Download PassMark BurnInTest 5.3 build 1011

PassMark Software today released version 5.3 build 1011 of BurnInTest. This program puts the proverbial fire to the shins of the various parts of the computer in order to test the reliability and stability of the system. The software is available in a standard and a professional edition, with the latter also available for download in a 32-bit and a 64-bit flavour. The professional edition is able to test more hardware, including tape drives and, for example, the parallel, serial and USB ports. In addition, the Pro version also has more extensive memory tests. More information about the differences between them is here to find. The changelog for this release looks like this:

Release 5.3 build 1011:

• Corrected a bug where “Limited Evaluation Version” could be displayed even after BurnInTest is licensed (problem introduced in 32-bit BITPRO V5.3.1010).
• Changed the Sound test to allow any of the tests (Wave, Midi or MP3) to be excluded from testing by blanking the filename.
• The Command line parameter “-j”, cycle disk test patterns after each test file, could fail during the Random data test due to the mechanism used in BurnInTest. The Random data test is now excluded from the test when (and only when) the “-j” command line parameter is specified.
• In rare circumstances, the 2D test number of operations could potentially overflow and become negative. This has been corrected.
• In rare circumstances, BurnInTest could hang if there was a system problem in rebooting the system (ie. it failed to shutdown) using PassMark Rebooter. This has been corrected.

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