Slowing down computer for debugging intermittent defect
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21-08-2019 - |
Question
Is there a way to slow down my development computer to try to replicate a defect that only occurs intermittently on a slow machine?
(For what it's worth, Ableton Live has a CPU usage simulation feature, but I've never seen something like this for debuggers.)
Solution
This tool provides a decent CPU stress capability. I assume that's what you mean by "slow down". :)
OTHER TIPS
The currently popular stability test programs are:
- Prime95 (this program's torture test)
- 3DMark2001
- CPU Stability test
- Sisoft sandra
- Quake and other games
- Folding@Home
- Seti@home
- Genome@home
This is from the stress testing documentation for Prime95.
An old question, but I'd also suggest using VMWare Workstation. You can allocate more or less resources to virtual machines, and you can record/playback the execution of the machine, so you can catch the bug in the act and then step through it at your leisure.