Prime95 Question

[TecHNooB]

I OC'd my 3500 to 2.6 ghz and ran prime95 for the first time. After a while, it came up with a rounding error of 0.5 or something like that and it said the value should have been less than 0.4. Should I be reducing speeds? Btw, I followed someone's suggestion I found on AT to OC my 3500 to 2.6 ghz.

EDIT: Btw, my cpu is supposedly 29 C which I think is too low especially after OC. Whats up with that?

 

[Markbnj]

If Prime95 failed then something is wrong. As to whether you should reduce speeds, or your temps are out of line, not enough info. Sorry.

 

[govtcheez75]

try bumping up the voltage a tad bit. An error means that you're not stable.

 

[TecHNooB]

ok, here's wut I did

HT Multi = 3x
Max mem clock = DDR 333mhz

HTT (CPU freq?) = 260
CPU Multi = 10
CPU Volts = 1.55
DDR Volts = 2.8
PCI Clock = 33.33

EDIT: I think 1.55v is max. Unless I should be increasing volts elsewhere..

 

[tRaptor]

The error is telling you that something is not working out right. Its not getting the answer it expected, meaning your CPU is going to give bad results. It means the system "will" be unatable at the speeds. When that happens its usually the CPU is past its limit, or it needs some more power. Up the voltage or back down the speed, then run Prime95 again and see if it can do it.

 

[TecHNooB]

would raising HTT voltage help stabalize my cpu at 2.6?

 

[biff 24 2000]

Originally posted by: TecHNooB
would raising HTT voltage help stabalize my cpu at 2.6?

I dont think it would be you could at least try

 

[theMan]

yeah, you should decrease, or try fooling with ram speed and timings.

 

[Markbnj]

Yeah, I think you ought to drop the ram back some more. 1.55 vCore seems pretty high to begin with, but you can always try to bump it and see if it stabilizes. I'd get the memory right out of it though. From what I've read HT link voltage isn't very helpful.

 

[almach1]

I could only get my 2500 to 2.5. maybe when i get home i'll try to match your settings to see what I get.