Originally posted by: MADMAX23
Steps to test stability:
1) Run Memtest86+ 1.65 tests 5 and 6, 25 times each, then run 5-10 times the whole Memtest tests.
2) Run Prime95 24.14 blend test for at least 12 hours, although 24h or more are recommended.
3) Run Prime95 24.14 blend test with 3DMark2001 running at the same time in loop mode again and again for at least 6 hours too so that all your system gets stressed to the MAX. (MAX CPU, GPU, HTT and RAM Stress)
If your system passes succesfully through those tests it can be considered 99,99% stable!!!
When running a blend I notice it will use with 2gb of ram..like 2450mg..which means alot of pagefile use which seems a waste
anyone have trouble running a blend test with 2GB of ram...how do you set it up
I think it is important to realize we can do all the "hardware stress testing" we want but once you add apps, drivers etc...stablity can be affected
so even if you pass Prime 95 you may not be stable unless you restress you system after each change which I think is absurd
So beware any software or hardware change can affect stablity....The issue of stress testing becaomes a chasing of the tale
I persoanlly stress my setup on the major hardware revision new cpu/mobo/ram(videocard I do separately as I upgrade less commonly)...and if I get my stable parameters I am done
Also..unfortunately. I have been to lazy to reinstall winxp this upgrade..kinda of stupid as I add and remove crap all the time, so if I end stable with my testing this time...it really is as I am sure I have numerous little driver/app issues
I run a few programs never designed or patched to run in winxp...ie Pagis Pro(this has always been a little unstable on XP for every system I used it on...about 6 now)
I should add there are probably users out there that do very stress stuff and critical stuff and overclocking may not be the best since any failure can be a problem....but as above even stock setups can have huge issues becasue of OS, software, hardware conflicts