From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KwlO4-0005Li-HX for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:25:36 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DCF5CE0304; Sun, 2 Nov 2008 22:25:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EA73E0304 for ; Sun, 2 Nov 2008 22:25:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id v33so1174260wah.2 for ; Sun, 02 Nov 2008 14:25:21 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=1BXEe36Wnby9v+KzGjaqDd+P2Y/pj5qIVMlNfHeYuWw=; b=nuNgZeOAtVVGyUwuMGSN8HnE8jEMEZ+Oe8rkVypsPZaXfjArfRaOtbPxEKVO8Dy3Yd KSYBF73smy0T1ERLt+wZTtyIewVaA+msjJXfNTyxxcIi4IoS61KL8t1QdF8DzIBeuSkk J+v0oOlWDhjUHyHKmzo5HzLeGOQ1fFAqVHrbo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=trFp5gJJTGdTgpALOyTzM5INMlj3kixQhwZw7Bu4EPUnwpRUqOqNTfR7dlIL6e9j3j nzqvlbfvb9Ph6aKOqqsMTGxNHRmdOt8WRAXTBDvz8gYngj8nyBm1WkniOpmvM4tyg4CQ 0mKhNfy4uveV8tOlrlXgZ+yaBORHVPZrk/UtI= Received: by 10.114.37.1 with SMTP id k1mr12233776wak.42.1225664721934; Sun, 02 Nov 2008 14:25:21 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.114.145.19 with HTTP; Sun, 2 Nov 2008 14:25:21 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 17:25:21 -0500 From: "Joshua Murphy" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Burn-in test In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200811011855.19792.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> <200811012201.01958.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> X-Archives-Salt: 664f5e75-3eab-43e7-bcfd-3a6fa40308e3 X-Archives-Hash: 4ed9a07eb59aef2ebbd665ef5b35d21d On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 5:44 PM, Andrey Vul wrote: > On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 5:00 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann > wrote: >> On Samstag 01 November 2008, Andrey Vul wrote: >>> On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 1:55 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann >>> >>> wrote: >>> > On Samstag 01 November 2008, Andrey Vul wrote: >>> >> On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 12:45 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann >>> >> >>> >> wrote: >>> >> > On Samstag 01 November 2008, Andrey Vul wrote: >>> >> >> I just bought a new laptop: >>> >> >> http://canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=019626 >>> >> >>&ci d=8 96.645 Which packages should I emerge (and run) as a burn-in >>> >> >> test? Note: I will run the burn-in off either a stock or >>> >> >> custom-mastered Gentoo LiveDVD. >>> >> >> If the disc needs custm mastering, please outline the steps required. >>> >> >> >>> >> >> Thanks! >>> >> > >>> >> > use systemrescuecd (a gentoo based livecd - incredible good one), and >>> >> > start cpuburn once for every cores. burnK7 on an amd k7 or k8 system,, >>> >> > burnP6 on a p4,core,core2 system. >>> >> >>> >> No GPU testing :( unless mprime/gpuburn can work in GPGPU mode. >>> > >>> > if your laptop has onboard nvidia graphic the last thing you want is a >>> > hot gpu. >>> >>> How bad is it? >> >> how about 'my laptop is dead' bad? >> >> http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/09/22/nvidia-chipsets- >> defective >> >> just read the links in the article. >> > > If it fails (GPU) burn-in, I'll return it as defective. I asked (the > service counter) and failed burn-in counts as defective. > > > > -- > Andrey Vul > > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > A: Top-posting. > Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? > > As an alternative to picking up things in less reliable ways... the thread (from the Folding@Home forums) linked below has a list of several different stress tests, including one for GPUs (which I have a link to below the thread's link here.) http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=52 http://www.ozone3d.net/gpu_caps_viewer/ "GPU Caps Viewer contains a stress tester for GPUs. If your GPU can run the fur rendering test for an extended period of time without issues, it should be stable." -- Poison [BLX] Joshua M. Murphy