soundx98 Posted February 25, 2006 Posted February 25, 2006 @decptt - So if you test with Prime95 for 24 hours and it fails at 24 hours and 1 minute what does that mean? Stable or not? I'm just curious as to your opinion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
p0tter Posted February 26, 2006 Posted February 26, 2006 If the comp ever crashes its not stable! I like testing for 12 hours, but my currect settings are 22hrs stable Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
decptt Posted February 26, 2006 Posted February 26, 2006 decptt,Just curious, you say you have an Expert and that you'll soon put it into your sig once it's stable. Would you be nice enough to let me know in advance what BIOS your running on your Exeprt please? I also have an Expert and I've trying to learn as much as I can about different Expert BIOS, pros and cons! Thanks My spec (update with Prime95 Stable 49hrs53mins) : DFI LANPARTY nF4 Expert SLI-DR - Stock BIOS 12/07/2005 AMD Opteron 175 OSA175DAA6CD CCBWE 0546XPMW 1367286K50181 (Retail-with Fan) 2x1GB OCZ5002048ELGEGXT-K DDR500 EL Gold Ext. XTC XFX PV-T43G-UDF3 GF 6600GT 256MB GDDR3 Dual-DVI TV PCI-E, Driver: 77.77 Maxtor 160GB SATA-I hdd (6L200M0) Hitachi 160GB SATA-I hdd (HDS722516VLSA80) NEC DVD-RW ND-3540A OCZ PowerStream OCZ520ADJ ATX 520W Power Supply - Retail Thermalright SI-120 + PanaFan 120mm H1B with sensor Thermaltake Armor VA8000BWS ========== Genie BIOS Settings: FSB Bus Frequency - 238 LDT/FSB Frequency Ratio - x 4.0 LDT Bus Trnsfer Width - 16 16 CPU/FSB Frequency Ratio - x 11.0 PCI eXpress Frequency - 100Mhz CPU VID StartUp Value - Start Up CPU VID Control - 1.525v CPU VID Special Control - Above VID * 102.4% LDT Voltage Control - 1.40v Chip Set Voltage Control - 1.72v DRAM Voltage Control - 2.80v DRAM Configuration Settings: DRAM Frequency Set - 233=RAM/FSB: 07/06 Command Per Clock (CPC) - Enable CAS Latency Control (Tcl) - 3.0 RAS# to CAS# delay (Trcd) - 04 Bus Clocks Min RAS# active time (Tras) - 08 Bus Clocks Row precharge time (Trp) - 03 Bus Clocks Row Cycle time (Trc) - 12 Bus Clocks Row refresh cyc time (Trfc) - 16 Bus Clocks Row to Row delay (Trrd) - 02 Bus Clocks Write recovery time (Twr) - 02 Bus Clocks Write to Read delay (Twtr) - 02 Bus Clocks Read to Write delay (Trwt) - 03 Bus Clocks Refresh Period (Tref) - 3120 Cycles Write CAS Latency (Twcl) - Auto DRAM Bank Interleave - Enabled DQS Skew Control - Auto DQS Skew Value - 0 DRAM Drive Strength - Level 7 DRAM Data Drive Strength - Level 2 Max Async Latency - 8.0 Nano Seconds DRAM Response Time - Normal Read Preamble Time - 6.0 Nano Seconds IdleCycle Limit - 128 Cycles Dynamic Counter - Disable R/W Queue Bypass - 16 x Bypass Max - 04 x 32 Byte Granularity - Disable(4 Bursts) ========== short description: 238x11 @ 2618Mhz, 1.525v + 102.4% 3-4-8-3 @ 2.8v vdimm However, anyone, what Bios version is Good for Expert with Opty? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
decptt Posted February 26, 2006 Posted February 26, 2006 @decptt - So if you test with Prime95 for 24 hours and it fails at 24 hours and 1 minute what does that mean? Stable or not? I'm just curious as to your opinion. Uhmmmm I am curious too. Because I ran at 10x262 1.525v 102% vdimm 2.8 (1:1) LDT 1.4 Chip 1.72 at 2 x Prime95 (using ram 950MB). One of Primes failed at 28 hrs 14 minutes What do you think? if you are a gamer and not run computer more than 8 hours. I think you ran 24 hrs would be enough. To me, I want to run my computer 24/7, I probably make sure that it could ran Prime95 over 48 hrs for stable [ I think this would be my opinion ] My 3200+, I had tested for 48 hours before I have been using it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorrento Posted February 26, 2006 Posted February 26, 2006 If the comp ever crashes its not stable! I like testing for 12 hours, but my currect settings are 22hrs stable Well yes, any type of crash = unstable system... but 22 hours, from what I presume was Prime95, is just nuts!!! Btw, new Opty 175 arrived today... well it was more of me picking it up at PO Box Going to start messing with it tomorrow (sunday/monday). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinos22 Posted February 28, 2006 Posted February 28, 2006 For whom who think 8 hrs stable is enough My Opty 175 can't be stable after 9th hour. (10x265) in Prime95 Now I am running 262x10 1.525v 102% for 24hrs of Prime95 (each core using 920MB for testing) If ya wanna test Prime95, I suggest you test it for 24 hrs to make sure that's stable I got an error after 9th in Prime95 :drool: So sad that my Opty 175 has poor o/c potential. I will put my sig after I found the stable rig. Opty175 + Expert + OCZ DDR500 GXT (2GB) 2.8v 1:1 heheh this reminds me of a guy at XS wondering whether his rig was stable as it failed on 36th hour :shake: i've used machines that couldn't pass 1M for months without a single hiccup..........all benchmarks.....like 3D or folding/video encoding/tons of games......never a single issue......so it really depends...some people have lockups even after all the tests that some of you guys suggest....so all this shyte has to stand the test of time before you can say certain tests will mean it's fully stable Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundx98 Posted February 28, 2006 Posted February 28, 2006 I hope I'm not taking your thread Off Topic Ixtapalapaquetl. But I hope others see dinos22's point as well. The stability question is not "how long Prime95 will run". Stability is how well/long your rig runs with complex programs or gaming. Prime95 is certainly a useful tool but it will "Fail" eventually. Everything fails eventually. I don't know what the "elapsed time" record is and frankly I don't think it matters. I DO believe that if you are using the rig during Prime95 it really isn't testing properly. Setting the Priority to "9", as Angry_Games suggests makes the most sense to me. Then let it run. Sometimes Prime95/OCCT will fail cause you are right on the "brink". A slight increase in voltage, relaxing a single memory timing, or some additional cooling often allows it to pass successfully. Also pretty sure there are some big differences in the various versions of Prime95. Older versions do seem easier/more likely to pass. I'd love to see Johnny Lee's SP2004 GUI with the latest version of Prime95 P95v2414 and P64v2414 (x64 OS). If I gotta wait for a number of hours I really prefer to see something happening on screen. Wishing everyone much success with their Stability testing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
supershanks Posted February 28, 2006 Posted February 28, 2006 I'd love to see Johnny Lee's SP2004 GUI with the latest version of Prime95 P95v2414 and P64v2414 (x64 OS). Amen to that. Get fed up of what time did i kick it off last night ??? :shake: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger_D25 Posted February 28, 2006 Posted February 28, 2006 Is Johnny Lee's SP2004 the same thing as Prime95, it seems very similar from all the screenshots I've seen of it. Also people seem to take it the results in a similar way as they would with Prime95? Thanks for the help guys. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundx98 Posted February 28, 2006 Posted February 28, 2006 Think it used Prime 95 version 2.38(1) and should be accepted as the same in my opinion. But again not the latest version of Prime95. Most forums accept it as a "legit" version of Prime95. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger_D25 Posted February 28, 2006 Posted February 28, 2006 Thanks soundx98, much appreciated! Now all I have to do is find a DL linky, lol! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
supershanks Posted February 28, 2006 Posted February 28, 2006 December 2005: New Mersenne Prime! SP2004 luck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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