Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Burn-in test
Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2008 21:01:29
Message-Id: 200811012201.01958.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Burn-in test by Andrey Vul
1 On Samstag 01 November 2008, Andrey Vul wrote:
2 > On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 1:55 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann
3 >
4 > <volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de> wrote:
5 > > On Samstag 01 November 2008, Andrey Vul wrote:
6 > >> On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 12:45 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann
7 > >>
8 > >> <volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de> wrote:
9 > >> > On Samstag 01 November 2008, Andrey Vul wrote:
10 > >> >> I just bought a new laptop:
11 > >> >> http://canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=019626
12 > >> >>&ci d=8 96.645 Which packages should I emerge (and run) as a burn-in
13 > >> >> test? Note: I will run the burn-in off either a stock or
14 > >> >> custom-mastered Gentoo LiveDVD.
15 > >> >> If the disc needs custm mastering, please outline the steps required.
16 > >> >>
17 > >> >> Thanks!
18 > >> >
19 > >> > use systemrescuecd (a gentoo based livecd - incredible good one), and
20 > >> > start cpuburn once for every cores. burnK7 on an amd k7 or k8 system,,
21 > >> > burnP6 on a p4,core,core2 system.
22 > >>
23 > >> No GPU testing :( unless mprime/gpuburn can work in GPGPU mode.
24 > >
25 > > if your laptop has onboard nvidia graphic the last thing you want is a
26 > > hot gpu.
27 >
28 > How bad is it?
29
30 how about 'my laptop is dead' bad?
31
32 http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/09/22/nvidia-chipsets-
33 defective
34
35 just read the links in the article.

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