Intel Burn Test what a farcical test.

mmj_uk

mmj_uk

mmj_uk

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I've spent virtually the whole weekend trying to diagnose why my i7 system was failing this test even when at stock, I've reformatted, underclocked, overvolted everything I can think of to try and find the culprit.

I was convinced that either my CPU/motherboard or memory was faulty and was at one point close to ordering £100-200 of stuff to try and get things running stable.

Then I find out that this "stability test" has a fatal bug when running 8 threads, so I put it to 16 and I pass with flying colours over and over again.

Also this program claims to be 20C more stressful than Prime95 which simply isn't the case if you run Prime95 with the "Maximum Heat" setting, infact I would say Prime95 is more stressful because it doesn't stop/start all the time giving the CPU a breather like this does.

So in summary, DO NOT RUN THIS TEST WITH 8 THREADS, not even on a CPU with you guessed it - 8 threads. :rolleyes:
 
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Hmmm sounds like you had a real frustrating time! :(

I did hear about this, probably will get fixed soon so no one else tears clumps of their hair out thinking their system is unstable! ;)

But you figured it out in the end and lived to tell the tale, gratz! :cool:
 
Unfortunately, it's caught a few ppl out - i only use it as a last resort.

If the rig is stable after a few hours of prime 95 and memtest and then goes on to run faultlessly when used and abused with gaming and apps - then it's stable enough for me.

I only consider other tests if i feel the rig is flaky or has an unstable clock that needs resolving.

Luckily you realised it was an app fault before you started stripping components...
 
Big.Wayne said:
Hmmm sounds like you had a real frustrating time! :(

I did hear about this, probably will get fixed soon so no one else tears clumps of their hair out thinking their system is unstable! ;)

But you figured it out in the end and lived to tell the tale, gratz! :cool:
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Yes fortunately for my wallet. :p

I'm just bemused a stability test program with such a glaring bug would make it to release state, I wonder how many people have spent money because this program told them their computer was at fault.

I just thought I should post my experience in the hope that others won't fall foul of this unstable stability test.

I run Folding from time to time which is why I want to ensure my system is stable, don't want to be sending them corrupted results.

Plec said:
Luckily you realised it was an app fault before you started stripping components...
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I did actually try removing/swapping memory modules thinking I had a bad one, I even tried different slots thinking it could be the motherboard! :(
 
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mmj_uk said:
I run Folding from time to time which is why I want to ensure my system is stable, don't want to be sending them corrupted results.
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Understandable and admirable.

mmj_uk said:
I did actually try removing/swapping memory modules thinking I had a bad one, I even tried different slots thinking it could be the motherboard! :(
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Sorry to hear that - there's nothing more annoying than wasting time on troubleshooting due to poorly programmed releases.
 
Many thanks mate, will have a read now

EDIT: I got the same issue with it not maxing out my cores when testing, thought maybe that was the i7 way (did it in Linx too) though I did pass after needing to give my chip a small bump in vcore, both a 10 and 20 run of it..
 
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Had the same trouble use linx now as that works correctly and even auto detects the 8 threads. And as far as i know is linepack under the bonnett, same as intel burn test.
 
I'm pretty sure I was using an old version and downloaded a V.2.1 flavour but can't confirm exactly which one (mobo in RMA)
 
i find if i itel burn test on standard , 8 threads ...it passes first time , but soon as i go to a higher stress level it always fails ....tried different voltages etc ...no luck
i got it to do a high stress level by clearing bios to standard ...
has anyone else had this same issue with overclockers bundle ?
usually passes prime , plays games fine , no crashing
 
also noticed , if it fails a test then you do the test again on a setting that worked first time ...it fails again .. only way to make it pass is reboot the machine then passes first time ....weird !!!!
 
Sorry to bump a bit of an old thread but Google led me here when I was wondering why my i7 920 was failing the Maximum 8-thread test no matter what I did. Now I know. :D

Testing with 16 threads now, hopefully I can put my VCore back down from 1.3V. :s
 
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