Guide on How to Burn in Your CPU

jolancer

i will definatly try it in the future, but dont have any new pc to try it on now.

few quetions though...
- WHat is F@H?
- Do you run Super PI and Prime95 at the same time? or one by one?

Joe_B_Me

theres 10000+ threads talking bout F@H

Super PI @ Prime95 are different programs. You only want to run them one @ a time.

jolancer

wow, i bet it took you longer to link that picture and type that very very helpfull sarcastic remark. rather then just typing (F@H = Folding@Home)
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The reason i ask if you run SuperPI and Prime95 seperatly is cause...

im not faimliar with SuperPI but i have used Prime95... and Prime's own FAQ stated that its sometimes better to run it with other programs, cause that could reveal a potential error or problem were as running it by itself may not.

But i dont know if its recomended to run SuperPI by itself or with others. cause i simiply know nothing about it. and actually finding it difficault to find a download link or information.

so anyone willing to help, please provide a link if you have one.

Joe_B_Me

www.extremeoverclocking.com check the downloads section, its in there.

super PI will take up 100% of your cpu, so running prime95 during it could be better in finding the 101% stable system, but may also force to up your volts to remain stable, which brings around more heat, which defeats the overall goal of cpu burning in.

i didnt bother to tell you what F@H is b/c i think people would feel better when they put forth the effort to learn something, instead of being spoonfeed it. At least, i personally think so.

tabasco122

i will try this later. gl man

jolancer

honestly i dont care witch way i recieve the info, as long as its the info im looking for and its correct.

But the spoonfeed idea sounds pritty good.. i guess it depends on whos holding the spoon though

Joe_B_Me

you want to be spoonfeed on how to find super PI? lol, jk

tabasco122

google, honestly...

www.google.com is 14 characters plus your search terms

Apocolypse

i haven't oc'ed my cpu much, due to temp reasons, but i always thought that overvolting was used for higher speeds not undervolting. can someone explain how this works?
(for now ive only oc'ed cpu a little and graphics card alot, havent touched ram yet)

Joe_B_Me

1. google clockgen, find the correct version for your motherboard.

2. lower the volts by .025.

3. run super pi, or prime 95

4. if you come up with errors, raise the volts back up by .025, and run super pi, prime 95, f@h, w/e takes up 100% cpu, for several days, go back to step 2. (your cpu may not like lower volts, and my never run stable @ a lower voltage, after 2 tries, i'd just stop, yoru cpu is going nowhere)

5. if you dont come up with errors, go back to step 2.

by lower the voltage of your cpu, but not changing the fsb of the cpu, you will allow your cpu to run cooler, and more efficently, which will allow you to achieve a higher overclock on then before.

tencent

its nice joe.. if anyone has a high enough quality mobo like my lan party you can do it on the older athlons.. I can do it on .025 incriments from my bios.. a bitch to do since theres so much rebooting invovled.. but what can you do right?

Serious Sam

Hey Joe, what setting should I configure in Prime95 to make it test how I want it to? Also, you run "Torture Test" right? And is Prime95 the best app to do this with? Thanks for your guide.

Aothen

Yeah, sometimes people make XFN into into a glorified google. They post here when they could just learn how to type a few things into google. O well. What are forums for, right.

Aothen1.

Greatone123

I was sooo lookin forward to tryin this but then I found out by readin further it only works on A64's which I don't have and also the board I have doesn't support me lowing my voltage either!

Joe_B_Me

clock gen, you can lower volts in windows, it just wont be pernament. I suggest you burn in it in windows with clock gen, after finding the lowest volt it runs stable at, set that voltage in your bios. its that simple.

its works on any mobo that supports lower voltages, or theres a fully working version of clock gen. My friend burned in his P3 1.0GHz using clock gen.

Joe_B_Me

just bumpin this wealth of info

keybenusa@aol.c

U MISSED SOMETHING



i once forgot to plug in my fan and went and played cs of like 1hr and it just like stopped and the heatsink was like starting to glow red i freaken burned myself getting it off my hand like melted when i touched it
and it was too late for my cpu !!!! nooooooo but now i go new one

Joe_B_Me

i never said unplug the fan you idoit *smacks head on wall*

your heatsink was glowing red huh?
Aluminum melts @ 660.37 °C (933.52 °K, 1220.666 °F)

The hottest CPU threshold would be the Pressys, which can handle up to 90C for brief periods of time.

stop making **** up.

keybenusa@aol.c

dude i did this like back in jan the heatsink was slightely glowing redish orange
i was sraced that it got that hot ihad like so baddly burned hands

Joe_B_Me

that is 100% crap.

there is no way your cpu could get hot enough to make your heatsink glow. get your facts straight, it isnt possible.