 noe1The Future Was Not What It Use To BePremium
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Re: memtest86 conditioning Okay master guru know-it-alls of this forum  , I've run Prime96 and f@h here for several hours with no problem or error showin up. I run test 4 and 5 in memtest at same settings and get multiple errors in each test. What say ye?
2100+ @ 1.95 vcore, vdimm = 3.0
213 fsb x 10.5
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 paulGranpa PaulPremium,MVM,ExMod 2006
join:2001-07-14 | All I can relay is my own experiences. In an AMD setup, the box ran fine, but had errors like you have. I backed off the fsb a few mhz until it ran memtest86 no errors, then looped test 5 in all memory ranges for an hour or so, bumped it up a notch, repeat. Errors went away by conditioning....
Paul
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noe1The Future Was Not What It Use To BePremium
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Charleston, WV | Thans Paul, that's good enough for me.
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timely information....nf7-s, xp2100 tbredB, corsair twinx1024-3200LL, slk900u, shipped today from newegg and excaliberpc. will be burning in and oc'ing this weekend:)
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 ExitPremium,ExMod 2002
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said by noe1:
Okay master guru know-it-alls of this forum , I've run Prime96 and f@h here for several hours with no problem or error showin up. I run test 4 and 5 in memtest at same settings and get multiple errors in each test. What say ye?
2100+ @ 1.95 vcore, vdimm = 3.0
213 fsb x 10.5
[text was edited by author 2003-05-07 19:06:19]
I found that if prime 95 is stable then so is your ram. Since it does math calculations it is a really good way to check for errors
Steve
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 jsimmonsPremium,MVM
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Falls Church, VA | said by Exit:
I found that if prime 95 is stable then so is your ram. Since it does math calculations it is a really good way to check for errors
Steve
I'm not so sure. If Prime95 uses ALL available memory, then yes, I'd agree. My system has 512 megs of RAM and Prime95 runs stable, as do most other programs. But at certain FSB speeds and memory settings Memtest86 reports sporadic errors, and some programs (not prime95) fail repeatably. When I back off to the point memtest86 runs with no errors, the failing programs no longer fail.
Conceptually I don't see why Prime95 would use all available memory and therefore be a good test of memory stability. Certainly it will prove that the portion of memory it allocates and continually uses is good. I have found that I can't fully trust my system if Memtest86 reports any errors. Thats just my reality. Yours may vary
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