Q 9450 and prime...fail?

[Harkamus]

My bro just put his new pc together, but when he stresses the 9450, Prime fails. Any input guys? It's a brand new cpu. Does Prime just have issues with quad cores? I mean, it looks to run fine, but of course, there's no way to tell if a core is broken unless you use a stress test/bench. Is there another program that is written specifically for quad cores to test?

EDIT:

System: Win Xp, 500 watt Antec PSU, two 7200 RPM Samsung HDs, two ATi 3870s, 4 gigs of ram.

 

[Proteos]

Are you on stock settings? Prime doesn't have issues with quads... I just ran Prime on my quad last night and it passed with flying colors.

 

[Harkamus]

Are you on stock settings? Prime doesn't have issues with quads... I just ran Prime on my quad last night and it passed with flying colors.

Yep. Everything is stock.

 

[LstBrunnenG]

Bad RAM?

 

[Harkamus]

Bad RAM?

Ram's fine.

 

[dnottis]

Small or large FFTs are failing?

Large will test more ram, also use memtest #8 for that. Small FFT will test CPU. Try re-mounting the CPU cooler - RMA otherwise.

 

[Mega666]

Your PS looks a little light dude - 500w for (2) 3870's? Is the PS in here?

http://game.amd.com/us-en/crossfirex_components.aspx?p=3#ATI Radeon™ HD 3850 / ATI Radeon™ HD 3870

 

[Flexion]

Your PS looks a little light dude - 500w for (2) 3870's? Is the PS in here?

http://game.amd.com/us-en/crossfirex_components.aspx?p=3#ATI Radeon™ HD 3850 / ATI Radeon™ HD 3870

Yeah if a crappy PSU causes BSODs, it'll probably choke under prime too!

 

[RamonGTP]

Ram's fine.

Which prime test were you running? If it failed the "blend" test, it is very likely ram related.

 

[wadec22]

is the heatsink seated properly? what kind of temps do you have? if it's not on right, high temps will cause errors.

 

[Harkamus]

It did end up being some faulty ram. It's been RMAed.

 

[RamonGTP]

I think someone owes you an "I told you so"