Prime Acting Up

[Deleted member 143938]

Last night I ran prime on 2.95 for 2 hours and then I stopped, I then ran it again the same day, it went for 1:30 hours before I stopped it. Today I left it on again, hoping it will do 12+ hours. It failed within 15 minutes, I later on left it on again, hoping something screwed it up last time, it only went for 20 min. What could be the cause? The temps are the same, and I haven't changed anything

 

[Rix2357]

If your temperatures have changed from when you ran it at 1+ hours vs. 10 minutes, then it just means that you had it overclocked to the very edge of stability and the temperatures needed to maintain stability were exceeded.

If prime always stops at a certain point with more and more regularity and nothing else changed, then it just means the chip is starting to die from having too much voltage fed through it. Start lowering the overclock until it is stable. If at stock speeds it still isn't stable, then your chip is basically dead.

 

[quadnad]

Last night I ran prime on 2.95 for 2 hours and then I stopped, I then ran it again the same day, it went for 1:30 hours before I stopped it. Today I left it on again, hoping it will do 12+ hours. It failed within 15 minutes, I later on left it on again, hoping something screwed it up last time, it only went for 20 min. What could be the cause? The temps are the same, and I haven't changed anything

So what you're saying is that 2.95 was never prime stable?

That means the system was never prime stable, so it doesn't really matter when the system fails the prime test; you've got to change around some settings.

 

[Deleted member 143938]

double post

 

[Deleted member 143938]

So what you're saying is that 2.95 was never prime stable?

That means the system was never prime stable, so it doesn't really matter when the system fails the prime test; you've got to change around some settings.

Well for all I know it was stable, I STOPPED it at the 1:30 and 2 hour marks, it wasn't an error. But it did stop today, twice, at around 20 minutes, becuase of an error. So it was stable for 2 hours, twice yestarday, but failed twice at 20 minutes today

 

[quadnad]

Well for all I know it was stable, I STOPPED it at the 1:30 and 2 hour marks, it wasn't an error. But it did stop today, twice, at around 20 minutes, becuase of an error. So it was stable for 2 hours, twice yestarday, but failed twice at 20 minutes today

Yeah but thats what I'm saying; I'm sure it never would have made it to 12 hrs to begin with.

 

[Deleted member 143938]

Yeah but thats what I'm saying; I'm sure it never would have made it to 12 hrs to begin with.

Umm well I did 14 hours at 2925 no problem, I doubt that increasing it by 25 mhz will cause it to fail in less than a minute, especialy since it has already done 2 hours at 2.95 just yestarday

 

[quadnad]

Umm well I did 14 hours at 2925 no problem, I doubt that increasing it by 25 mhz will cause it to fail in less than a minute, especialy since it has already done 2 hours at 2.95 just yestarday

what settings were you running at? it's very possible you pushed the temps, vcore, HTT, or RAM just hard enough to make something fuck up.

Are you still prime stable at 2.925?

 

[Deleted member 143938]

what settings were you running at? it's very possible you pushed the temps, vcore, HTT, or RAM just hard enough to make something fuck up.

Are you still prime stable at 2.925?

It is still stable 2.92, I was running the exact same settings I am running now except I bumped the FSB from 325 to 328

 

[quadnad]

It is still stable 2.92, I was running the exact same settings I am running now except I bumped the FSB from 325 to 328

What are the respective maxes of your motherboard and processor?

 

[Deleted member 143938]

Umm well I haven't checked with this opty, but with my previous 3800+ it was 380

 

[quadnad]

Umm well I haven't checked with this opty, but with my previous 3800+ it was 380

So if the max HTT your motherboard will do is 380, that certainly isn't the issue. How fast will the opty go barring the rest of your system?

 

[Deleted member 143938]

Heh, I appreciate the help, but I know how to overclock.. I'm just trying to figure out why Prime is giving me trouble, because like I said 2.92 is good for 14 hours, 2.95 WAS good for 2 hours before I stopped it, and now 2.95 errors in less than 10 minutes. And I mean 25 Mhz can't bring the time from 14 hours to just under 10 minutes, so it seems weird

 

[quadnad]

And I mean 25 Mhz can't bring the time from 14 hours to just under 10 minutes, so it seems weird

why is it so incredible that you could have crossed the threshold your proc will do? an opty at 2.9 isn't exactly the low end, so I wanted to know what the max the proc will do. Can it do 3 or 3.1?