Download Passmark Burnintest 5.3 build 1028

Passmark Software released version 5.3 build 1028 of Burnintest on Thursday. 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 separate 32-bit and 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 of this release shows the following changes and improvements:

Changes in release 5.3 build 1028:

• Two 2D Video memory test crash bug workarounds implemented. Crashes in (i) DirectX DirectShow and (ii) ATI atiumdag.dll library.
• When BurnInTest crashes, it will not generate a “minidump” file. Minidumps will need to be sent to Microsoft as per the normal process. However, a log entry will be added to the normal BurnInTest log where possible.
• Note: We have seen a report of the Video Playback failing (crash) due to a faulty video codec, ffdshow.ax. If you are using this we suggest you try a different test Video file and codec.
• Changes to trace logging to reduce activity when trace logging is not turned on.
• Corrected a bug where BurnInTest would fail to start if Activity trace level 2 logging (debug level logging) was turned on and the Logging Summarize option was also selected.
• A hang on startup has been corrected. A 2 minute timeout has been added to the collection of system information.
• Video playback, Hard disk and CD/DVD test ‘no operations’ error reporting changed.
• Changed the 2D test to wait for the Video Playback test in order to allow memory allocation for the Video playback test.
• Changed the Memory test to wait for the Video Playback test and 3D test to allow memory allocation for these tests.
• Minor correction to the Butterfly seek test.
• Minor change to the serial port test where, if “Disable RTS/CTS and DSR/DTR test phase” was selected the DTR and RTS lines would be explicitly disabled to prevent any toggling of these lines. Previously these where enabled, but not explicitly toggled.

[break]The following downloads are available:
PassMark BurnInTest 5.3 build 1028 – Standard
PassMark BurnInTest 5.3 build 1028 – Professional, 32bit
PassMark BurnInTest 5.3 build 1028 – Professional, 64bit[break]