Okay into the breach again new quad 2.3 arrives RAM tests and more.

[philipma1957]

This is the replacement for the 'bad' mid range mini 2012. My thanks to jr.com for fast replacement.

Okay I am running this with 16gb crucial ram.

so far the test is 9 hours plus.

here is a shot of the ram test.


I will run it until fri morning.

then try prime95.

then try hand brake. so far so good.

My thanks to snowcake for pushing me onto ripping the memtest86+ dvd .


after a few attempts at trying to make one. i now have a good software dvd for ram testing.


my room temps are 78 f or about 25.5 c

[Snowcake]

I am very interested if you still have problems with running cputest under osx running from the usb3.

Looks good so far!

[philipma1957]

Okay real fast. no photos for now but I ran the ram test with 16gb ram for 20 hours it passed. I am booting with a samsung model 830 256gb ssd in the oyen usb3 case. my house temps are 76 f. cpu test has a bug and failed but I am sure it is the test. I am now running prime95 net and it is passing.

[dasx]

Let's see that new CPU.

I received today my spare Mini bottom cover. Got a lot of work right now so I don't know when I'll be able to mod it, but as soon as I do it I'll start some tests too.

[philipma1957]

here are the quad 2.3 stacked on the base 2.5 and the 20 plus hour result for the test of the 16gb of ram in the quad. house temp is 78f

[motrek]

Originally Posted by philipma1957

here are the quad 2.3 stacked on the base 2.5 and the 20 plus hour result for the test of the 16gb of ram in the quad. house temp is 78f

How are CPU temps and fan speeds?

[dasx]

Originally Posted by philipma1957

here are the quad 2.3 stacked on the base 2.5 and the 20 plus hour result for the test of the 16gb of ram in the quad. house temp is 78f

Wasn't your first quad a 2.6?

[MJL]

Originally Posted by dasx

Let's see that new CPU.

I received today my spare Mini bottom cover. Got a lot of work right now so I don't know when I'll be able to mod it, but as soon as I do it I'll start some tests too.

Like this?

Using an air filter normally used for a motorbike intake (finest mesh)? It's amazing how clean the innards stay when using a filter.

[dasx]

Originally Posted by MJL

Like this?

Using an air filter normally used for a motorbike intake (finest mesh)? It's amazing how clean the innards stay when using a filter.

I was planning to go for a bigger hole, lol But yeah, that's the idea.
What difference did you notice? Better temps? Lower fans speeds while at same temps?

I'm gonna pass on the foam base though. I'll stick 3 rubber pads to the bottom. That base you got there seems to be blocking a lot of air.

[propower]

Originally Posted by MJL

Like this?

Using an air filter normally used for a motorbike intake (finest mesh)? It's amazing how clean the innards stay when using a filter.

I think this looks like a good idea! Do you have any temperature performance numbers for doing this mod - before and after --

Thanks!

[Snowcake]

Originally Posted by philipma1957

Okay real fast. no photos for now but I ran the ram test with 16gb ram for 20 hours it passed. I am booting with a samsung model 830 256gb ssd in the oyen usb3 case. my house temps are 76 f. cpu test has a bug and failed but I am sure it is the test. I am now running prime95 net and it is passing.

A bug? If i understand it correctly it happened when you booted from your usb3 SSD?

I don't think it is a bug. Because your dualcore was ok with it.

But it was an error, and you thought it was a bug? Or CPU test simply crashed?

[philipma1957]

Originally Posted by Snowcake

A bug? If i understand it correctly it happened when you booted from your usb3 SSD?

I don't think it is a bug. Because your dualcore was ok with it.

But it was an error, and you thought it was a bug? Or CPU test simply crashed?

no the cputest is not the prime95 test. both the dual core and the new quad passed the prime95 test.

the cputest runs wacky on both the dual core i5 ivy bridge and the quad core i7 ivy bridge.

but the cputest does work on the dual core c2d 2010 mini.

[Snowcake]

Originally Posted by philipma1957

no the cputest is not the prime95 test. both the dual core and the new quad passed the prime95 test.

the cputest runs wacky on both the dual core i5 ivy bridge and the quad core i7 ivy bridge.

but the cputest does work on the dual core c2d 2010 mini.

Can you please explain precisely what you mean by "wacky"? Because the ui of cputest is another thread/program than the actual cpu-stressing-tread/program. (Afaik)

The bug should only affect the ui part, not the stress part. (If it is a bug)

[Mr. Retrofire]

@philipma1957:
Thanks for your new tests! Very useful!

:-) :-) :-)