Prime95

[J-Man]

As soon as I ran this, box 2 and 3 got a failure it said and in CoreTemp, core 2 and 3 went down to normal idle state while the 1st and 4th core were still at 100% (so I presume they were still being tested at max). How can I check what/how failed? How can I make Prime not get any errors?

 

[erocker]

Are your running small fft's or large? Most likely your cores aren't getting enough voltage.

 

[J-Man]

I ran the large FFT's. In the BIOS, my CPU Voltage is 1.37.

 

[erocker]

It might not be enough. List the speeds and voltage of your hardware. NB, CPU, MEM, etc..

 

[J-Man]

Damn, the small test option showed over 70C in all cores. Wow.

CPU Voltage: 1.37

Northbridge Voltage: 1.31

RAM: 2.2V

Southbridge: 1.5

 

[erocker]

Those temps are a bit high! I need the clocks for everything too. CPU, RAM, FSB...
*Also, where are you reading your info from? CPU-Z will give you the correct CPU voltage. Remember, the Rampage and Maximus likes to overvolt the RAM.

 

[J-Man]

One minute.

 

[J-Man]

CPU Voltage : 1.37
CPU PLL Voltage : 1.3 (I think)
North Bridge Voltage : 1.31
DRAM Voltage : 2.20
FSB Termination Voltage : 1.29
South Bridge Voltage : 1.125v
Loadline Calibration : Enabled
CPU GTL Reference : 0.63X
North Bridge GTL Reference : 0.67X
DDR2 Channel A REF Voltage : Auto
DDR2 Channel B REF Voltage : Auto
DDR2 Controller REF Voltage : DDR2_REF
SB 1.5V Voltage : 1.5

 

[erocker]

You are still missing the info I need about your clocks?! Most likely your NB voltage is way too low, your RAM is probablly being overvolted to around 2.3 or so, and your processor is probablly only getting around 1.34 volts.

Download the latest Asus PcProbe, it will give you all of your real-time voltages. Use cpu-z to see what your real voltage is.

 

[J-Man]

Oh right, gimme a minute.

 

[J-Man]

To make this more easier, I'll take a picture of my BIOS clocks and all.

 

[J-Man]

 

[J-Man]

 

[erocker]

With what I have now, I would bump your NB voltage to 1.45V or so (1.49 with 4gb), and set your ram to 2.10V's. Leave the CPU voltage where it is, and try running prime again. Have these all set to AUTO: CPU PLL, FSB Term., both SB voltages, both GTL references.

*Good luck!

 

[J-Man]

Quick question. Those you asked me to set auto... Are they would you say "less important"?

Ok, those settings set to auto what you said. I'll try Prime now.

Should I do a Small FFT's or In-place large FFT's or maybe Blend?

Got an error in the 3rd box.

 

[p_o_s_pc]

looks like your going to have to bump your voltage up on the CPU

 

[erocker]

Yes, the CPU voltage is most likely too low. Keep us updated!

 

[J-Man]

Well I actually have my CPU voltage set to... (thinks) 1.36500. It says in the BIOS. I thought I'd drop it down to see what the lowest I could get. I only went down one notch (1.37800 or something to 1.36500).

Edit: It was actually something like 1.36300 in the BIOS but bumped it up to 1.36800, after that is 1.37500).

It's always the last box in prime that gets a fail. Just a minute ago my PC locked up so that's why I bumped my voltage a bit. What causes it to fail?

 

[erocker]

Try going to 1.4v on the CPU in the bios. That should be good for 1.375 in CPU-Z. You may even need more for 3.4ghz.

 

[HTC]

Separate the OC on the RAM from the OC on the CPU.

Lower your CPU multi to the lowest possible and leave everything else as is.

Run prime95 using blend for no less then 4 hours, to ensure stability: if it fails, you have RAM problems and should try to increase the NB.

2.2 for VDIMM in BIOS (2.796 real) is high, i think, but it really depends on the RAM's stock volts so it may not be: set the VDIMM in BIOS to 0.06 less then the value you want, to compensate for the board's overvolt.

When your RAM is OK, put the multi back where it was and run prime95 using small FTTs: should you get errors, the problem lies with the CPU: not the RAM and you should try to adjust accordingly.

This is where i got this from: it's for a different board and CPU but i found it to be quite educational.

 

[J-Man]

Try going to 1.4v on the CPU in the bios. That should be good for 1.375 in CPU-Z. You may even need more for 3.4ghz.

I bumped up to 1.37. I don't really wanna go to 1.4 'cause I idle already at about 43-45C. Everytime I did the small option test in Prime, I kept getting the page fault in nonpaged area blue screen but I have yet to run it again with my North bridge bumped from 1.42 to 1.45 and CPU bumped from 1.36 to 1.37.

 

[J-Man]

Bump.

 

[erocker]

If you can't put your CPU to 1.4v might as well back down on the clocks. Or, perhaps see if anything changes if you put the NB at 1.49v.