Something's broken, and I think it's the CPU

[Markfw]

no.

 

[InternetDuder]

alright... going to bed, running prime95 with the multiplier at 6x. Maybe this'll isolate something.

 

[InternetDuder]

Another quick concern... NView lists the Voltages of the CPU, Core and Memory. They are 0.6000, 1.5304, 1.5826 respectively. I only mention this because the Core and memory are both in red... is this bad?

 

[rise]

what bios?

 

[InternetDuder]

default i guess, i never flashed or anything like Zebo said I should

 

[rise]

you need to flash to the 3.10 at least. i think they have 3.16 on the site now and 5.10. both are listed as beta but they are perfectly safe. i use the 5.10.

anyway, like zebo said, on a new set up its always good to flash to the latest bios and run memtest before installing windows even.

 

[Viditor]

Definately not the CPU overheating, the Venice cores run icebox cool (relatively speaking).

Zebo called it I think...start with the easy stuff first.
1. Flash the bios
2. Clear the CMOS and redo all of your settings (sometimes the readings in the bios report incorrectly after a flash)
3. Start with the most stable RAM timings

Let us know how it goes after that...

 

[theMan]

Originally posted by: InternetDuder
Another quick concern... NView lists the Voltages of the CPU, Core and Memory. They are 0.6000, 1.5304, 1.5826 respectively. I only mention this because the Core and memory are both in red... is this bad?

your memory is running at 1.5826 volts? your cpu should be at 1.4v also. you should really flash to the newest bios.

 

[Jojo7]

Try another video card.
Also as others have said, try flashing the bios (I don't think this will help).

 

[Markfw]

seems to me PSU/motherboard/memory. Follow viditor's suggestions (per Zebo)

 

[Operandi]

Originally posted by: Zebo
hey you take quantum? "operand models" your name?

WTF dose that even mean?

 

[InternetDuder]

I'll flash the bios today.

I don't think its the memory, because Memtest86 ran for 20 horus with no problem.

I don't think its a video card, because the same things trigger and solve both the stuttering in games, and prime95 failing.

I underclocked the CPU multiplier to 6x, and it ran for 10 hours without failing.

 

[sangyup81]

Check to see if your chipset is overheating

 

[InternetDuder]

chipset never reached 50`C

 

[Yanagi]

CPU is overheating it seems. Check that the backplate is ok and not cracked which would cause bad contact.. Soiunds like temp readings are wrong aswell. Or it might just be a dud CPU.. Try lowering the VCore first. Lower it to 1.4

 

[InternetDuder]

I have used 3 applications of the swifttech heatsink and 1 of the stock heatsink, all with identical results.

What voltages should I set all my things for? I have never had a need to change voltages, so what is a safe setting? Also, why is NView giving the following voltages:

CPU: 0.6000
Core: 1.5304
Memory: 1.5826

Those seem bad.

 

[theMan]

in the bios, the memory should be set at around 2.7-2.8. the cpu, while not overclocked should be set at 1.4. i have no clue what the "CPU: 0.6000" thing is. i think after you've tried flashing the bios, and it doesnt work, its RMA'ing the CPU day.

 

[Viditor]

Originally posted by: InternetDuder
I have used 3 applications of the swifttech heatsink and 1 of the stock heatsink, all with identical results.

What voltages should I set all my things for? I have never had a need to change voltages, so what is a safe setting? Also, why is NView giving the following voltages:

CPU: 0.6000
Core: 1.5304
Memory: 1.5826

Those seem bad.

Yes they do...I have switched to my standby puter, and it's similar to your rig
Asus A8N-E
Venice 3200+
1 GB TwinX PC3200
6600GT 256MB DDR3 PCIe

Everything is at stock settings except the timing is at 1T

Vcore is 1.392
Core temp is 25C, mobo is 27C
It sounds like either your bios settings are flaky, or your mobo is in need of return.
Redo the bios and we shall see...

 

[InternetDuder]

Flashing bios to 3.10 in 90 minutes. 5.10 wasn't available for the Ultra-D. Anything else to look for beforehand? Or is this just something I should have done a long time ago......

edit: hahaha i got from juinor member to member just by having this problem and not shutting up about it

 

[InternetDuder]

CPU Core - 1.38
LDT Bus - 1.20
Chipset - 1.52
DRam - 2.64

After the flash, These are the voltages my bios is reporting. NView is still reporting the same voltages as before, so I don't trust those.

Haven't stress tessed after the flash yet.

 

[InternetDuder]

...and it died. Bluescreen while playing game, it blamed my video card. This is frustrating.

 

[edfcmc]

Flaky ondie memory-controller?

Try prime95 single channel (remove 1 stick of ram).

 

[InternetDuder]

how could it be memory though? memtest86 ran for 20 hours with no error

 

[edfcmc]

I had an A64 s939 that would pass memtest with flying colors but always fail prime95 at stock settings (it had random lockups) dual-channel only. The people on extreme systems opined it was a flaky on-die memory controller.

I exchanged my CPU and been running Prime95 error-free ever since.

Symptoms included:

Failing to run Prime95 when memory was in dual channel mode (memtest would show no errors).

I guess the moral of the story is yes, you can have a memory-controller issue that is not shown in memtest86 but will be exposed running Prime95.

 

[InternetDuder]

i'm gonna try that, thanks

edit: sorry for being a moron, but how do I disable dual channel? Is it a bios setting, or do I change the ram sockets?