What software do you use to do a system burn-in?

[Kaido]

The only thing I've ever really used is Memtest86+, but that's not for XP, it's just for the RAM/computer hardware in general. What software do you use for stress-testing Windows XP? Something you could leave on for a few days.

 

[Megatomic]

I don't stress test the OS, I stress test the hardware. Memtest is good for memory. Try Prime95 for stressing your CPU and RTHDRIBL for stressing your video card. If you can pass 24 hours in each of those 3 tests then you are good to go.

 

[tfinch2]

Why would you need to stress Windows XP?

 

[dnuggett]

Originally posted by: Kaido
The only thing I've ever really used is Memtest86+, but that's not for XP, it's just for the RAM/computer hardware in general. What software do you use for stress-testing Windows XP? Something you could leave on for a few days.

There is a modualr stress test article out on MSDN for CE I don't see anything for XP. You may read the CE article to get an idea of what you want to do.


To be honest I don't get the point of stress testing the OS. We sepnd a lot of time trying to keep things nice in XP land so it doesn't nerd out on us. Why jack with that?

 

[Markbnj]

I use Battlefield 2 to burn in.

 

[dnuggett]

Originally posted by: Markbnj
I use Battlefield 2 to burn in.

And how is this burning in XP?

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: dnuggett

Originally posted by: Kaido
The only thing I've ever really used is Memtest86+, but that's not for XP, it's just for the RAM/computer hardware in general. What software do you use for stress-testing Windows XP? Something you could leave on for a few days.

There is a modualr stress test article out on MSDN for CE I don't see anything for XP. You may read the CE article to get an idea of what you want to do.


To be honest I don't get the point of stress testing the OS. We sepnd a lot of time trying to keep things nice in XP land so it doesn't nerd out on us. Why jack with that?

My reason is that I work on a lot of computers for people and I want to make sure they'll be stable before I give it to them. Running Windows XP with all the hardware turned on for a few days while running some kind of stress-test program seems like a good idea.

 

[dnuggett]

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: dnuggett

Originally posted by: Kaido
The only thing I've ever really used is Memtest86+, but that's not for XP, it's just for the RAM/computer hardware in general. What software do you use for stress-testing Windows XP? Something you could leave on for a few days.

There is a modualr stress test article out on MSDN for CE I don't see anything for XP. You may read the CE article to get an idea of what you want to do.


To be honest I don't get the point of stress testing the OS. We sepnd a lot of time trying to keep things nice in XP land so it doesn't nerd out on us. Why jack with that?

My reason is that I work on a lot of computers for people and I want to make sure they'll be stable before I give it to them. Running Windows XP with all the hardware turned on for a few days while running some kind of stress-test program seems like a good idea.

What do you mean by all the hardware turned on? It's on when you hit the power button, you don't need software to tell you that.

Run Prime95 or SuperPi for stability testing. I still don't see the point in what you are trying to do.

 

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[Kaido]

Originally posted by: dnuggett

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: dnuggett

Originally posted by: Kaido
The only thing I've ever really used is Memtest86+, but that's not for XP, it's just for the RAM/computer hardware in general. What software do you use for stress-testing Windows XP? Something you could leave on for a few days.

There is a modualr stress test article out on MSDN for CE I don't see anything for XP. You may read the CE article to get an idea of what you want to do.


To be honest I don't get the point of stress testing the OS. We sepnd a lot of time trying to keep things nice in XP land so it doesn't nerd out on us. Why jack with that?

My reason is that I work on a lot of computers for people and I want to make sure they'll be stable before I give it to them. Running Windows XP with all the hardware turned on for a few days while running some kind of stress-test program seems like a good idea.

What do you mean by all the hardware turned on? It's on when you hit the power button, you don't need software to tell you that.

Run Prime95 or SuperPi for stability testing. I still don't see the point in what you are trying to do.

Why don't you see the point in what I'm trying to do? I want to make sure that (1) the hardware will withstand heat etc. over time and (2) that Windows XP will be stable as an operating system during that time. That's all. I've had XP installs that work great for 2 days then screw up, or hardware that overheats after 40 minutes of use.

 

[xtknight]

WTF is stress testing Windows XP? :Q Filling up all its named-pipe slots and executing 8 billion threads or something? Software doesn't fail under stress man, period. It's digital. It's because you installed buggy drivers or buggy software. I guess you mean you want to make sure the drivers are stable? Well, use the hardware:

Run Prime95 and RTHDRIBL (all settings ALL the way up) at the same time for 24 hours. Stresses the CPU, memory, and graphics card like mad. There is no conceivable reason why you'd need to run that for more than 24 hours.

 

[episodic]

Prime95 is a great program to test load.

 

[dnuggett]

The OS screws up for a various number of reasons none of which a stress test, even if it did exist would tell you. It wouldn't be predictive enough. There is no point in trying to test it, IMO.

As for the hardware run the test I mentioned above overnight.

 

[naruto1988]

toast.exe

 

[razor2025]

You can run latest 3DMark in endless loop. That will stress everything but your NIC, HDD, and soundcard.

 

[dnuggett]

Now do you get it?

 

[Seeruk]

Seriously - this burning in bollox is ridiculous.

Just load whatever the main use of the pc is gonna be (an app, the game, whatever) and just freaking use it!

Me I run one 3dmark to test for a crap driver or mistimed memory. Thats it and has never failed.