How to test for stability?

[luderob]

I'm gonna overclock my Athlon 1.33 and was just wondering how should I go about testing for stability? Right now I have it set at 10.5 X 133 = 1400. WHen I tried upping my bust to 140 X 10, I couldn't boot into windows. I'm thinking that it was probably because of the ram. I have crucial ram. But anyways, what proggies out there for testing stability? Thanks

 

[crontab]

You can dl some rigorous load tests here

-crontab -l

 

[Rand]

Prime95 is #1 for testing processor stability in combination with the memory subsystem.

 

[Pabster]

Prime95, SETI@Home, RC5, CPU Stability Tester, 3DMark2K1 (Looped)

Any of those should do the trick. I like Prime 95, but often run the whole gamut.

 

[sharkeeper]

<< Prime95 is #1 for testing processor stability in combination with the memory subsystem. >>



I second that statement.

Cheers!

 

[Madferret]

Also, you can try Hot CPU Tester by OpusWare. I highly recommend it. linky