If you have not already looked at the AMD site. You may want to to here:

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_871_13118,00.html

It looks to me like there is a wealth of good info and utilities here.

Good luck.

William
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Uzi Paz" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 8:09 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] looking for a utility to test instruction sets in CPUs


>I have already told you about a weird problem that I had with my computer
> which is able to run heavy programs without problem for hours upon hours,
> but simple programs such as cal.exe, notepad, task manager, regedit,
> freeze. The CPU is Athlon 64, X2 3800, s.939. problem disappears when
> using only one of the CPU cores.
>
> I already ruled out the possibility of a software/driver problem, and I
> now suspect that the problem is with the CPU.
>
> I need to find a utility that tests the CPU thoroughly. There is no need
> for a burning test (heavy load test), but rather for a tesat cat checks
> various instructions to see if one of the less commonly used ones freezes
> the thread.
>
> Uzi
>
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