# Pc Problem - This one's got me stumped

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 3, 2008, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-problem-this-ones-got-me-stumped/443756 "2008-04-03T02:35:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-problem-this-ones-got-me-stumped/443756/21 "2008-04-03T23:27:45Z")

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[QUOTE=Kinthalis]

I left the Pc running this morning. It’s encoding 10 video files AND playing the first episode of ROME over and over again. I wonder, will these things till be running when I get home?  
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If you use a stress test util like Orthos ([http://www.overclock.net/attachments/downloads/36840d1165737486-orthos-v20060420-orthos\_exe\_20060420.zip](http://www.overclock.net/attachments/downloads/36840d1165737486-orthos-v20060420-orthos_exe_20060420.zip))  
You can set it to just stress the CPU or the CPU and RAM - that might give a clue

it also halts if it detects instability

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