NINaudio Posted January 16, 2006 Posted January 16, 2006 OK, 3dmark 05 and 03 run fine at stock settings as well. Scores are 7500+ and 17500+. Any ideas why I can't prime? Or why occt would fail twice and then pass the 3rd time? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NINaudio Posted January 16, 2006 Posted January 16, 2006 Been playing around a bit more...... OCCT: fails twice and then completes the 3rd time. Prime95: Small FFT's and In-place large FFT's will run fine, but the custom blend test will fail within minutes no matter what. 3dmark01, 03, & 05: All run to completion with score as follows: 24k+, 17.5k+, 7.5k+ 8 pin power adapter is now installed, all connections have been rechecked. Random restarts were traced to video drivers, updated them and restarts are gone. About to go install some games and start playing to see what happens. Will try FEAR and Sniper Elite first and report back Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peanya Posted January 16, 2006 Posted January 16, 2006 This was a fresh install of the operating system? Have you put the memory in slots 2 & 4 (the orange ones)? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NINaudio Posted January 16, 2006 Posted January 16, 2006 yup, fresh install of xp pro with sp2 slipstreamed, memory in the orange slots. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
THunDA Posted January 16, 2006 Posted January 16, 2006 Try to prime with only one stick of ram installed.. If it fails then test it with the other stick of ram.. Since your passing small FFT's and In-place large FFT's but failing blend it makes me with the instability is with your ram.. btw.. please read the rules !! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NINaudio Posted January 16, 2006 Posted January 16, 2006 Will try with one stick and see what happens. Should I use the orange slot furthest from the cpu for that testing? Sorry! I forgot about the 800 x 600 limit in my frustration at it not working and at my haste to get some help and provide as much info as possible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NINaudio Posted January 16, 2006 Posted January 16, 2006 running prime 95 custom blend test now with one stick of ram.....been running for more than an hour on both cores without a hitch...... Does this mean it's either time to RMA my ram or go for a new 2gb kit? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
THunDA Posted January 16, 2006 Posted January 16, 2006 Does this mean it's either time to RMA my ram or go for a new 2gb kit? I wouldnt jump to that conclusion yet (unless you need a reason to buy 2gig's..lol).. Once you done with one stick try this with the other and report back with your results.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NINaudio Posted January 16, 2006 Posted January 16, 2006 lol.....it's always good to have a justification for an upgrade, right? right? How long should I let it run on each stick, or is the fact that it's been going a lot longer than it ever has with both sticks in reason enough to swap them and test the second stick now? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NINaudio Posted January 17, 2006 Posted January 17, 2006 OK, both sticks will run Prime95 single channel in the orange slot farthest from the cpu for hours without a problem.... what should my next step be? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TazD3V1L Posted January 18, 2006 Posted January 18, 2006 I had the same problem ..... one stick at a time stable, It took alot of messing with timings and dram voltage to get both working so even though I can't tell you which settings it is it does sound like it is a "tuning" issue your dealing with not bad components Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NINaudio Posted January 18, 2006 Posted January 18, 2006 I've got every setting turned down quite low in my bios as you can see from the screen shots I took. If anyone has any recommendations at all I would greatly appreciate it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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