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Does Prime95 stability assure overclocking stability?

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SickBeast

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My mobile XP 2500+ is running at 2400mhz at 1.70v. Prime has been running without issue for over 16 hours now. I've been having issues with Firefox crashing periodically, but I haven't heard of other users having similar issues.

Do I need to run some other programs to evaluate my overclock?
 
memtest for memory
prime for CPU (and memory)

But use BOTH. if both pass...well then it must be something else.

Btw...firefox crashes once in a while...yes 🙂 (Even on the most stabile systems)

Edit: What is 'periodically' ? Once a week ? Once a day ?
 
Originally posted by: flexy
memtest for memory
prime for CPU (and memory)

But use BOTH. if both pass...well then it must be something else.

Btw...firefox crashes once in a while...yes 🙂 (Even on the most stabile systems)

Edit: What is 'periodically' ? Once a week ? Once a day ?
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Thanks for the input. I don't like using memtest because it's a DOS program and renders my computer useless while it runs. I'm gonna go look for a windows version. I was under the impression that Prime95 did a sufficient job checking system memory.

Firefox has been giving me crashes for months now; I'm thinking about switching to Opera.
 
OK I ran memtest for 20 minutes and there were no errors. I'm guessing Firefox is the issue here. Maybe the full version of Mozilla won't have these issues?
 
Originally posted by: SickBeast
OK I ran memtest for 20 minutes and there were no errors. I'm guessing Firefox is the issue here. Maybe the full version of Mozilla won't have these issues?
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Um... you need to run memtest for a long time (I suggest overnight), with it set to run the "full" tests, before you can draw any conclusions. That said, I've found Prime95's "Blend" torture test to be tougher for systems to pass than memtest86 (at least for AthlonXPs), since it stresses the CPU *and* RAM. Memtest86 is great for weeding out bad memory modules, though.
 
I agree with Matthias99 here.

However, you may wish to virus/spyware scan thoroughly. Eliminates 1 possibilty (unless Firefox is fine at stock speeds).
 
There is no assurance when you overclock anything. It's just a guess of being stable.

If you have to worry about stability (or lack of) caused by hardware, run everything at default the way it was intended.

Cheers!
 
Originally posted by: sharkeeper
There is no assurance when you overclock anything. It's just a guess of being stable.

If you have to worry about stability (or lack of) caused by hardware, run everything at default the way it was intended.

Cheers!
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Yep, I agree.
Heck, if you wanna make sure, just set everything to default and see if FF still crashes, if it does, it's FF, if it doesn't, it's your computer 🙂
 
Originally posted by: sharkeeper
There is no assurance when you overclock anything. It's just a guess of being stable.

If you have to worry about stability (or lack of) caused by hardware, run everything at default the way it was intended.

Cheers!
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I totally disagree with that. A looping of Prime 95 for 15-24 hours, 3dmark0(X), memtest over night like what was stated above.. You can consider yourself damn near 100%.

I have had this 1700+@2.4 for over a year now. NO issues ever, or so it seems. Had a few issues when i got my 6800GT but none the less I would put this system up to do whatever, and for whatever period of time.

SETI, RC5 anything.

With the right voltages and hardware I believe you can have a overclocked system as stable as a stock one.
 
One you've eliminated hardware problems with Prime9 and Memtest, it can only be software - either the program itself, or just a corrupted-messed-up Windows.

If it's not viruses or spyware, I'd say now would be a great time to back up anything important, reformat, re-install.

PITA, but clean. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: bjc112
Originally posted by: sharkeeper
There is no assurance when you overclock anything. It's just a guess of being stable.

If you have to worry about stability (or lack of) caused by hardware, run everything at default the way it was intended.

Cheers!
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I totally disagree with that. A looping of Prime 95 for 15-24 hours, 3dmark0(X), memtest over night like what was stated above.. You can consider yourself damn near 100%.

I have had this 1700+@2.4 for over a year now. NO issues ever, or so it seems. Had a few issues when i got my 6800GT but none the less I would put this system up to do whatever, and for whatever period of time.

SETI, RC5 anything.

With the right voltages and hardware I believe you can have a overclocked system as stable as a stock one.
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You sure can, but I think what sharkeeper was pointing out is that running Prime might be a good test, but it's not 100%.
I had a system that could run anything, Prime, memtest, Final Reality, etc, but once in a while compiles would fail on it for no apparent reason, clocked it down a mere 10 MHz and it would work.
 
Originally posted by: asm0deus
you're using 1.0PR firefox right?
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Yes.

I've historically had issues with firefox though. It used to crash on me if I would press the END key while typing in an AT message. That was with one of the older pre-releases, and on another computer.

Is there a chance that the crashes are caused by the graphics card? I have my 9700Pro mildly overclocked.
 
Originally posted by: SickBeast
Originally posted by: asm0deus
you're using 1.0PR firefox right?
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Yes.

I've historically had issues with firefox though. It used to crash on me if I would press the END key while typing in an AT message. That was with one of the older pre-releases, and on another computer.

Is there a chance that the crashes are caused by the graphics card? I have my 9700Pro mildly overclocked.
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Sounds pretty damn unlikely, it's not like you're stressing the card when posting on AT.
Wierd, I've never had any issues with Phoenix/Firebird/Firefox, can't remember the last time it crashed on me.
 
Originally posted by: Sunner
Originally posted by: bjc112
Originally posted by: sharkeeper
There is no assurance when you overclock anything. It's just a guess of being stable.

If you have to worry about stability (or lack of) caused by hardware, run everything at default the way it was intended.

Cheers!
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I totally disagree with that. A looping of Prime 95 for 15-24 hours, 3dmark0(X), memtest over night like what was stated above.. You can consider yourself damn near 100%.

I have had this 1700+@2.4 for over a year now. NO issues ever, or so it seems. Had a few issues when i got my 6800GT but none the less I would put this system up to do whatever, and for whatever period of time.

SETI, RC5 anything.

With the right voltages and hardware I believe you can have a overclocked system as stable as a stock one.
Click to expand...

You sure can, but I think what sharkeeper was pointing out is that running Prime might be a good test, but it's not 100%.
I had a system that could run anything, Prime, memtest, Final Reality, etc, but once in a while compiles would fail on it for no apparent reason, clocked it down a mere 10 MHz and it would work.
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So are you saying that I should increase my voltage a little, even though my computer seems to be 100% stable? I can't really reduce my speed 10% without losing 200FSB; if I lower the multiplier I'll end up at 2300mhz.
 
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