2006-09-19 18:33:39 · 7 answers · asked by Cyber Superman (Man of Steel) 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Burn in is bringing the components to operating temperatures and running them there for an extented time to highlight any faults. Example; many new heatsinks use thermal "tape" rather than compound which has to melt and spread to become maximally effective. You don't have to burn in a modern computer for 24 hours, just bring it to operating temp and leave it on overnight. Unless you use fault monitoring software you probably wouldn't be aware of a fault when you returned at the end of the 24 hours anyway. Hardware designers have a statistical belief called the "bathtub curve" which says that hardware normally fails in the very early stages of use or at the very end of its "normal" lifetime, when failures are graphed this creates a bathtub shaped curve. So they try to find early failing hardware to weed it out by "Burning In". In my experience Burning In does not increase reliability or prevent failure of you hardware, it just exposes bad hardware early.
2006-09-19 18:36:51 · answer #1 · answered by ferdinand 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A term used to describe the process of turning on and leaving on an electronic device for a pre-determined length of time to help prevent any premature failures. Often a computer or other electronics manufacturer will have some type of burn in before shipping a device to help detect and prevent failures.
2006-09-19 18:35:33 · answer #2 · answered by Diamond in the Rough 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a test like the people said, but it can also be when you leave your computer screen on for too long, with the same picuture on it, and the image gets burned on to the glass, this happens in CRT monitors.
2006-09-19 18:42:52 · answer #3 · answered by df747jet 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Burn-in = Stress test.
http://www.knowplace.org/pages/morgue/computer_burn-in_howto.php
2006-09-19 18:37:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Burn can also refer to duplication. To make a copy. As in burn a CD.
2006-09-19 18:38:19 · answer #5 · answered by Norton N 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Some techs use this to mean prepare the computer like getting all the apps loaded and updates etc... My old boss used to say this and it drove us all crazy. So you might be thinking of something that you don't have to do at all.
2006-09-19 18:42:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
generally burn in takes place for a period of 24 hours.... most motherboards and systems are pre burnt in however and there is no need for this...
2006-09-19 18:35:06 · answer #7 · answered by modembugs 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋