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opteron 146 > opteron 175?

Mr Paul said:
Are you running Core temp from non safe mode when the crashes occur? If so there is your problem. Core temp has issues, they manefest either as system lockups or random shutdowns.
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ahhhh, come to think of it thats the only time iv had the freezes in normal mode, when i was using coretemp for the first time yesterday in combination with snm or orthos. i left orthos on overnight its been running fine in safe mode and no freezes or crashes whatsoever. will run it again now in normal mode but this time ill use speedfan to measure the temps insted of coretemp and see if the freezing stops.

coretemp does not work in safe mode it just saus it can;t load io driver or something.

will test now in normal mode.
 
Mr Paul said:
Are you running Core temp from non safe mode when the crashes occur? If so there is your problem. Core temp has issues, they manefest either as system lockups or random shutdowns.
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your right, coretemp is the problem. ran orthos in normal mode with speedfan and ran fine for 40 mins.
the closed down speed fan and ran coretemp while orthos was still running, 5 mins later system froze.

coretemp is a load of crap. gonna send email to lash amd in a few mins.



a question about speedfan temps:

got 4 temps showing in speedfan but not sure what they are all for here they are listed:

Temp1
Temp2
Temp3
Core

right in idle mode
Temp1 is 26c im going to assume this is case temp since its the same when cpu is put on load.
Temp2 is 28c idle but goes up to 50c when cpu is on load.
Temp3 is 26c idle but goes up to 47c when at max load.
Core is 22c idle but goes up to 45c when at load.
now im sure the sensor labled "Core" was hitting 65-70c when at load before i took the heat spreadder of the cpu so its made a big difference to me for removing the ihs.

anyone know what the other temp sensors are for? the ones labeled temp2,3 and core? i assume core is one of the cores but not sure that the other 2 sensors are reading.
 
For alternatves to CoreTemp, try A64Info-Beta or Central Brain Identifier. Both are just as accurate as CT, and have the added advantage of not locking your pc up when running Orthos :)
 
MoodyB said:
For alternatves to CoreTemp, try A64Info-Beta or Central Brain Identifier. Both are just as accurate as CT, and have the added advantage of not locking your pc up when running Orthos :)
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cheers for those alternatives.
but why does coretemp cause lockups?
 
Cyber-Mav said:
your right, coretemp is the problem. ran orthos in normal mode with speedfan and ran fine for 40 mins.
the closed down speed fan and ran coretemp while orthos was still running, 5 mins later system froze.
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Of course I'm right :D

The reason I believe is that as it gets the temp values from registers on the CPU, IF you have another temp monitoring programme open aswell, I mean anything that monitors temps, core temp will confuse the carp out of the CPU and it will either think ahhh I'm overheating and shut down or just plain lock up!

I just use CBID now as it has no issues that I can see.

Oh S&M monitors temps also, so if your running core temp with that it will crash ;)
 
Mr Paul said:
Of course I'm right :D

The reason I believe is that as it gets the temp values from registers on the CPU, IF you have another temp monitoring programme open aswell, I mean anything that monitors temps, core temp will confuse the carp out of the CPU and it will either think ahhh I'm overheating and shut down or just plain lock up!

I just use CBID now as it has no issues that I can see.

Oh S&M monitors temps also, so if your running core temp with that it will crash ;)
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excellent there, thanks for that info.
happy now with this cpu, running dandy at 2850mhz with 1.40v today i noticed that my winrar zipping speed increased considerably. :D
 
2850 on air with 1.4v must be considered a quite good CPU in my book. Congrats to a good buy! :)

How interesting with that stepping too. Week 4 2007.
 
Mr Paul said:
I'm still at 2.7GHz at 1.33v, no point in going any higher as I'm already GPU limited (X1800XT)
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yes i see but more cpu power is good for stuff like winrar and video encoding etc. im very happy with this dual core opteron, and now that the heat spreadder is taken off its running load cooler and is very nice.
 
i got myself a opty 165 a few weeks ago, have not actually used it yet as I am still waiting for a psu. :mad: I took the IHS off my old 3700 because i did not want to break my new opty, my 3700 was easy so i did the same to my opty, cant wait to clock their nuts off :D
 
Cyber-Mav said:
Mr Paul, how well is your opteron 170 clocking?
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Well still 24/7 at 2.7Ghz at 1.33v, tried 2.8 the other night from within Windows and can only raise the voltage to 1.38v (mobo under volts) and core 1 failed orthos.

So I guess 2.8GHz will be stable at 1.4+ volts, but just not got round to testing as really need a better HSF.
 
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