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is running cpu burn in, seti@home for 15 hours and passing 3dmark 2000 mean my system is stable?

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damac

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I just did all that all night long with everything setup on my abit kt7, 1ghz retail cpu at 1250mhz with just multiplier(wierd I could NOT change the fsb and have the computer even boot). I can play unreal tournament without it crashing(a symptom I have seen when overclocking my p3) I also have a radeon 64mb retail card with 4x agp and options on, cas 2, turbo, 133mhz memory, usb keyboard and mouse, and live platinum 5.1

Ive read allot before I got my system doing searches and what not and running just like this and I'm seeing no bugs or quirks. Image quality is great in games thus far. Also if the readings are correct the temp never hits 40 C. Im able to run at 1250mhz at 1.75 volts but increasing the fsb in addition to the multiplier to the highest setting only caused more heat, like 7 degrees or more, but absolutely no change in overclockability.

So are their any other programs I should try or anything? My feeling is Im all good and done with my computer now. Woohoo if I am Im dropping my cusl2 and 900+mhz overclocked 700 p3
 
Nice chip. I suggest devoting 1 week to RC5 24/7 and another week to OGR 24/7. Pf course, join TA's DC team for them while you're at that. If you passed the 2 weeks, i'd say you're good to go.


It's hard to compare though. I've had a system overclocked to over a gig using FSB and RC5 crashed it immediately. I've had another system overclocked at 1Ghz using multiplier only and it is perfect in RC5 but crashes in 3DMark.
 
I really get sick of people giving these week long "stablilty" tests they say they run. Gimme a break. If it runs the programs and games you want without crashing, them it's stable enough. Just because it might go down in some weird benchmark doens't mean it's not stable enough. It just depends on what you will actually use it for.
 
i wouldn't consider it completely stable...
i ran almost everything for days...
it crashed when i closed every program...and let the temp go down...
when something is running...like seti it won't crash...
i find this really odd...i posted it ... wondering if anyone knew why...but got no response...
no one believes me huh? okaie than...

good luck....
 
did you lower the settings of the cas 2 to cas 3 and try changing the fsb? it might work?
and the enhanced chip performance / 4k page / 4 interleave....lowering those might help with fsb oc'ing

40C is quit low for a 1ghz + ... it might be wrong...

what are you going to do with your pIII?
????
 
Well 3dmark is manly memory! I just sugest trying a program call cpu stablizer test, you can get it from www.ocshoot.com if you can run that over night and get a perfect rating, from my experince the pc will "never" crash. (all computers crash eventually)
 
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