Have I just ****** my system up with burn test

anyway thanks guys im not stressing about the errors in burntest much anymore. I think if I want to go over 3.6, I thinK some higher rated memory is needed and maybe a better cooler cos temps were in the 60's running burntest.
 
Phil2008 said:
anyway thanks guys im not stressing about the errors in burntest much anymore. I think if I want to go over 3.6, I thinK some higher rated memory is needed and maybe a better cooler cos temps were in the 60's running burntest.
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again reading up on xtremesystems and going by the responses to the thread by the creator of realtemp, you can run these core2 duo/quads right up to the point before thermal throttling with no issues, check what your cpus tjmax value is for that info though. it is stated though that the higher up you go on the overclock the stability of cpu may suffer closer to tjmax value, so if your cpu throttles at 95c, intel state that you can run it up to that temp and beyond with no errors at stock speed till it hits the shut down temp. but with overclocking the more you overclock the sooner the instability may arrise possibly even before reaching the tjmax value.

only way to find out with you cpu would be to test it out :)
 
Phil, is your XMS2 C4 or C5.

My 4Gb of 800mhz C4 is rated to run at 2.1v. P35 boards have had a habit of underclocking memory, hence 1.8-1.9v.

This could be the reason for your errors.
 
If you are overclocking the RAM it may be worth upping the voltage by 0.1v or so against the rated stock voltage to be on the safe side?
 
Wiggins said:
Phil, is your XMS2 C4 or C5.

My 4Gb of 800mhz C4 is rated to run at 2.1v. P35 boards have had a habit of underclocking memory, hence 1.8-1.9v.

This could be the reason for your errors.
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I think its c5 and ive changed the volts manually to 1.9 cos auto puts it at 1.8 and its rated at 1.9.

Surely if the memory was wrong it would error all the way through burntest and not just at the end??
 
as long as you werent using stupid vcore or getting very high temps you wont have damaged the system.. I suspect that you were getting higher temps towards the end of the test that could have caused the instabiliy... I really wouldnt worry X hours of IBT stability is more than good enough for day - day use
 
MooMoo444 said:
Intel burn test is lethal, and stresses CPU's far far past anything else would, so dont worry about it tbh.
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a failure in intel burntest is a failure none the less. some people are ok using thier machines on a day to day basis with a few errors being made. and some people prefer a error free stable setup.

depends what your gonna go for, a bench testing rig, or a work/game machine. many a time some guy comes to a lan party with an unstable setup and has his machine bsod when gaming. that guy is laughed at real hard ;)

as for phil, look on the bright side, if you got no errors at 3.8ghz id have asked you to trek on the 4ghz mark lol :)
 
Cyber-Mav said:
depends what your gonna go for, a bench testing rig, or a work/game machine. many a time some guy comes to a lan party with an unstable setup and has his machine bsod when gaming. that guy is laughed at real hard ;)
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Well.. theres a difference between a totally unstable system that bsod all the time than an unstable system for gaming. My Q6600 failed stress tests at 3.8, but it could play games no probs :p
 
Linpack gets my E8400 significantly hotter than orthos, by a good 6 - 8 degrees Celsius. I think it was written by Intel engineers to be the most stressful test for their cpus possible.
 
Cyber-Mav said:
a failure in intel burntest is a failure none the less. some people are ok using thier machines on a day to day basis with a few errors being made. and some people prefer a error free stable setup.

depends what your gonna go for, a bench testing rig, or a work/game machine. many a time some guy comes to a lan party with an unstable setup and has his machine bsod when gaming. that guy is laughed at real hard ;)

as for phil, look on the bright side, if you got no errors at 3.8ghz id have asked you to trek on the 4ghz mark lol :)
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No system can be 100% stable...

Run Prime Small FFTs and Blend for 4-8 hours each, 30 min of IBT at max RAM and a good few runs on some Graphics Benching Progs and if it passes all that then you should be happy and have a 99.9% stable machine...
 
You are ok with core voltage up to around 1.45v so you still have some headroom left yet. However, as you are discovering, PC2 6400 just is'nt good enough for clocking Wolfdales as they soon run out of steam. PC2 8500 is the way to go. One thing you can try is to slacken off the timings to see if that will get you any further. You may need to tweak the board settings as well to go any higher.

I have got my E0 E8500 prime and IBT stable at 4.5Ghz (9x500) with 1.4v vcore. I have had a C0 E8500 degrade on me before so be assured i will be taking no chances with this one. At this speed it just flies. Incredible performance.
 
lol, im just about to use cpu burn to stress my system, here is my super pi and im on stock intel cooler @ nearly 4.3ghz, wish me luck
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The best time to check to see if your system is stable is eithe in the summer or with your heating on full blast..lol. Then if orthos keeps going for 12hrs, it will be pretty dam stable. Like at 3.6 my system can prime 24/7 when the room is at any temp and when Im working on it too. I just hope running burntest for 11hrs hasnt changed that.
 
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