Anybody else having issues with the FAH SMP client hard locking their system?

[Viper GTS]

Before we go any further:

Yes, my system is overclocked. A moderate 3.4 GHz from a Q9450.

I'm getting total system crashes (complete hard lock, no mouse movement, screen frozen, etc.) but only when running the SMP client. I can run my two GPU clients indefinitely, they just crank away & never give me problems. But within a few hours of adding the SMP client it crashes.

I've done a little looking around the stanford forums & I've seen others with the exact same problem (including one person on a stock clocked OEM system). Same exact symptoms - All other stress tests run fine, temps are fine, but the SMP client results in hardlocks as often as several times a day. The standard response of course was "The FAH SMP client pushes your system really hard, blah, blah, blah..." but IntelBurnTest/Prime push things WAY more than the SMP client & function fine. IntelBurnTest + the two GPU clients also functions fine.

I'm running the new 6.22 B2R3 SMP client on Vista x64. System is an EVGA 780i, Q9450 @ 425x8, 8 GB @ 850 MHz. I'm beginning to wonder why I'm even bothering with the SMP client when I have two GPUs each pushing nearly 6K PPD and a third on the way.

:|

Viper GTS

 

[Drsignguy]

Yup, I have had the same problems and I had to re-do my system testing. Bottom line is, it really ended up being a voltage bump from 1.2875v to 1.3125v. My Ram is geil, and the voltages can range from 1.9v - 2.1v so I have it @ 2.0v. Bumped up the MCH +1 volt.

I have the same Oc, The same chip (1.2500v VID) the same amount of ram and a, well was a Ep35c-DS3r mobo. I went to another mobo as I had to upgrade another pc so I purchased a new one ( Ep45-DS3R ) for my main rig. This one has a few more voltage settings in bios and I am at a current stable OC using 1.31875v in bios and 1.232v - 1.264v reported by cpu-z 1.46.4.

I pulled my hair out testing everything. Ram testes with memtest each chip individually, all good. Cpu testes for hours on end and lost a few units while in the process. Just when I thought it was stable, it wasn't. So, after 2 weeks of just shit, all is well now. I have been running 24/7 for 3 days now without even as much as a hickup.

BTW, it started with my p35 board but I did get it stable and thats why I can get my p45 stable as well. Just used the information and transfered then went from there.

 

[Viper GTS]

Interesting. I have the same VID & I'm at essentially the same voltage. I'll throw some more voltage at it & see where it gets me.

The stock clocked Q6600 threw me off I guess. Plus there was such a direct relationship between voltage & IntelBurnTest failures that I figured I was high enough. I guess my push/pull heatpipe tower is going to get a workout afterall.

Viper GTS

 

[GLeeM]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
I'm beginning to wonder why I'm even bothering with the SMP client when I have two GPUs each pushing nearly 6K PPD and a third on the way.

If Drsignguy's advice doesn't help - there are other crunchables out there 😉

For instance: MalariaControl seems like a project that could help save MANY lives sooner than most projects. Malaria IS preventable. Ths project is supposed to help plan the best use for available monies to prevent the most deaths.

There are lots more projects too 🙂

I know that DPAD plays nice with the regular F@H client - on a P4 with HT it takes the least cycles away from F@H.

 

[Markfw]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Interesting. I have the same VID & I'm at essentially the same voltage. I'll throw some more voltage at it & see where it gets me.

The stock clocked Q6600 threw me off I guess. Plus there was such a direct relationship between voltage & IntelBurnTest failures that I figured I was high enough. I guess my push/pull heatpipe tower is going to get a workout afterall.

Viper GTS

I have had many problems, including (before a new motherboard, and even then new bios) hard locking. But I do't have vista, and that could be the biggest part of the problem.

 

[Drsignguy]

Well, I have 2 smp's running on my Xp x64 rig and all seems to be going well with exceptions of a few EUE's. My vista rig is very smooth....now that I have cleared things up with my OC stability. I posted earlier to a person in OC forum that I had to adjust my CPu termination down to 1.60v from the default levels of 2.0v to become stable or my system just crashed if it were any higher.