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Melkorus · 11-05-2006, 09:20 PM

download and install Prime 95. Run Prime 95. Go to FILE>STOP. to stop that generic test which I never understood what the purpose was.

Go to OPTIONS>TORTURE TEST new window will pop up, you will have few options there and one of the options will be "BLEND".

Side note: You can run two instances of Prime 95. Just Copy and Paste installation folder of Prime 95 and run another prime 95 prog from there. This is good for people who have dual core CPUs, like yourself. You can go to ADVANCED>AFFINITY and set each instance of the program to certain core (one set to 0 and other one set to 1). This will give you the best results and stress test your CPU to the max.

If you do end up using two prime 95s at the same time, you have to make sure you change amount of RAM each program will test. For that you would have to use "CUSTOM" option and manually set amount of "Memory to use". You don't want to use more than 3/4 of your total memory on "both" instances of prime 95 (total memory RECOGNIZED BY YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM). If you have 4GBs of RAM, setting 1.5GB to be used with each program would be your ideal amount. Too much is worse than too little since it will result in your PC hanging on you, guaranteed.

Blah, I don't know if I make any sense, I probably don't especially if you never used Prime 95, but if you do have a problem we can go through this step by step.

EDIT: If your PC freezes, that means you have hit critical error. It could be caused by RAM or CPU or both. Now if you are certain that it's not your RAM (and you can never be certain, my RAM is giving me errors and is unstable at STOCK settings, so I had to downclock them due to issues with my motherboard and that particular RAM, you need to run Memtest bro, trust me) than it's your CPU.

EDIT 2: Ummm.... did I get ahead of myself.....you can't install windows xp at all can you?

11-05-2006, 09:20 PM	#8 (permalink)
Melkorus The Old Timer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: St. Louis Posts: 4,185	download and install Prime 95. Run Prime 95. Go to FILE>STOP. to stop that generic test which I never understood what the purpose was. Go to OPTIONS>TORTURE TEST new window will pop up, you will have few options there and one of the options will be "BLEND". Side note: You can run two instances of Prime 95. Just Copy and Paste installation folder of Prime 95 and run another prime 95 prog from there. This is good for people who have dual core CPUs, like yourself. You can go to ADVANCED>AFFINITY and set each instance of the program to certain core (one set to 0 and other one set to 1). This will give you the best results and stress test your CPU to the max. If you do end up using two prime 95s at the same time, you have to make sure you change amount of RAM each program will test. For that you would have to use "CUSTOM" option and manually set amount of "Memory to use". You don't want to use more than 3/4 of your total memory on "both" instances of prime 95 (total memory RECOGNIZED BY YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM). If you have 4GBs of RAM, setting 1.5GB to be used with each program would be your ideal amount. Too much is worse than too little since it will result in your PC hanging on you, guaranteed. Blah, I don't know if I make any sense, I probably don't especially if you never used Prime 95, but if you do have a problem we can go through this step by step. EDIT: If your PC freezes, that means you have hit critical error. It could be caused by RAM or CPU or both. Now if you are certain that it's not your RAM (and you can never be certain, my RAM is giving me errors and is unstable at STOCK settings, so I had to downclock them due to issues with my motherboard and that particular RAM, you need to run Memtest bro, trust me) than it's your CPU. EDIT 2: Ummm.... did I get ahead of myself.....you can't install windows xp at all can you? __________________ Last edited by Melkorus; 11-05-2006 at 09:26 PM.