Slowing down computer for debugging intermittent defect

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.)

Answer 1

This tool provides a decent CPU stress capability. I assume that's what you mean by "slow down". :)

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

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.