[BBLISA] CPU/Memory test for Dell PowerEdge?

[Scott Ehrlich]

Sorry to top post...

The program sounds great, but the goal for me is to discover if the
problem is with the OS or the hardware, and the logs do not show a
thing.   Thus, if I run the test booting from CD or floppy and a
problem occurs, then I know the hardware is at fault.

Has someone made a bootable floppy or CD with Prime95 on it?  If so,
I'd really like to try it that way.

Thanks.

Scott

On 7/26/05, Douglas Alan <nessus at mit.edu> wrote:
> Scott Ehrlich <srehrlich at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I'm looking for a free CPU/Memory intensive testing program for a Dell
> > Poweredge 2500.
> 
> The canonical way to test the CPU and memory subystems among
> overclockers is the program Prime95.  It wasn't originally designed for
> this purpose -- it's designed for searching for Mersenne primes -- but
> it has a testing mode built into it to make sure that your computer is
> up to the task and won't generate erronious results.  The test mode
> beats on your CPU and memory so hard that it typically turns up any
> problems within a few hours.  I've had computers fail Prime95's
> stability test that have never shown any other symptoms, even when
> running other CPU or memory intensive programs.  Prime95 really heats up
> your CPU more than most programs.  If your computer passes Prime95's
> tests for 24 hours, then there most probably is nothing wrong with your
> CPU or memory.
> 
> I've found Prime95 to be much more effective than Memtest86 in finding
> memory problems too (i.e., I've had computers fail Prime95's tests
> quickly, while Memtest86 would run for days on the same computer and
> never turn up a problem), and unlike Memtest86, running Prime95 doesn't
> require shutting down your computer.
> 
> |>oug
>