Used laptop, things to check

[wfsoomro]

Salam guys, just bought a used laptop now what next? What are the things i should check or get checked? Which test should i perform and which apps to use for that purpose?

Thanks

 

[kevn]

RAM -> GPU -> HDD. Hardware wise I pay attention to those in that order. Beyond that: battery life, Cd-rom, power cord, screen size, keyboad/ touchpad feel are all important but can very depending on the expected use of the unit and personal preference.

 

[jack]

check the battery back up..

...usually second hand laptops come up short on battery backup. so test the laptop only on wifi.

.....also check all the usb ports

 

[jack]

.......weird Internet seems to have double posted here....

 

[Mukhtar QAMAR]

check each & every thing that you doubt specially battery timing & wifi also

 

[wfsoomro]

which utilities to use for ram hdd and gpu checking?
Hae checked dvd rom, screen, keyboard, battery seems decent, sound is fine, earphones, usb ports, wifi

 

[awais52]

for ram checking use memtest86... u'll have to create a bootable CD rom for that
for hard disk: hdtune (there shud be no bad sectors, reallocated sectors or pending sectors)....
does ur laptop have a dedicated gpu?
if so i dont think there is any need to do gpu tests apart from checking specs etc thru cpu-z/GPU-z
or test it by playing some game