (and later).

3) CD/DVD test: The CD and DVD burn tests require Windows Vista (and later), IMAPI v2 patched XP or IMAPI v2 patched 2003 Server. Windows 2000 does not support the CD or DVD burn test.

4) Parallel port test: Requires administrator privileges in Windows 2000, XP and 2003 Server. It requires elevated administrator privileges in Vista (and later).

5) Network test: Requires administrator privileges in Windows 2000, XP and 2003 Server. It requires elevated administrator privileges in Vista (and later).

6) BurnInTest CPU and HDD temperature monitoring requires administrator privileges in Windows 2000, XP and 2003 Server. It requires elevated administrator privileges in Vista (and later). In the case of a 3rd party temperature monitoring applications (like SpeedFan), that 3rd party application requires administrator privileges.

7) The Bluetooth test is available on Windows workstations XP SP2 and later, Vista and Windows 7.

For more information please see the Test descriptions.

Other:

A printer to run the printer test, setup as the default printer in Windows.

A CD ROM + 1 Music CD or Data CD to run the CD test.

A CD-RW to run the CD burn test.

A DVD-RW or DVD+RW to run the DVD burn test.

A network connection and the TCP/IP networking software installed for the Network Tests

Pro version only:

A serial port loop back plug for the serial port test.

A parallel port loop back plug for the parallel port test.

A USB port loop back plug for the USB port test.

PassMark ModemTest V1.3 1010 (or higher) for Plugin Modem testing.

PassMark KeyboardTest V2.2 1011 (or higher) for Plugin Keyboard testing.

PassMark Firewire Plugin V1.0 1000 (or higher) and a “Kanguru FireFlash” drive for Plugin Firewire testing.