[TriLUG] "burning in" a new machine

[William Chandler]

For a HDD I just use smart-mon-tools (smartctl) by running a short and long
test.  This will also log any errors.

For CPU/Heat testing I run this one-liner " perl -e 'while(1){$i++;}' " for
every core.

To test memory I run memtest86.

Hope this helps!

-W

On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Edwin Castillo <edwin at wiredbytes.com> wrote:

> +1 for stress.
>
> I am normally concerned about the CPU cooler installation so I make sure I
> can blast the CPU temp up without having it crash. I don't run this test
> the
> same day since some vendors state that the thermal paste settles in after 2
> weeks of 8 hour operation. I'm too impatient for that, so I wait a day at
> most.
>
> Regards,
> Edwin Castillo
> http://about.me/edwincastillo
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Mike Shaw <mdshaw89 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I have used stress(http://weather.ou.edu/~apw/projects/stress/<
> http://weather.ou.edu/%7Eapw/projects/stress/>)
> > to
> > kill a machine before so it should give you a good run except for
> > video.  :)
> >
> > Good luck!
> >
> > Mike
> > ---
> > Rorschach: By the way, you need a stronger lock. That new one broke
> > after one shove. - Watchmen
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Charles Mangin <option8 at option8.com>
> > wrote:
> > > i've just finished building my first from-parts PC, and am ready to
> > install Fedora on it to use as my home file server.
> > >
> > > since i've never done this before, i was wondering what kind of "burn
> in"
> > i should try to do, to test all the components in the box. it's a fairly
> > simple setup with an intel microATX mobo and core i3, sata HD and DVDRW.
> i'm
> > used to running spinrite for testing and marking bad sectors on new HDDs,
> > but what's the best way to stress test the power supply and cpu? again,
> i'll
> > be installing Fedora, so a test suite that runs on Fedora would be ideal.
> > >
> > > thanks!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --charles.
> > >
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