burning in a new comp.

[KingSVT]

ok i am building a new comp and this is my first time
what do i need to do to burn it in and how long should i burn it in
please help
😛

 

[Shuelessjo]

Judging from you name, you wouldn't happen to own a Mustang SVT Cobra, would you?

 

[KingSVT]

accually right now i have a 1998 ford contor svt
hehe
but i am saving up for a 1989 mustang convertible that i can rebuild
it will be great fun
anyhoo
can anyone help me with this burning in a new comp???

 

[T3C]

winbench

 

[Shuelessjo]

Originally posted by: KingSVT
accually right now i have a 1998 ford contor svt
hehe
but i am saving up for a 1989 mustang convertible that i can rebuild
it will be great fun
anyhoo
can anyone help me with this burning in a new comp???

I apologize. I didn't mean to hijack your thread.
If you are intrested in a Mustang Club come checkout mine. We are all throughout Cali.


As far as burning in your computer. I am sorry, I usually don't burn in my computer when I build one.

 

[Insidious]

I usually don't recommend burnning in a computer.

Burn-in is a form of QA designed to accelerate the appearance of infant failures to avoid shipping those parts out to a customer.

most component warranties are plenty long enough that if you do experience an infant failure of a component you can RMA it no problem.

Burn-in will NOT make your computer more stable, make it live longer, or make it perform better in any way..... it only breaks weak parts and overstresses healthy ones.

-Sid

Of course, running a distributed computing project like the ones in my sig runs your CPU at 100% 24/7 and I DO recommend that! 😀

 

[MistaTastyCakes]

To test stability, see if it can run Prime 95 for 8+ hours, memtest86 for about that long, and then try and encode some DivX. DO the first two tests overnight, and your computing won't be interrupted. If you can pass all three of those, your system is rock solid.

 

[CTho9305]

What MistaTastyCakes said, except I memtest first, then prime 😉

 

[stncttr908]

I use the Sandra burn-in wizard, and loop it for a few hours.