Opteron 148 & cpu-z

[Cody]

I tried lowering the multiplier to 10 as I could only get to 2993 with the 11x multiplier but after setting 10 x 300 in the BIOS, cpu-z reports this as 301.7/8 x 10 = 3017.4, this seemed stable but failed prime after 14 hours.

Also 11 x 273 is reported as 274.5 x11 = 3019.7/8.

Voltage is 1.6 so can't really go much higher, temp is 42.

 

[turbotoaster]

I tried lowering the multiplier to 10 as I could only get to 2993 with the 11x multiplier but after setting 10 x 300 in the BIOS, cpu-z reports this as 301.7/8 x 10 = 3017.4, this seemed stable but failed prime after 14 hours.

Also 11 x 273 is reported as 274.5 x11 = 3019.7/8.

Voltage is 1.6 so can't really go much higher, temp is 42.

14 hours..... id stick like as you are, thats more that enough time, a lot of people say 24 hours minumin, but when was the last time you did something which required 100% cpu for 14 hours

 

[james.miller]

dont worry about the inconsistances betwene the bios settings and the *actual* speed. It's all to do with rounding up of numbers somewhere in the calculations. 271 in the bios is actually 273 for me ect ect.

Nice clock btw. Mu board is limited to 1.55v and im stuck at 2991mhz with my opty 148. so close to 3ghz lol

 

[Cody]

14 hours..... id stick like as you are, thats more that enough time, a lot of people say 24 hours minumin, but when was the last time you did something which required 100% cpu for 14 hours

I usually fold 24/7 but haven't since I changed the motherboard.

 

[Cyber-Mav]

prime for 14 hours, haha, my old cpu was prime stable for 24 hours at 2.6ghz but crashed in snm within 3 minutes.

if you really want to test your stability run snm for 2 hours on the fpu test. thats all you need for it to tell you if your stable or not.

 

[Goody_GTI]

Also i've found that if you run the largest super pi test that is a quicker way of testing stability than running prime for hours!

But 14 hours, as already said, you might be alright running your cpu even though prime has failed

 

[Cody]

I have seen snm mentioned on the forums before but couldn't find it, do you mean S&M?

Actually the folder it creates is called snm but the application is S&M.

 

[Cyber-Mav]

yea snm cpu tester. i really need to put up a link to the latest version 1.8.0 somewhere. its a real handy tool.