My system:
Athlon 64 3200+ @ 220 HTT (1.5v)
2 x 512 Mushkin PC3500 Lvl 1 @ 2.7v (2.5-3-3-10)
Radeon 9800 Pro @ stock
Audigy 2 ZS
Asus K8V Basic
Antec TruePower 430 PSU
1 WD1200JB Storage Drive
1 74 Gig Raptor
Nec 2500A
Samsung DVD/CD reader
Antec 1080 Plus Case
When I ran Prime95 with the VCORE at 1.55 Prime95 blended failed after 17 hours and then I moved it down to 1.5 and it lasted 19 so I don't think upping the VCORE will help. So is there anything else I can do to make my system rock solid? The only thing I know of off hand is to bump the DDR voltage to 2.8v and I don't know if that is wise. Isn't 2.8v a little much? Also I could relax my memory timings. Right now everything is on auto except for TRAS which I changed to 10 (was 6 while set on auto). So is there anything else I can try?
New Problem
After going 44 hours without failing in Prime95 at 220 HTT I was pretty confident with my machine's stability but to be sure I was completely stable I decided to run 3Dmark03 for a few hours consecutively. Unfortunately, I can't run it at 220 HTT even once without it crashing my system somewhere in the middle. The first time I came back after leaving 3DMark running and the program was nowhere to be seen, must have crashed to the desktop. The next time my screen went black and I was forced to power down. So, what are my options to make this OC stable? Any ideas where the problem lies? (I.E. VCORE, DDR Voltage, ram timings, etc). Also beforehand I was having problems getting 3DMark03 to run at all without crashing and telling me that various texture files were corrupt. Reinstalls didn't fix the problem but downloading a new client seems to work, at least for now. Thanks in advance for the input, hopefully I won't have to lower the OC.
Athlon 64 3200+ @ 220 HTT (1.5v)
2 x 512 Mushkin PC3500 Lvl 1 @ 2.7v (2.5-3-3-10)
Radeon 9800 Pro @ stock
Audigy 2 ZS
Asus K8V Basic
Antec TruePower 430 PSU
1 WD1200JB Storage Drive
1 74 Gig Raptor
Nec 2500A
Samsung DVD/CD reader
Antec 1080 Plus Case
When I ran Prime95 with the VCORE at 1.55 Prime95 blended failed after 17 hours and then I moved it down to 1.5 and it lasted 19 so I don't think upping the VCORE will help. So is there anything else I can do to make my system rock solid? The only thing I know of off hand is to bump the DDR voltage to 2.8v and I don't know if that is wise. Isn't 2.8v a little much? Also I could relax my memory timings. Right now everything is on auto except for TRAS which I changed to 10 (was 6 while set on auto). So is there anything else I can try?
New Problem
After going 44 hours without failing in Prime95 at 220 HTT I was pretty confident with my machine's stability but to be sure I was completely stable I decided to run 3Dmark03 for a few hours consecutively. Unfortunately, I can't run it at 220 HTT even once without it crashing my system somewhere in the middle. The first time I came back after leaving 3DMark running and the program was nowhere to be seen, must have crashed to the desktop. The next time my screen went black and I was forced to power down. So, what are my options to make this OC stable? Any ideas where the problem lies? (I.E. VCORE, DDR Voltage, ram timings, etc). Also beforehand I was having problems getting 3DMark03 to run at all without crashing and telling me that various texture files were corrupt. Reinstalls didn't fix the problem but downloading a new client seems to work, at least for now. Thanks in advance for the input, hopefully I won't have to lower the OC.
If a Gromacs errors out I know my overclock isn't 100% stable. However, My A64 has been folding flawlessly for weeks since converting it from a SETI box. My SFF was another story though, after adding a ti4600 VIVO the heat&power usage created instability that caused F@H Gromacs error out, Tinkers were fine. I had to reduce the overclock from 2.33ghz to 2.17ghz to stop loosing points from submitting only partially completed work.
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