[geeks] weird power supply behaviour

[Mark Benson]

On 1 Dec 2011, at 02:47, Mouse wrote:

>> What happens if you just power the mobo and leave it on a spake test
>> or run memtest86 on it for a while?
> 
> I'm not sure what a "spake test" is, but I'm also not sure how to get
> memtest86 onto it without any sort of external drive - I'd probably
> have to connect up a CD drive at least.  I could leave it sitting at
> one of the BIOS setup screens, though.
> 
> As I said, I'll write back once I've done further investigation.

I meant soak test (damned iPhone), and yeah memtest86 is on Ubuntu
distribution CDs, although you might also be able to boot it from USB
if the board supports it. 



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