On Tue, 2006-12-12 at 12:58 +1030, Tim wrote: > On Mon, 2006-12-11 at 20:15 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote: > > It is a well-known fact that faulty software can overheat CPUs. > > I was thinking about something like this the other day. I'm just > finishing off putting a PC together for a friend, and have been using it > to stress test it. What I'd like is an automated stress testing tool, > not one that tries to break it, but tests that things that should be > do-able, are, without having to manually check the serial ports, > parallel ports, video ports, that the CPU can do all its math and get > the answers right, etc. There's memtest86+ (though I've heard some > detractors say it can give false results), but I haven't heard of > anything to test other parts of the system. > > -- > (Currently testing FC5, but still running FC4, if that's important.) > > Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. > I read messages from the public lists. > This disk has a system Burn-In test on it. There are also other tests as well. http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ FWIW, my computer died (well shutdown) on the weekend due to over heating. A can of dust off, a few clouds of dust later and the computer is back up and running 24/7.
