Download PassMark BurnInTest 7.0 build 1004

PassMark Software has released an update to version 7.0 of BurnInTest. This program puts the various parts of the computer to work in order to test the reliability and stability of the system. The software is available in a standard version and a professional edition, the latter of which is available in both a 32 and 64-bit version. The professional edition supports testing of more hardware, including tape drives and parallel, serial and USB ports. In addition, the memory tests in the Pro version are more extensive. More information about the differences between them is here to find. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:

Changes in version 7.0 build 1004:

• Corrected a bug where the Preferences->Post test application field didn’t work when command line parameters were specified with the application.
• Corrected a problem with the BurnInTest Standard 3D test where on some systems it would not run and would display an DirectX initialization problem. This was not a problem with BurnInTest Pro.
• Corrected a bug where in some cases BurnInTest could report the wrong disk as an SSD.
• Corrected a bug where BurnInTest could incorrectly determine the number of partitions on a raw disk that had previously been tested by the BurnInTest physical disk test. This could cause subsequent physical disk tests on this drive to fail.
• When starting BurnInTest with the command line parameter to reduce the amount of system information that is collected, -w, the waiting for system information window could still be displayed in some cases. This has been corrected.
• When running on WinPE or Bootable BurnInTest, the physical disks that can be tested are now explicitly restricted to raw disks. Previously this limitation was only documented.
• Bootable BurnInTest (part of the PC Test Kit and Bootable USB Flash Drive products) does not support the following tests and as such these tests have been greyed out in the Test selection window: 2D, 3D, Video Playback, Sound, Printer and Tape. Previously this limitation was only documented. These limitations do not apply to BurnInTest when run from an installed operating system.
• A very small number of USB drives have been found to cause BurnInTest to hang when collecting disk information. These would appear to be faulty drives. However, as they can cause BurnInTest to hang, especially on starting tests with automatic temperature monitoring on, entering Preferences->Disk or Preferences->Temp, changes have been made to work-around this problem. These changes include the addition of timeout for a range of drive queries and the removal of hot pluggable (USB) drives from the automatic temperature source selection.
• Corrected a bug where in rare cases BurnInTest could crash when Activity level 2 trace logging is selected and when BurnInTest reads an event from a very large Windows System or Application event log.
• Tuned the memory test to improve memory allocation on test startup.
• Improved the error location information for writing and reading to a physical disk.
• Improved BurnInTest software exception handling to produce a mini-dump debug file in more cases.
• Minor logging and documentation changes.

The following downloads are available:
PassMark BurnInTest 7.0 build 1004 – Standard (32bit)
PassMark BurnInTest 7.0 build 1004 – Standard (64bit)
PassMark BurnInTest 7.0 build 1004 – Professional (32bit)
PassMark BurnInTest 7.0 build 1004 – Professional (64bit)