Prime95 failing even on stock settings!

[Shadow703793]

^EXACTLY! That's what I was saying earlier. This has happened to quite a bit of people, esp. those who do vmods,etc for max OC that run Memtest86+ fine and crash and burn when loading OS, including command line Linux/DOS (NOW That is being REALLY unstable).

 

[ryanytchan]

You do know that (although quite rare) some people can run for days in Memtest yet can't boot Windows, right? Memtest is exactly what it sounds like: a Memory Test. It is not a CPU stress tester, and should not really be used as one.

http://forum.coolaler.com/
go to their x58 test zone
i suppose you know who opb is?
that's what he uses
i don't know about cases that can't boot windows after days of memtest
that's probaly a single case
memtest,as i said before,could stress both ram and cpu when you activate 8 or more of them

 

[randomizer]

So if you stress both the CPU and RAM together and you get errors, which is the culprit?

 

[ryanytchan]

^EXACTLY! That's what I was saying earlier. This has happened to quite a bit of people, esp. those who do vmods,etc for max OC that run Memtest86+ fine and crash and burn when loading OS, including command line Linux/DOS (NOW That is being REALLY unstable).

well that didn't happen to me

 

[ryanytchan]

So if you stress both the CPU and RAM together and you get errors, which is the culprit?

That's obvious
for me becuz i am using i7 it's both
since the memory controller was built inside the cpu so maybe i need to give more voltage to it
anyway we can't always depend on the stress program in order to know what's wrong
how would you answer if i asked you the same question?
how would you know what's wrong when errors start popping out from prime95?

 

[randomizer]

Ok, well not everyone uses an LGA 1366 or AM2+ system.

I use Prime95 Small FFTs. It runs entirely within the L2 cache. If something fails, it is almost definitely the CPU (although very unstable memory will probably fail as well as it would in any application). If I was going to test memory I would use P95 Blend (after using Small FFTs to ensure CPU stability first) or I'd use Memtest.

 

[willg95]

Ok, well not everyone uses an LGA 1366 or AM2+ system.

I use Prime95 Small FFTs. It runs entirely within the L2 cache. If something fails, it is almost definitely the CPU (although very unstable memory will probably fail as well as it would in any application). If I was going to test memory I would use P95 Blend (after using Small FFTs to ensure CPU stability first) or I'd use Memtest.

i could give that a try. i've just been running the default blend test with 2 threads. i'm sure it's not the memory as i've tested about everything memory related i could. i'm beginning to wonder if it's a failing power supply... :-\

 

[Shadow703793]

well that didn't happen to me

See:
http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/showthread.php?t=292949
and
http://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&channel=s&hl=en&q=Prime95+fails+but+Memtest+passes&btnG=Google+Search


I'm NOT trying to flame you but you seem to be a bit misinformed (no offense, happens to all of us; I was a bit misinformed/misdirected about WC until a few months a go. Thanks to Conumdrum/rubix most of these are now corrected)

 

[Shadow703793]

Also note, after all P95/Memtest are software. Like everything, software can make mistakes. If OP doesn't BSOD for a while (~2-3 months),etc chances are he's OK with the OC.

 

[willg95]

Also note, after all P95/Memtest are software. Like everything, software can make mistakes. If OP doesn't BSOD for a while (~2-3 months),etc chances are he's OK with the OC.

do you think, maybe, i should try orthos or some other stress tester? i've always used prime95 but maybe it isn't working for some reason. idk... i have to put my ram back in and try it. expect a response relatively soon.

 

[ryanytchan]

See:
http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/showthread.php?t=292949
and
http://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&channel=s&hl=en&q=Prime95+fails+but+Memtest+passes&btnG=Google+Search


I'm NOT trying to flame you but you seem to be a bit misinformed (no offense, happens to all of us; I was a bit misinformed/misdirected about WC until a few months a go. Thanks to Conumdrum/rubix most of these are now corrected)

ok i understand what you are trying to say now
i just thought that since the guy who posted this thread couldn't pass it he should try out hyper pi and memtest. i offered these two program out of my personal experience.

 

[suddenstop]

you may have a heat problem. Check northbridge heatsink and cpu heatsink. Run with case open and a fan directly on the northbridge and see if that helps. You can also pop off the cpu heatsink and reseat it with a good thermal compound.