On Thursday 28 Aug 2003 8:24 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Thursday 28 August 2003 09:55 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > Care to tell us more? My granddaughter's 1-year-old (win98) box > > suffers from recurrent problems, and I'm wondering if this test > > would help. So - what's involved in running it, how risky is it, > > and what sort of reporting does it give? > > > > Anne > > First, I'm not sure if cpuburn is available for Windows? As a pure > 'Nix user I just don't notice if software runs on more than 1 > platform or not... :-( > Yup, there's a version.
> Anyways, I was having recurrent spontaneous reboots. I mean you're > setting at the front of your computer, then wham! it shutsdown and > goes thru all the normal stuff when you bootup. The only time I've had that was when I was having Star Office / Open Office problems with large files. In her case, it's freezes that happen without any obvious pattern. > Especially during > games, but not just limited to them. Many people on the list > (including Tom) offered advice, and several ways to test the > hardware. The general consensus seems to be that you're much better > off ruling out hardware problems *first* before trying to track > down a software problem. Memtest, Mprime, cpuburn all check various > parts of your hardware. > > Basically you just run cpuburn (there are different versions for > different cpu's) and let it go. If it can run for 20-25 mins on > your machine without locking up, you're in pretty good shape. If > you can run it for an hour, you're using a tank with brains. <grin> > > If it locks up within a few minutes - you've got some problems > somewhere, and it my case - it turned out to be heat. I modded my > case a bit, and now run about 37c to 39c where I was running about > 50c before. No more reboots. :-) > How did you know it was heat? > Hmm, did I send the you the picture where I made the changes? I can > send you 3 offlist if you like. Just lemme know! :-) Yes, please. Anne
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