[PLUG] Hardware driving me nuts!

[Carla Schroder]

On Thursday 03 May 2007 17:16, alan wrote:
> On Thu, 3 May 2007, Galen Seitz wrote:
> > John Jason Jordan wrote:
> >> I guess next I need to check the CPU. The Ultimate Boot CD has CPU
> >> tests, but only for Intel CPUs. This is AM-2 64-bit. I'll google and
> >> see if I can turn something up.
> >
> > I second Drew's suggestion.  Check the CPU, heatsink, and fan.
> > Overheating is the only explanation that seems to fit the data, although
> > now that I think about it, why didn't memtest86 crash?
>
> Memtest86 does not push the cpu.
>
> You could always run "make test" from OpenSSL.

The 'yes' command can push your CPU pretty hard, like this:

$ yes I am john and this is my test

It will run until you stop it with ctrl + C.


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