Malpine Walis
Disabled
- Joined
- Nov 23, 2001
- Location
- Banned Camp
I have heard quite a bit about burning in a new computer but I really do not understand the concept.
Some of the vendors I have looked at offer "testing" before they ship new components but they do not bother to qualify what that means. I have heard of people doing a burn in for X number of hours but an unqualified statement by a vendor could mean that they only boot-up a system and then say "yah, it works" and then send it off to me.
Is burn in something that I need to do to make sure that my new hardware will work?
Is it a torture test to see what my hardware will take?
Is it something else entirely?
Is it none of the above?
Some of the vendors I have looked at offer "testing" before they ship new components but they do not bother to qualify what that means. I have heard of people doing a burn in for X number of hours but an unqualified statement by a vendor could mean that they only boot-up a system and then say "yah, it works" and then send it off to me.
Is burn in something that I need to do to make sure that my new hardware will work?
Is it a torture test to see what my hardware will take?
Is it something else entirely?
Is it none of the above?