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 1KwPCc-0000Vu-E9 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 01 Nov 2008 22:44:18 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 33610E03E5; Sat, 1 Nov 2008 22:44:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mu-out-0910.google.com (mu-out-0910.google.com [209.85.134.187]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA1ACE03E5 for ; Sat, 1 Nov 2008 22:44:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mu-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id i2so1891296mue.6 for ; Sat, 01 Nov 2008 15:44:15 -0700 (PDT) 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=87HVDrfX/8/O1R7STFXAeXHd8LOEhlfr+pe4rAmoc+U=; b=A+9T3gkGrXGK6qBtud5KPXvjdvbtFkPUFjus1Leud85WSk50+jfwlMqoZ+eFYbIgKx hLx4slZCkgQtI9zwyTYgIxetu1B9LTBMmGr8ZQjKxMnYjFdcXMyz6fNRCpJ7vbm6VfRg vgug0GzTaJzpRvDSib7EAk71dLIKAbFIY9/fM= 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=O+Tej+hYUs2REYSHsDPdtTqDW6WwWY0ae2Gu14KObNURkOpIGlbQuT6zQFYTtCUdX1 uOL8UL+uYqTWQ7oANEF4658lrEqybxcMbTGCsEFOso2cRZxJqkZGjYEUdqVT1X2PK0gu gcJw8tAR9u42GeXEkop7yVjx5JmPmIQ2eZ2qs= Received: by 10.103.131.18 with SMTP id i18mr6308160mun.126.1225579455112; Sat, 01 Nov 2008 15:44:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.103.239.11 with HTTP; Sat, 1 Nov 2008 15:44:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 18:44:15 -0400 From: "Andrey Vul" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Burn-in test In-Reply-To: <200811012201.01958.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> 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=ISO-8859-1 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: d4c5c7f9-8bac-46e8-9397-ad12b1b7605b X-Archives-Hash: b323d97cc28d23c56b2f9f73e8d2a8ae 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?