Prime95 error on only one core

[elwoodh]

Specs:

E4300 @ 3.24ghz
2 GB PC-5300 RAM @ 4-4-4-12, ~700mhz (stock is 5-5-5-15)
Nvidia 8800GTS
Corsair HX520
Gigabyte P965-DS3

Vcore is set at 1.412, temps are fine (~40C idle, ~65 load), vDimm is at +0.2, MCH is at +0.1, and FSB is at +0.1.

I can run dual instances of Prime95 for ~9 hours before I get an error on only one of the cores. Is this simply a case of needing to either pull back the FSB or up the Vcore? Maybe I should drop the memory timings back down to stock? I'm obviously pretty close to being stable.

Thanks

 

[Zardnok]

I had the same problem myself. I took that as my "max-stable" speed and backed down my bus speed 10MHZ for every day running.

Edit: Just noticed you were running tight timings, you can likely put those back to stock 5-5-5 timings and pick up some more head-room if you wanted.

 

[elwoodh]

I left P95 going today after dropping the RAM down to stock timings and upping the vcore up to 1.425.

On another note, should I read anything into the fact that when I set my memory's timing to Auto in the BIOS, that it's being timed at something like 5-6-6-5-18?

 

[Shimmishim]

Originally posted by: elwoodh
I left P95 going today after dropping the RAM down to stock timings and upping the vcore up to 1.425.

On another note, should I read anything into the fact that when I set my memory's timing to Auto in the BIOS, that it's being timed at something like 5-6-6-5-18?

No.

auto seems to set it to the spd timings of the module or looser than spd at times.

just adjust it to 5-5-5 and you won't be hurting anything.