Know your stats

Maximum PC suggested that you do a burn-in test on your system to insure that it is working properly. I am a firm believer of this and my standard burn-in test is to run DocMem on my machine for at least 12 hours. Usually I run it for 24 hours, both time intervals should give you a good indication of pending issues, mainly overheating. Maximum PC made note of a software utility by SiSoft by the name of Sandra 2003. I downloaded a copy and installed it. Gave it run and was amazed at all of the information it provides. There is so much that it may take me a couple weeks to interpret it all. The software appears to be very thorough in it’s testing. It provides a wizard for burn-in testing that test many more things other than just the memory. The burn-in test can be run continously based on the number of iterations you enter. It also gives suggestions on how you may configure your system for optimal performance. Needless to say, this will be used in my burn-in testing along with memory testing.