On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 5:00 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Samstag 01 November 2008, Andrey Vul wrote: >> On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 1:55 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann >> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > On Samstag 01 November 2008, Andrey Vul wrote: >> >> On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 12:45 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann >> >> >> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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?