I want to stress test my new pc

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I built what I considered my ideal machine a few months ago.

But................

I'm having very intermitant blue screens for all kinds of errors. I've tried all the usual strip out all but needed, swaping memory in and out etc...

Stuck a brand new 750w psu in so not that.

Never the same error twice....

Built with 2 SSD drives which dont like hibernating..........

So I'm looking for some freeware / shareware that will stress the machine and hopefully help pinpoint the weak spot. Does anyone know of anything thats really spot on ?
 
Somthing like SuperPi or Prime95 will work well..
 
Prime 95 in conjunction with CPU-Z should do it nicely.
 
how many sticks of RAM is there? if 4, might need upping voltage on memory controller and memory modules.
 
neil_g said:
if the blue screens are intermittent then a prime test isnt really going to achieve anything
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Neil has a point ( I must read tread more fully).

you need to isolate the fault, before stress testing, which may cause completely different errors.

Is there anything in the windows logs?

What are the different errors?
 
I would start of by running memtest...http://www.memtest.org/

You can run it from cd or usb key. Best to rule out the basics first.
If the BSOD's are random it sounds like a memory problem.

If your memory passes then time to look into windows logs.
 
Not sure how much it helps but I just built a PC and got the blue screen of death every time I went into the Nvidia performance panel thingy. I think it was incompatible with my mobo so I use EVGA Precision instead and have no problems.

If there's no obvious pattern to what's causing the bsod and what you are doing then I would guess it's hardware rather than software? Have you done all the usual checks, making sure everything is connected fully, checking all the voltages are ok, checking temps? I'm no expert but these are the things I'd check first and then start on the memory with one stick at a time etc.

I use http://openhardwaremonitor.org which is free and shows a lot of good info.
 
Howdy Chris,
What are the errors from the Windows Logs?
Any particular programs seem to give it a fit?
How intermittent BSODs - weekly / daily / monthly?
Have you had any luck with any of the freeware listed above?

What is your PC configuration - motherboard / CPU / RAM / software - just so we get an overall picture of possible regular faults?

Cheers,

Ste
 
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Quick update.

Main board bios was 4 versions out of date, not good for a new board ( old stock methinks )

One of the ssd drives had really old firmware.

Both needed updates for " system stability problems "

Hopefully I'm working towards a more stable system.

Thanks for the replies.
 
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