Prime95 errors

[GMtheBest]

System Specs:
Athlon XP 3200+ (Barton Core)
Asus A7V880 motherboard (latest BIOS)
OCZ DUAL CHANNEL OPTIMIZED PLATINUM 2X512MB DDR PC3200 HEAT SPREADER REV.2 CL 2-2-2-5

I am running my system at stock speeds, ram is set to 2-3-2-6. When I run the torture (blend) test on Prime95 it produces an error after about 2 min. As far as I see my system is running stable. I ran memtest86 for 2 hrs and it did not come up with any errors. Does anyone know what the problem could be (if any) I have the latest drivers for my system installed.

 

[globalcitizen]

If the tests show a couple of errors or so, I would say you ignore it.

 

[boshuter]

Originally posted by: globalcitizen
If the tests show a couple of errors or so, I would say you ignore it.

Maybe he cares if his system is stable, you obviously don't :roll:


There has to be a problem with your system if it errors that quickly. I'm not sure how you are going to find the problem without swapping parts, and I don't know if you have that option. Unless you don't do anything but play games and listen to mp3's you should find out what is causing it. You might try running a single stick of ram at a time and run prime....... your ram could be fine, but there could be a problem with it and the system as a whole.

 

[Navid]

PSU
Monitor the 12V rail with a digital volt meter while running the prime95 torture test. If the voltage droops too much, you need a better PSU.

Monitor the 12V rail while running ATItool "scan for artifacts". If the voltage droops too much, you need a better PSU.

RAM
Run memtest overnight. If there are no errors the next day, RAM is OK. If there are errors, reduce RAM overclock, or increase VDIMM (by one notch only).

CPU
Run prime95 torture test overnight. If it is still running the next day, the CPU is stable. If not, improve CPU cooling, or reduce CPU overclock, or increase VCore (by once notch only).

Graphics card
If your PSU, RAM and CPU atre stable and you have crashes to the desktop while playing games, you need to reduce GPU overclock or improve GPU cooling.