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Do you do it every time you get a new part?
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Do you do it every time you get a new part?
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How many of you do Burn-Ins
- Thread starter Miknow
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- St. Catharines, Ontario Canada
I do it w/ my processor . . . sometimes RAM.
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Same as Oni. I run Prime 95 for 24 hours on a new CPU, and usually on memory, too.
BHD
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- Apr 16, 2001
nah... when I first get something that doesnt need a burn into work properly I either just let the component settle, or I push it immediately to test the waters... usually if its a CPU I will let it burn hard for a few days just to make sure its going to perform properly. Then I will let folding have it for a few more days... then I test it again.
Mostly for CPUs its just to let the thermal paste settle in. I have realized a few extra MHz and sometimes a more stable overclock from a long burn in at high voltage stock speed.
Mostly for CPUs its just to let the thermal paste settle in. I have realized a few extra MHz and sometimes a more stable overclock from a long burn in at high voltage stock speed.
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BaldHeadedDork said:
Yeah, Prime95 is the best way to burn in a CPU. Not only does it stress every part of it but it'll also terminate with a warning if something isn't right. That way you know your new config or overclock isn't stable long before it craps out when you need it.
Sandra burn-in wizard works well for memory burn in.
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- california
Well...
I'm kind of lazy. I don't burn in unless I've just overclocked something. Usually a rig at default settings won't give you too much trouble.
I'm kind of lazy. I don't burn in unless I've just overclocked something. Usually a rig at default settings won't give you too much trouble.
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- Ottawa, Canada
Only when I upgrade these things: Mobo, RAM, and CPU. Prime95 is what I use. If I still had my floppy installed I'd run memtest86 for memory.
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- Jun 9, 2001
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- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
I do it for procsessor, ram and video cards.
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- tOLEDO, OHIO, the heart of it all!
i usually dont, but i have been burning my mem, on kiddie rig for about 2 weeks, with slow timings. ill reboot right now and see if it worked.
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no go.
I'd had troubles with my new board/cpu/ram with random reboots and failures to load bios correctly. It would also lose bios settings and return to defaults. Since I did the Prime95 burn-in for a day, I've been trouble free.
I can't say exactly what it did for the system, but it's running real nice and reliable now for the last month.
Now if only it would help windoze with it's problems!
I can't say exactly what it did for the system, but it's running real nice and reliable now for the last month.
Now if only it would help windoze with it's problems!
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I fold, therefore I am in perpetual state of burn in .
I know, in the past, lowest speeds at highest voltage for 24-48 hours would yield maybe a mhz or two on the FSB, but I guess I just don't care enough for the extra 1 or 2 mhz anymore...
.I know, in the past, lowest speeds at highest voltage for 24-48 hours would yield maybe a mhz or two on the FSB, but I guess I just don't care enough for the extra 1 or 2 mhz anymore...
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Pinky said:I fold, therefore I am in perpetual state of burn in
I know, in the past, lowest speeds at highest voltage for 24-48 hours would yield maybe a mhz or two on the FSB, but I guess I just don't care enough for the extra 1 or 2 mhz anymore...
thats what im talking about
...though i never lower the speed or up the voltage arbitrarily, i normally burn in when i first get a cpu....
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Yodums said:
You don't use a floppy anymore? Those things are so cheap nowadays. They're practically giving them away! Floppy drives are still useful for me about once or twice a year when I need to reformat.
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progamer said:
yup ive been given 5 floppy drives or old computers with them in the last couple weeks, they really are great for fdisk and stuff like that, from www.bootdisk.com and Dr Disk i got this uber 98 bootdisk with every dos utility on it...its great for partitioning and stuff if you cant affor PM...
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I still find floppies more valuble than ever. I always bring a drive and cable with me whenever I make a house call to service a computer.
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I stress test new parts at stock for a week, then have a warranty burning ceremony, then I burn in new overclocks for about 24-48 hours.
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