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I have a HP Pavilion dv5000 that is shutting down unexpectedly. I stress tested it with a BartPe CD (UBCD4Win) using Prime95 and it it ran at 100% CPU for hours without shutting down. This rules out the the CPU overheating from being the culprit.

I'm wondering if the GPU is overheating and how I would go about testing for that.

Ideas?

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Let us know what the culprit was! – Jim McKeeth Mar 5 '10 at 0:52
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@Jim-McKeeth: It turned out to be spyware, which I'm busily removing now. Thanks for the solid leads on the GPU stress test. Another tool for the toolbox! – ssvarc Mar 5 '10 at 18:16
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Furmark is a free GPU stress test utility that is pretty good.

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Almost any modern 3D test.

Especially ATITool http://www.techpowerup.com/atitool/ Its work good for ATI and nVidia Cards. Can automatic test artifacts and overclock video card.

Also 3Dmark and etc...

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It's quite old now, but I like to test GPU performance with rthdribl (Real-Time High Dynamic Range Image-Based Lighting).

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The BEST software to test CPU is Orthos, RAM is superPI . Google yourself :) It's easy to find . ATITool is just for GPU test :)

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You'd do well to re-read the question, I think :) – MDMarra Mar 4 '10 at 16:18
@MarkM: Sorry for misunderstanding :) I think I was in hurry . :) – nXqd Mar 5 '10 at 7:50
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