dfox wrote:

> 
> And hardware that passes memtest86 may fail in a stressful session with
> gcc. :( Memtest is sequential and performs a selected set of tests on
> the memory, but it can't (or doesn't) simulate the somewhat random-like
> access to memory that gcc does. Then again, gcc doesn't randomly 'walk'
> all over your whole memory space, but only a small subsection of it.
> 
> 
>>    Tom Brinkman                      Corpus Christi, Texas
> 
> 

OK insert dumb question here:  But wouldn't running SETI For a week 
straight 24/7 have this nice burn-in effect on a CPU?

Femme



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