It seems to be acknowledged amongst the veteran GIMPS participants that stage 2 of P-1 factoring is often more stressful on one's computer than an LL test. Obviously, it is probably very stressful on memory, but I've even noticed that it raises my CPU temperature a bit higher than an LL test. Would it be possible to have a torture test in Prime95/mprime that does stage 2 P-1 factoring or something that stresses the computer in similar manner? It would be nice to be able to "torture" a CPU and memory system (1) without possibly returning bad P-1 results, (2) with some error checking so you know immediately if there is an error rather than having to wait for an illegal sumout or system crash/lockup, and (3) that, if possible, avoids stage 1 ( although my understanding is that stage 2 uses the stage 1 result ). Is this idea feasible?
Nick Glover [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Science, Clemson University "It's good to be open-minded, but not so open that your brains fall out." - Jacob Needleman _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
