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so burn as in burning - literally? Has anyone had their computer go up in flames as a result of overheating the CPU? On 16 March 2010 15:37, Gordon Henderson <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 16 Mar 2010, Dan James wrote: > >> I've not used cpuburn before, does it have a way of telling you that it >> got a calculation wrong? > > Yes. > > It's not one program though - there are several in the set and you'll likely > want to run burnBX and/or burnMMX on a modern processor. > > They will terminate if they get an error, but they don't give sensible > messages - just status codes - but essentially, if they terminate they got > an error. > > burnBX and burnMMX are actually memory testers - really aimed at testing the > CPU cache - they can take an optional single-letter parameter to specify the > amount of memory they test - see > http://pages.sbcglobal.net/redelm/readme.txt for more details. > > And remember to run one per core. > > And do not run them unless you have lm-sensors installed, and do check the > temperature with lm-sensors, or something else. > > Gordon > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > -- Dan Dart _____ Need a website? Want some music tailored to you? Visit http://www.dandart.co.uk -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html