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I bought a $150 'diagnostic' tool that was basically just a fancy USB stick
Saw it advertised online last month, claimed it could run deep hardware checks on any laptop. It literally just ran the same free Windows memory test you can download. Took me about 4 hours of messing with it before I realized it was useless. I could have just used a free tool and saved the cash. Honestly felt like a scam. Anyone know a real, reliable hardware diag tool that's actually worth the money?
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reesel926mo ago
I spent $200 on a "professional" cable tester that turned out to be a box with a single blinking light. I felt like a total genius after that purchase. It's crazy how many of these tools are just cheap parts in a fancy case. I wish I had a real recommendation, but I'm still salty from getting burned. Now I just assume anything advertised online is probably junk.
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felixramirez6mo ago
Wait, is that memory test even built into Windows now? I thought you still had to download it separately. Either way, that's a rough way to spend $150. It's wild how they repackage free stuff and make it look fancy. I've been burned on cheap tools before, just not computer ones.
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