laptop - How can I thoroughly test all the hardware on my computer?

Here's what would be ideal:

1. A list of all the hardware components potentially found on one's computer


2. A method (or list of methods) for testing each of these


3. The accuracy of these methods

My personal requests are:

-How to test your motherboard
-How to test your wireless receiving apparatus
-How to test CD/DVD-RW drive
-How to test your laptop battery
-How to test your Heat sink(s)?
-How to test the effectiveness of your fan(s)

Favorite answers: OS-independent tests which GUARANTEE the concerned hardware works PERFECTLY

Answer

No test suite can guarantee that anything works perfectly, they can only tell you if the computer passed the tests.

This Live-CD does some of it, I have never seen anyone test the CD/DVD or wifi. But any live-cd meant for ordinary use should allow you to test that manually.

StressLinux

StressLinux is a minimal linux distribution running from a bootable cdrom (LiveCD) or via PXE. Stresslinux is dedicated to users who want to test their system(s) entirely on high load and monitoring the health.

Features:

• stress 0.18.1 (A tool to impose certain types of stress on a POSIX system.)


• CPUBurn 1.4 (CPU maximum load (heat) stability test)


• CPU Burn-In 1.00 (CPU burn-in test)


• nbench 2.2.1 (CPU test suite)


• iometer 2003.12.16 (I/O performance meter)


• hddtemp 0.3beta11 (A program to display the temperature of your hard drive.)


• lm_sensors 2.8.7 (LM78 and other hardware monitor drivers.)


• busybox 1.0.0rc3 (Single small executable which contains common UNIX utilities)


• lshw A.01.07 (Hardware lister)


• bonnie++ 1.03a (Hard drive benchmark)


• netio 1.23 (Network benchmark)


• smartmontools 5.32 (S.M.A.R.T. drivetests)


• x86info 1.12b (CPU information)


• memtest86 3.1a (A stand-alone memory diagnostic)


• memtest86+ 1.15 (An other stand-alone memory diagnostic)