cheezies Posted October 11, 2004 Posted October 11, 2004 Much thanks to uwackme's burnin method, I've gotten my sticks stable to 250 FSB (5-2-2-2) with CPC on. memtest86 can run for 8+ hours straight without a single error. [email protected] = 2000 mhz ram = 3.3v NB = tried 1.7, 1.8, 1.9 using stock 6/19 bios However ... everytime I do a Prime95 test, it would fail in the first or second test. I've tried changing my mobo voltages around, but it doesn't help at all. Have I exceeded this mobo's limit? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiSH2oo0 Posted October 12, 2004 Posted October 12, 2004 test the system with Prime95 using the "Small FFT's" test, which is just for CPU. Prime95 is not as good as Memtest86 for testing RAM, maybe your results will be diferent and the problem might be something else. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mott13 Posted October 12, 2004 Posted October 12, 2004 more vcore!! are you still at 1.65? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Games Posted October 12, 2004 Posted October 12, 2004 you want to the use the most stressful test...just testing CPU isnt as good as testing CPU + RAM together (in this way Prime is superior to memtest). look into mott's suggestion...and this: http://www.angrygames.com/LP-B_BIOS1.htm then again you might never attain full prime stability...but we think you can if you just tweak a lil here and there and nearly go crazy... [edit] i better state what is in this machine eh? 2100+ (magical!) Buffalo PC3700 BH-5 SP-97 heatsink LanParty NF2B (Infinity will do same but on a Mobile requires 1.775v @ 250x10) active sb cooler (ripped from an Asus A7V266-E NB) some other stuff that isnt really important Enermax EG301-VB 300w psu (the one that is powering this monster NF3 board now) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheezies Posted October 12, 2004 Posted October 12, 2004 Thanks for the quick replies everyone! The small FFT test was ran for 3 hours with no problem. I'm gonna try to put some more voltage on the CPU and bring my mobo voltage to 1.8-1.9 and then try the blend tests again. I'll update as I go. Prime95 BLEND torture tests RAM @ 3.3v, CPU @ 1.775v, MOBO @ 1.6v - failed in 2 minutes RAM @ 3.3v, CPU @ 1.775v, MOBO @ 1.7v - failed in 4 minutes RAM @ 3.3v, CPU @ 1.775v, MOBO @ 1.8v - failed in 0 minutes RAM @ 3.3v, CPU @ 1.775v, MOBO @ 1.9v - failed in 2 minutes - 1.7 looks good, ran for a little longer than the others RAM @ 3.3v, CPU @ 1.7v, MOBO @ 1.7v - failed in 0 minutes RAM @ 3.3v, CPU @ 1.725v, MOBO @ 1.7v - failed in 0 minutes RAM @ 3.3v, CPU @ 1.750v, MOBO @ 1.7v - failed in 0 minutes RAM @ 3.3v, CPU @ 1.750v, MOBO @ 1.7v - failed in 1 minutes RAM @ 3.3v, CPU @ 1.7750v, MOBO @ 1.7v - failed in 1 minutes - was thinking maybe the cpu voltage was too high, so I tried lower voltages, they didn't work too well Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperJohn Posted October 12, 2004 Posted October 12, 2004 Originally posted by cheezies Much thanks to uwackme's burnin method, I've gotten my sticks stable to 250 FSB (5-2-2-2) with CPC on. memtest86 can run for 8+ hours straight without a single error. [email protected] = 2000 mhz ram = 3.3v NB = tried 1.7, 1.8, 1.9 using stock 6/19 bios However ... everytime I do a Prime95 test, it would fail in the first or second test. I've tried changing my mobo voltages around, but it doesn't help at all. Have I exceeded this mobo's limit? Bump the Tras from 5 to 8 or 11. NFII chipset MB's universally will have higher memory bandwidth and much better stability with Tras set higher. Viper Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Games Posted October 12, 2004 Posted October 12, 2004 11 seems to be the best number on NF2... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiSH2oo0 Posted October 12, 2004 Posted October 12, 2004 glad to here that using the "Small FFT's" test worked out for ya :cool: if u know ur mem is fine no reason for have Prime95 check it IMO Prime95 isnt as good as MemTest86 for checking mem. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twister Posted October 12, 2004 Posted October 12, 2004 hm-if prime blend fails to me,cause of mem errors-then aplikations+games will crash either... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheezies Posted October 13, 2004 Posted October 13, 2004 ram 3.3v 11-2-2-2 cpu @ 1.8v, mobo @ 1.7v - prime95 test - runs for 11 minutes at that setting (cpu 1.8v, mobo 1.7v) , prime95 lasts 11 minutes, at any other setting prime95 doesn't last over 1 minute. Anyone have any suggestions? or maybe cpu voltage / mobo voltage combinations? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
THunDA Posted October 13, 2004 Posted October 13, 2004 Well.. cpc is nice to have on.. But you have 2x 512mb's of ram.. I would say the majority of peeps running that memory config have a hard time getting high fsb in general without volt mods .. not to mention with cpc on.. Dont take any offence to this.. But I think your asking for alot from your 2x 512mb sticks.. without some volt mods.. Just a thought.. GL on your fsb quest.. THunDA edit.. Btw.. Memtest is a good stability test for memory but not something Id live by.. sometimes other tests show instability that others dont.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheezies Posted October 14, 2004 Posted October 14, 2004 I'm pretty sure it's not my memory that can't do the FSB, it's probably my mobo and my CPU. I mean, memtest86 lasted for 10+ hours, and then Prime95 fails in 0 minutes ... either memtest86 is obsolete or its the mobo and CPU. Alright, Prime95 runs on small FFT's for longer than an hour, memtest86 will run for 10+ hours, but blend doesn't run at all. I think my mobo can't do 250 FSB. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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