How to use Test > Continue button

Minter · 2009-10-23, 16:45

Does anyone know how to make your prime95 stop then continue using the continue button on Test toolbar?

TimSorbet · 2009-10-23, 19:04

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Originally Posted by Minter

Does anyone know how to make your prime95 stop then continue using the continue button on Test toolbar?

Um...not sure what about it you don't understand.
To stop, use Test > Stop.
To continue, use Test > Continue.

lfm · 2009-10-23, 20:51

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Originally Posted by Minter

Does anyone know how to make your prime95 stop then continue using the continue button on Test toolbar?

Note that if it appears as a continue button then it is already stopped.

Minter · 2009-10-24, 15:41

my continue button's greyed out even if i stop the torture test. so i can't click continue.

TimSorbet · 2009-10-24, 16:35

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Originally Posted by Minter

my continue button's greyed out even if i stop the torture test. so i can't click continue.

You can't continue a torture test, you just start another one.

Minter · 2009-10-25, 06:41

Then what's the continue button for?

S485122 · 2009-10-25, 08:32

When LL testing, trial factoring, P-1 factoring or ECM factoring, one can stop the work. Once work is stopped, one can "Continue" where they were stopped by using the "Continue" menu item.

When torture testing the important thing is stressing the CPU and the memory, if you stop a computation you can just start anew, since what the program does is computing some results and compare them to known results.

When doing real work you want the ultimate result of a test, you do not want to lose all the work done until the time you stopped.

Prime95 torture test features are not its primary function, LL testing Mersenne numbers and factoring numbers are.

Jacob

joblack · 2009-10-26, 23:48

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Originally Posted by Minter

Then what's the continue button for?

you can combine a torture test with finding actual prime numbers. Just register and let the program run in the background ...

TimSorbet · 2009-10-27, 00:20

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Originally Posted by joblack

you can combine a torture test with finding actual prime numbers. Just register and let the program run in the background ...

Not really. A torture test requires the actual results to be known, so you can compare your results to the actual results, while discovering new/unknown primes requires that the actual results are unknown.

joblack · 2009-10-27, 01:11

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Originally Posted by Mini-Geek

Not really. A torture test requires the actual results to be known, so you can compare your results to the actual results, while discovering new/unknown primes requires that the actual results are unknown.

No you also get hardware errors with a normal testing ...

sdbardwick · 2009-10-27, 01:19

Torture testing can detect errors much faster. You can have a LL result with no error code detected during initial testing, only to discover (weeks, months, or years later) that it is a bad result.

2009-10-23, 16:45	#1
Minter Oct 2009 3 Posts	How to use Test > Continue button Does anyone know how to make your prime95 stop then continue using the continue button on Test toolbar?

2009-10-25, 08:32	#7
S485122 "Jacob" Sep 2006 Brussels, Belgium 11×173 Posts	When LL testing, trial factoring, P-1 factoring or ECM factoring, one can stop the work. Once work is stopped, one can "Continue" where they were stopped by using the "Continue" menu item. When torture testing the important thing is stressing the CPU and the memory, if you stop a computation you can just start anew, since what the program does is computing some results and compare them to known results. When doing real work you want the ultimate result of a test, you do not want to lose all the work done until the time you stopped. Prime95 torture test features are not its primary function, LL testing Mersenne numbers and factoring numbers are. Jacob Last fiddled with by S485122 on 2009-10-25 at 08:41

2009-10-27, 01:19	#11
sdbardwick Aug 2002 North San Diego County 2²·3·67 Posts	Torture testing can detect errors much faster. You can have a LL result with no error code detected during initial testing, only to discover (weeks, months, or years later) that it is a bad result. Last fiddled with by sdbardwick on 2009-10-27 at 01:19

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2009-10-24, 15:41	#4
Minter Oct 2009 3 Posts	my continue button's greyed out even if i stop the torture test. so i can't click continue.

2009-10-25, 06:41	#6
Minter Oct 2009 3 Posts	Then what's the continue button for?