DEC2752 - How to check hardware

[stuckoff]

Hi

I have some issues with my appliance and I want to run some hardware tests.
Does someone knows how to run such tests on the system:
- memtest86 or similar
- disk for bad sectors
- CPU etc..

Thanks

[stuckoff]

I managed to run memtest86 using uefi boot following these instructions:

https://www.yosoygames.com.ar/wp/2020/03/installing-memtest86-on-uefi-grub2-ubuntu/

It can be helpful to someone.

[stuckoff]

Hi

I check the nvme health using smartctl and nvmecontrol

It looks that I managed to check my hardware by myself. Nevertheless, I hope this post is helpful for someone else in my situation.

[Seimus]

You can use few tools,

Memtest86 - create a bootable USB boot from it and test memory
SMARTS - you can use the smarts package directly on OPNsense via GUI, that will test, show logs etc. on and for disks
Stress-ng - can be installed directly on OPNsense via cli, can test memory, CPU, disk. This is a stress test tool, you can stress test either of them separately or all together. I personally use it to test the stability of Memories during high utilization load with conjugation of high load on CPU.

Regards,
S.

[pfry]

[...]Stress-ng[...]

Does stress-ng generate enough load? I use good old mprime, but I boot Linux to run it (more CPU/sensor info). Even it will not load all CPUs effectively (e.g. low-turbo non-SMT Skylakes, and earlier version did not detect AVX support in Ryzens).