Is there a utility that can be used to continuously "exercise" the motherboard? I have one with a brand new installation of XP that locked up once. It has now run for several days with no problems, but there was no apparent reason for it to lock up.
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Re: Exercising Motherboard
XP does that at times, for no reason, and provided its just a one-off its probably nothing to worry about. I've found that the process of installing XP in the first place is as good as burn-in test as any, especially if you do it with a cold system.
I myself have used this - http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ and run the CPU burn-in tests for a few hours to get the motherboard hot, but the best test of a computer is simply to use it. -
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Prime95 generally works good. I generally either set it to blend, or do a custom with the size between twice and 4x the amount of L2 cache on the CPU, and then set it to run them in place. Run that for 24 hours straight and you'll have a pretty good idea if it's stable or not. Be sure to run the same number of threads as your processor has cores.
32 bit:
http://www.mersenne.org/gimps/p95v256.zip
64 bit:
http://www.mersenne.org/gimps/p64v256.zip
Linux:
http://www.mersenne.org/gimps/mprime256.tar.gz
http://www.mersenne.org/gimps/mprime256-linux64.tar.gz
If you really want to push it, do things in windows while it's testing.
I find that about 80-90% of the time crashes are hardware related, so be sure to test it.
Good luck!A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still.Comment
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Re: Exercising Motherboard
just load up folding at home
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test your system and help the team!Comment
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Please explain folding in detail.Comment
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Re: Exercising Motherboard
Boost the frontside bus a bit (like 3-5%) when stress testing. Otherwise you won't know if it's dangerously close to instability. As dust builds up and other conditions change over time, that can bite you. Not to mention that no stress test utility can be considered perfect, so it helps to add a testing margin if the board will let you.
If it won't stay stable at 3% over, then it's really not trustworthy.Comment
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Hello,
I have a Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 (G533QM) that had a dead motherboard (Graphics card dead) and after trying to fix the motherboard with no success, I bit the bullet on a sale for a new motherboard. I ordered a motherboard for the 15 inch model which is the one that I have, and when the motherboard arrived it wasn't for a little while that I saw it was from the 17 inch model.
My question is, can I update the Bios on this G733 motherboard to a G533 Bios.
The reason for wanting to do this is that the keyboard isn't working as it should, and I think this... -
Hi everyone 😀,
I'm here today to ask for help with repairing the motherboard of a Lenovo Legion Y540 17IRH.
To give you some context, I'm passionate about computer repair so much so that I've invested in a lot of tools and started practicing on dead and old hardware. I've been learning how to solder and desolder components, mostly focusing on phone repairs.
Recently, I bought a broken Lenovo Legion Y540 17IRH for just €150, and there are two main reasons why I made this purchase:- I already own the exact same model, but its plastic chassis is badly damaged.
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Subject is a blank screen issue in HP Envy 17-3290NR 3D version laptop with motherboard Louis V1.1 6050A2489901 MB-A02. Production year is 2012. This one is a 2nd hand motherboard which I could use it for few months only. Suddenly no output from the internal display and also no signal from HDMI port then Windows out of order after few boots.
Caps lock working normally and no HP's caps-lock warning blinks. Making a hard reset and replacing the RAM sticks or using different slots didn't help.
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Here’s another motherboard that needed a full recap: an ASUS P5GC-MX.
This one was gifted to me some years ago by user Pentium 4, along with a few other goodies. It actually came in working order with no bulging or leaking caps. However, I noted there were United Chemicon KZG caps everywhere on the motherboard. The CPU VRM output (CPU V_core) was the only exception: it had only 2x KZG. The rest was 6x UCC TMV 4V 680 uF caps… which aren’t any good news either.
So here is what the motherboard looked like with its original caps:
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Hi, I have some 32 bits computer motherboards that need repair, as they fail to
power on.
Here are some examples :
(N.B. "capacitors" indicated here are electrolytic capacitors located in the onboard
switching supply area).
(N.B. #2 : I could not find a 3300 microF aluminum-polymer with a higher voltage
than 6.3 V.)
1 - Motherboard #1 : this is an Asrock K7VT2 (socket A) that still works well. To put it on test
I replaced capacitors with aluminum-polymer.
3300 microF/6.3 V. x 4 replaced by 3300 microF/6.3 V. (KYOCERA...
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