Flwrite wrote:

Prime95:

Download:
http://www.downseek.com/download/7026.asp

Downseek, and you shall downfind.  Especially good for downunder.

Forum:
http://www.mersenneforum.org/forumdisplay.php?f=9  Oh no, another
distributed computing project.  Figures!  They're looking for the
largest prime number.  Of course, the only way to prove they found
the largest prime number is to continue searching for a larger prime
number.  I don't expect they'll ever be satisfied.

I was looking on their website for the CPU torture test, but all I
could find was information on their project.  Finally , I concluded
that the CPU Torture Test - Prime95 - is also the same program they
are using for their prime number search.  Do I understand that
correctly?  Therefore, if I run the torture test on my CPU, I might
also find the next prime number, coincidentally?  Better chance of
that than finding E.T.?

You are correct in your assumption. However, in torture-test mode it doesn't
look for primes, it just does a lot of comlex calculations and compares the
result with known results. If they differ then it tells you. A failure with
Prime95 means your PC is unstable ultimately, no matter whether you
experience crashes or not. If you overclock and don't test with Prime
(preferable for a few hours) before crunching SETI then there is a chance
that you are sending back incorrect results, and maybe missing ET's signal.

I've been using SETI@home to keep my uP warm.  What function does
Prime95 have that is missing from SETI@home that can be used to
document a CPU instability?

Prime will crash or tell you if the system is unstable, SETI will just send
in innacurate data or send in units before they're completed.

Prime95 is *the* standard for testing a PC's stability. I wouldn't run a PC
without testing it with Prime first, even if it isn't OC'ed.
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~misfit~