On Samstag 01 November 2008, Andrey Vul wrote: > On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 12:45 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Samstag 01 November 2008, Andrey Vul wrote: > >> I just bought a new laptop: > >> http://canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=019626&ci > >>d=8 96.645 Which packages should I emerge (and run) as a burn-in test? > >> Note: I will run the burn-in off either a stock or custom-mastered > >> Gentoo LiveDVD. > >> If the disc needs custm mastering, please outline the steps required. > >> > >> Thanks! > > > > use systemrescuecd (a gentoo based livecd - incredible good one), and > > start cpuburn once for every cores. burnK7 on an amd k7 or k8 system,, > > burnP6 on a p4,core,core2 system. > > No GPU testing :( unless mprime/gpuburn can work in GPGPU mode.
if your laptop has onboard nvidia graphic the last thing you want is a hot gpu. > > Meh, I'll just get a pirated copy of Passmark BurnInTest off of > piratebay/rapidshare. great, you just said in an open 'forum' that you will be stealing software! Well done! If you want to 'test' the gpu (and seeing a picture should be test enough for a laptop) then run cpuburn AND unigine.
