Motherboard Burn-In

[bigbeark]

I note that Topcat "burns in" motherboards after recapping for a specified length of time.

Is this all memtest86 or are other programs run as well.

If you have rcapped a board and it fails burn-in, what do you do? Bin the board and put it down to bad luck? Reflow all joints and try again?

[ratdude747]

Re: Motherboard Burn-In

i think he does it because he has 5 zillion orders and memtest puts load without him having to constantly babysit it... and to cover his ass to make sure the board is in good order... there have been a few board models that were found to have defective screenprints resulting in backwards caps... there is a sticky in this forum about a MSI board with that issue, and the only way he found out was the burn in.

if you have issues, check to make sure that:

• you trimmed all leads
• all joints are soldered
• no caps are backwards (you can do a multimeter test if in doubt)
• no caps have damage
• no traces are split.
• no solder splat
• no cold joints
• you plugged all the parts in right (CPU, RAM, etc.)
• you hooked the monitor up
• that you are using a known good PSU
• you have a good cmos battery (some boards will do a no post if the battery is bad)

if that solves nothing, then take a 15min-1hr break and check again. you may have missed something in you fit.

sometimes you do have a goner...

[c_hegge]

Re: Motherboard Burn-In

I usally give my boards 24 hours memtest, followed by 24 hours Prime95 blend, then 24 hours prime95 In-place FFT and finally 24 hours prime95 small FFT. Total of 96 hours of testing.

[goodpsusearch]

Re: Motherboard Burn-In

c_hegge I admire your patience...

[Colt45ws]

Re: Motherboard Burn-In

I generally do 24hours memtest and 24hours prime95 custom blend for most machines.
On my server after I recapped it, I let prime95 crank on it for 240 hours. I set it in a corner and just 'forgot' about it for a week and a half.

[Th3_uN1Qu3]

Re: Motherboard Burn-In

For me Prime has failed enough times (or probably taken too long to fail) to be considered reliable. IntelBurnTest all the way. On a 2GB RAM system with a modern CPU it never takes more than 20 minutes. With more RAM of course it takes more but nowhere near a full day.

[brethin]

Re: Motherboard Burn-In

For me Prime has failed enough times (or probably taken too long to fail) to be considered reliable. IntelBurnTest all the way. On a 2GB RAM system with a modern CPU it never takes more than 20 minutes. With more RAM of course it takes more but nowhere near a full day.

But letting it run an extended period of time (24hrs+) testing is better if you really want to test it for reliability. I have had replacements parts take longer than 20 mins to fail but rarely fail short of their life expectancy after a 24hr+ test.