System Bogs Down/freezes When Running Stability Test?

[desktop]

I have Everest Ultimate Edition (4.2) and I decided to try the system stability test. When I select this (Tools>System Stability Test) a screen opens showing a couple graphs and some buttons at the bottom of the window. Whenever I click "Start" and run this test I can never get the stability test window back. All I get when I click the Everest tab (on the task bar) is the main UE screen with the blue title bar faded out. Since I can never get the stability test window back I have to use task manager to turn the whole thing off. Obviously this isn't right, but I have no diea what's causing it to happen. I have written Lavalys about this, but haven't heard anything yet.

Now when I'm running this stability test my system bogs down quite a bit. In fact after running this test for the second time (I still had to use task manager to shut it down) my whole system froze up. Browser, email program, everything stopped responding - even task manager - so I had to reboot. With the newly built system I have I find this very disturbing.

My system is: Windows XP Home, Gigabyte P35-DS4 (rev2.1), Intel Quad Q6600 SLACR, PCP&C Silencer 610, 2 x 1GB G.SKILL PC6400, Thermalright Ultra 120E.

So my question is what could be causing this? I didn't think a new Quad system would freeze especially just running a simple stress test.

[Olin Coles]

I think you're missing the point of the stability test: it uses all available resources and consumes all of your CPU cycles to create stress. The CPU usuage goes to 100% for each core, and depending on what other tests you might be running (for example, you've checked all of the boxes), then the hard drive and RAM could be getting used at 100% as well.

Running these tests is meant to be an isolated task; meaning that you cannot and should not do anything else during them. Essentially, there isn't such a thing as a "simple" stress test... it's complex and resource intensive by design.

[edge]

Rofl... This thread made my morning... :rolleyes:

[desktop]

I guess I can file this one under "Complete n00b" :)

Reminds me of the time I first started using the computer and I had trouble getting my email to work. I went to a computer forum and told the host I couldn't get my email program to work. I described the problem to him and after a bit he replied, "Well, I guess you'll have to use snail mail for a while."

So I replied, "Cool. Where can I download that?"

[Olin Coles]

Don't worry about it... we all start somewhere. But at least now you know why it's doing what it's doing!

In my experience, it's not a good idea to test with all boxes checked; CPU gets the first two, RAM gets one, and Hard Disk Drives (HDD) get one. Don't check them all.

[desktop]

Thanks, Olin. I will remember that next time. I ran the new version of UE (4.5) for about an hour and temps remained steady at 47/47/47/38 (I had my windows open). The newer version of UE didn't have the buggy screen problems.

[Olin Coles]

I want the new version :(

Anyone care to e-mail it to me?

[desktop]

Would you want the personal edition or the engineer version? You should purchase a Personal License if you intend on using the product on your own personal computer(s). You should purchase an Engineer License if you intend on using the product on a high number of computers and/or to provide services to others. Each license is valid for 12 months and is valid for one engineer.

[Olin Coles]

I need to write to them; most software publishers are usually pretty good about providing a site license.

[desktop]

You should, especially with the job you have. You would love it. I know I do, and I've been using it for a long time. Not that I understand most of it, but what sold me was being able to access every little snippet of info about my system. Now that I understand more about the system tests I'm even geeked about that. Plus I love the CPUID feature. Very cool.

I ended up purchasing UE last year, because its one of just a handful of programs I use all the time

[Olin Coles]

Well, I already own EUE v4.2.1, so I don't know if there's much difference in v4.5.

[desktop]

They obviously made some improvements because after I installed 4.5 I no longer had that weird screen behavior with the stability test. Plus it seems to be quicker.