Fold@home Instability? Prime95 stable on all 3 stress tests

[devilchrist]

So I've tested all 3 Prime 95 tests for 24hours and no problems.

but when I run F@H my computer has crashed from BSOD.

Anyone have problem like this before?

 

[VirtualLarry]

Yes, F@H is a better stability test than prime95. You are unstable.

 

[Shortass]

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
Yes, F@H is a better stability test than prime95. You are unstable.

Yep. F@H is brutal and has been the most consistently correct form of true stability testing on my systems. And you get to do science, which is just sweet.

 

[Idontcare]

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
Yes, F@H is a better stability test than prime95. You are unstable.

Is OCCT any better or faster than F@H?

I hate having to prime95 for 12+ hrs between changing OC parameters just to determine if a voltage bump up or down one notch was enough or too much but I have no stability test experience outside of Prime95.

 

[Markfw]

I do OC, then OCCT, then when I think its stable, I do F@H. Then I usually have to down clock 5 mhz on the bus after that for F@H stable.

 

[plion]

try 8 minutes of intel burn test (linpack frontend). According to the folks at xtremesystems it's much better for less time.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/f...howthread.php?t=197835

 

[Drsignguy]

Originally posted by: devilchrist
So I've tested all 3 Prime 95 tests for 24hours and no problems.

but when I run F@H my computer has crashed from BSOD.

Anyone have problem like this before?

Yes! :disgust:

I had to bump up my voltage on my Q9450 a couple of clicks to become stable. I ran OCCT and Prime for 8 hours each and was stable @ 1.2875v but when I ran F@H, crashed sometime overnight. So, by the end of the week and loosing some work (DAMNIT) I have it now @ 1.34125v with an OC of 3.2. So far 2 days into it and still holding strong and using it as we speak.

BTW: F@H is one serious stability test, Really stresses a system to the max. Doing 2 things at once. Stress test and helping find a cure for messed up diseases.


Edit: Ram wasn't stable. Went back to 1.2875v in bios and ram was all at lowest settings and default timings. used the Intel stress test and now all is running very stable. Thanks for the link. it helped.

 

[Idontcare]

Originally posted by: plion
try 8 minutes of intel burn test (linpack frontend). According to the folks at xtremesystems it's much better for less time.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/f...howthread.php?t=197835

:thumbsup: Thanks for the link!

 

[Drsignguy]

Originally posted by: Idontcare

Originally posted by: plion
try 8 minutes of intel burn test (linpack frontend). According to the folks at xtremesystems it's much better for less time.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/f...howthread.php?t=197835

:thumbsup: Thanks for the link!

+1:thumbsup:

Will have to give it a whirl.

 

[geokilla]

Well I'm Prime stable and I believe I'm F@H stable. I have F@H running 95% CPU usage. I had to drop my HT speed by 1 though to get better stability. Just raising the vcore didn't cut it for me.

Oh, and you better have at least one core folding for Team AnandTech =P

 

[Markfw]

Oh, and you better have at least one core folding for Team AnandTech =P

+1