Prime95 error?

[axemanxt40]

What classifies as an error in this program?

I'm just curious because I left it running overnight and I woke up at like 6 AM EST to check it thats about 4 hours in...and then I woke up just now which is 9 AM EST and it had one of those would you like to send an error report pop ups for Prime95, in windows xp.

Basically what I am asking is what form do these errors come in...do they cause Prime95 to quit unexpectedly...or is it like a message output in the program?

 

[chocoruacal]

Bad hardware/overclock can cause Prime95 to crash, just as it will cause other programs to crash. Leave Sandra burning in overnight....it'll probably crash as well.

 

[axemanxt40]

Haven't overclocked it, its still a 2.6c at stock speed.

How will I be able to tell if its the motherboard or the processor that made it crash?

 

[axemanxt40]

If I had Asus Probe running the background to monitor temps...is it possible that that contributed to the crash?

Should I have Asus Probe off while running these burn in/stability tests?

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

Keep in mind that Asus Probe monitors SOCKET temperatures, not DIE temperatures.

 

[axemanxt40]

I understand that, but I am asking will running Asus Probe in the background while Prime95 is going be problematic? Should I close it before I run Prime95 or not?

 

[charlie21]

Originally posted by: axemanxt40
I understand that, but I am asking will running Asus Probe in the background while Prime95 is going be problematic? Should I close it before I run Prime95 or not?

It shouldn't have affected anything. But close Asus Probe down and let P95 run again overnight. If it crashes again, you have a problem with your hardware. Either you have bad memory or your processor is overheating. Since you're running stock speed that shouldn't be the problem, but what kind of temps are you getting? If your temps are okay, you need to run Memtest86 to check your memory.

 

[axemanxt40]

Temps: (according to Asus Probe)

Mobo: 33-36 degrees celsius
CPU (idle): 37 degrees celsius
CPU (load): 47-50 degrees celsius

And I ran memtest86 even before I installed the operating system, went for 15 hours reported 0 errors on the RAM. So I don't think thats my problem there, I am gonna shut off Norton AV when I run it too...because it might have done some autoscan nonsense and screwed things up. But right now as we speak I am running Sandra Burn In wizard for the CPU Arithematic Benchmark and the CPU Multi-Media Benchmark its set to go for 999 runs, and I am at run 60 with no errors so far.

 

[Amused]

Many people are getting Prime 95 ---Windows--- errors (Windows stops Prime 95 and wants you to send an error report) with the new version 23.7 of Prime95 at the same exact part of the test (M420217 with a 20K FFT) between three and four hours into the test depending on the speed of the system. So far, it's been just P4C800-E mobo users, but other could be affected.

Version 23.6 does not seem cause this problem and will should run fine on a stable system.

 

[axemanxt40]

Amused, you are the man...much thanks for that little tid bit of information!