Fatal Error in prime95

[Jody]

Im new to stress testing and ive just got the following message in Prime95:

FATAL ERROR: Rounding was 0.5, expected less than 0.4
Hardware failure detected, consult stress.txt file.

Can you please tell me if this is normal or should i be worried about this?

also where is the stress test file?

Thanks

 

[drak3]

Means your current setup FAILED the test.

Lower clocks/increase volts and re-try.

To consider the overclock STABLE, you must run AT LEAST 8 hours error free.

For quick step-up (changing a setting etc.) 15 minutes is considered ok.

 

[Jody]

many thanks

 

[drak3]

If you want to REALLY test your overclock you are happy with, run it on priority 10 with BLEND test overnight. If it manages for 10 hours let's say then you can consider it stable(99.9%) and it wont corrupt your files one day.