Stability Question

[lilstevo]

Ok right now I got a p3-700@868 on a P3V4X. Running Win2k pro wiht sp1 patch and lastest leadtek video drivers. When I run 3dmark 2000 it will loop about 5 times then it just exits the program. I have run prime95 and rc5 thing for atleast a day each and no crashes. Usually when 3dmark2000 crashes my computer will eventually crash, but not all the time. Which program should I look to for testing stability?

 

[compuwiz1]

3Dmark is not a good example always. I've had it bounce back to the desktop at default speed too. There is a patch for it, don't know if you downloaded it.
Try running seti@home and rc5 simultaneously. If you have a 700E that will do 868, but not 933, it's not the best core anyway, so you may need to try more voltage and or better cooling.

 

[lilstevo]

When I run seti@home and rc5, one takes all the cpu and the other does nothing. They don't both run equally. Is there a way to run them both equally?

 

[IaPuP]

at 124FSB, your video card is well out of spec. That could be a problem.

Try the same test running at 83MHz FSB (1/1 AGP) to stress the video system without stressing the CPU and memory. That will help you isloate the problem.

Eric

 

[office boy]

lilstevo, re: Seti and Rc5 no not really

 

[BlueWeasel]

Running software only programs like RC5, Seti, Prime95, CPU Stability Test, etc., does not always cause my overclocked system to crash. I had my Cel. 566@850 running @ 1.80v and I could run RC5, Prime95, CPU Stability Test for days on end and it would never give me errors.

I even ran a Q3 demo loop for about a hour with no lockups or crashes.

But with UT being the overly CPU dependent game that it is, I could not even make it through one loop of the startup demo before it would give me a fault. Not a problem with my video card or RAM, I just had to bump the voltage up to 1.85v. Remember all the above programs (RC5,Prime95, etc.) would run fine.

Compuwiz is right about 3DM - I still get random crashes when using it too.

If you have UT, try running the default demo loop for 15-30 minutes or just try to play the game with several (6+) bots. If it hangs up continuously, then its not stable. If it does not, then I would say your system is good to go.

 

[lilstevo]

IaPuP: Well this is an TNT2 from my older system and I use to run that at 87 mhz bus with 1/1 AGP divider and it ran flawlessly. But I'll try what your saying just to try everything possible.

office boy: gotcha

blue weasel: I'll install my copy of unreal and try and see how that does.

Thanks to the four of you for your info. I'll get back to testing my computer now.