Ultimate Boot CD

Hehe, "project cpu-tests for newer pc-s" has now come to a final and happy end indeed ! All is well, I have a fine running ubcd503-custom, and last (but not least), I have gained valuable experience and really enjoyed our conversation. My next plan is to explore linux further, but looking ...

Hehe, you are absolutly correct. I misunderstood the first screen after having made selection of the 3 programs. In bold blue it displays cpustress v2, and I thought then that it was the 3rd selection when i choose the first selection. See now that this is a COMMON screen before a fresh boot of the ...

correction, will try as you suggest in last post and get back

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hm, so its working ok with you and not with me ? Is it the cfg code that takes care of the selection between the 3 programs or is it the lst-code? Any suggestions for what I could try now ? Being an oldtimer (I dont dare tell you how old I am) having been engaged with data processing since the days ...

Hehe, things are improving ! 1. Removed the # from the lines you mentioned in cfg and lst files. 2. Burned a new custom iso. 3. Screen now look fine, 3 choices for cpu-testing under "user defined". and each of the three choices show all 4 info-lines at the bottom in green. 4. Seems also mu...

Thanks again. Have tested the custom-version further: 1. Initial menu is exactly as non-custom version. 2. Selecting "user defined" brings up a screen with blue background in upper half of screen, with left and right margins shrunk approx. 5 centimeters (black outside) 3. Can select 3 prog...

Wow ! YES ! Followed your instructions, and managed to burn a custom iso 5.03. Three new programs were available under "user defined", all three choices came up on a blue background. The explaining text for each program came a bit low on the screen, missing the last lines. ENTER for select...

Very sorry that you "lost me", I certainly have got mixed up, and can only thank you from my heart that you still have the patience to follow me. Here is what I did: 1. Booted the standard ubcd 5.03 2. Followed icecubes instructions to the letter, that is selecting "cpu", then se...

I am afraid my linux knowledge is not good, to say the least. I now have two bootable cd-s, one with ubcd 5.03 (not midified in any way by me), and one with Parted Magic (from your download link). The last one seems fine by itself, but I miss cpu-burn-in programs there. So what I really wanted is to...

YES, your tip for cpu-burn-in seems to work. Changed the linux-sentence as requested (small spelling error :cpustres needs two s-letters at the end), and cpustress2 starts running (by erik lindahl), found 8 cores, and starts performing. Am a bit unsure though how to burn a final cd-version with the ...

Thanks again for your reply. "new builds" : I am building new pc-s from time to time for friends, family etc. etc. Before installing windows i want to test these new pc-s, and have in the past been using ubcd for extensive testing of cpu, mem etc. Found it better to find possible errors or...

Thanks again for swift reply. What are we trying to achieve ? In this case, burn-in test BEFORE windows-install. (to verify that new builds work ok). Ok, so there are newer versions of several programs. Any links for download you can recommend ? And how do include new versions into a new bootable ub...

Thanks for reply. Tested further: cpu-burn-in 1.0 : No newer versions available. The linux flashing displays (among other things): "bios bug: i/o apic#0 id is 16 in the mpc table, fixing it to 0. tell your hardware vendor". It then goes on, and locks up after some lines with :"pci ---...

Have ubcd 4 and ubcd 5 and ubcd 5.03. All perform fine for cpu-test (mersenne, burn in, etc), on all old pc-s (socket 478, athlon). BUT: A brand new i7-950 on gigabyte Ga-x58-ud7 has problems (same on all 3 mentioned versions): All memtests run fine. But all cpu-test locks up after some initial load...