Pre-Test |

Action before running tests You may specify the default behavior of BurnInTest before it begins any test cycle. None (start immediately) Immediately starts test(s) without any warning message or reminders. Display warning message (default) Displays the default warning message reminding the user of some basic precautions, such as possible port conflicts and the presence of loopback plugs and cables. Note: Pre-test warnings are not provided for Plugin tests. Run external application Run another application prior to starting the test run. For instance the user may wish to launch the Windows Performance Monitor to examine the effects of the test on the system. An external application can pass a sub-script of commands to BurnInTest to configure test information such as the system serial number. This uses the same mechanism as described by the EXECUTEWAIT scripting commadn. This option is not compatible with the Auto run tests option (command line parameter "-R") and this option will be skipped in this case. To run a Pre-Test application when the Auto run option is specified, please use the "Run external application & wait for it to exit" option. Run external application &wait for it to exit Run another application prior to starting the test run. BurnInTest will wait for this application to exit before it continues. See also, EXECUTEWAIT for scripting. External Application The path to the external application above. Detect hardware and turn off tests (see help) When selected BurnInTest will detect current hardware and if the hardware is not found on the system then the test is turned off. This option allows for a smaller number of configuration files and the convenience associated with this. Specifically, BurnInTest will make the following checks on starting a test run, and will turn off the test when the hardware is not detected in the following cases:
• | If the Disk test is selected, Auto disk selection specified, and no disks detected, then the Disk test will be turned off;
• | If the Optical drive test is selected, Auto Optical drive selection specified, and no Optical drives detected, then the Optical drive test will be turned off;
• | If the USB test is selected, Auto USB selection specified, and no PassMark USB loopback plugs detected, then the USB test will be turned off;
• | If the Webcam test is selected and no Webcam is detected, then the Webcam test will be turned off;
• | If the Battery test is selected and no Batteries are detected, then the Battery test will be turned off;
• | If the Microphone test is selected and no Microphones are detected, then the Microphone test will be turned off;
It should be noted that:
1. | It is possible that BurnInTest is unable to detect some hardware (for example, a device driver has not loaded) and a test may not run and an error may not be reported in this case.
2. | BurnInTest turns off the tests on the current system, so it is not recommended that these configuration files are copied between systems once used. The tests that have been turned off on one system may be useful on another system. It is recommended that a 'master' copy of the configuration file with the fuller set of tests be copied to different systems.