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djgizmo68
5th January 2007, 23:02
What are syptoms of an un-stable PC?
amp88
5th January 2007, 23:03
Freezing/locking up for extended periods of time (or indefinitely) and/or restarting/shutting down unexpectedly.
Dennisjr13
5th January 2007, 23:28
If you can run Prime95 (http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm) for 24h straight using the Stress Test called blend, it is stable :).
bryanviper
17th January 2007, 01:45
What are syptoms of an un-stable PC?


What problems are you having to be asking this??
george_tsiros
17th January 2007, 10:24
If you can run Prime95 (http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm) for 24h straight using the Stress Test called blend, it is stable :).


CPU BURN (http://pages.sbcglobal.net/redelm/) :bananadea
pb32000
17th January 2007, 10:42
Surely its not just CPU related though. For example if you have a weak power supply, then just cranking up cpu usuage might not affect it, but add in a powerful graphics card at full usuage, and hdd thrashing etc, you may find it cant cope then. Just a thought.
niffer022
17th January 2007, 10:44
psu does have a big part in the stability of your system, but more than likely its a cpu related issuse, specially if you have overclocked....
jamesrowe
17th January 2007, 11:08
Also the software can make it unstable! If you are running Windows then its UNSTABLE :p
Dennisjr13
24th January 2007, 22:55
Also the software can make it unstable! If you are running Windows then its UNSTABLE :p


LOL, like I said, run Prime95 for a little bit (6 hours should be fine if you use it for daily use) running the torture test called blend (It tests CPU and RAM to the max). If your computer passes that then it is definately not the CPU or RAM that is the problem.

One question, is your processor dual core?