Burning in questions

[dmo580]

I'm at about 3.38V for DRAM and I can run 260 2-2-2-5 fine with my OCZ VX. When I up it to 262, I hit about 2 errors per pass on Memtest #5. Sometimes 3 or 4, sometimes 0 or 1 only. But on average.. 2.

I'm wondering is this a sign that I should up the voltage? I mean I k now it needs more voltage, but the whole point is to burn in right? What do I do? Run a little lower speed or let it keep looping and hope for fewer and fewer errors?

[masterofpuppets]

Errors are good for burning in, but not too many. I'd say about 20 per pass at the most you'd want. Bump the voltage right up, and run test 5 for a week.

[dmo580]

Oh now I'm getting 2 errors per test once in a while only. It's either 2 or 0. 18 errors over 32 passes... So I guess I'm ok for now.

[masterofpuppets]

You want more errors than that. Errors generate heat, which is what a burn in is, it "burns" the chips.

[bullet2urbrain]

k well im chiming in..cuz my OCZ's will be here in 2 hrs..

should i turn off my active cooling for the RAM to burn it in??? or should i just leave it blowing the air on it.?????

i should expect errors for like a week??? or no?

[dmo580]

Oh.... slept before I could see the response... 152 errors in 516 passes. I'll up it 1 MHz again.. So how exactly do you make the RAM get higher clocks w/ less voltage? Is there a procedure that can train the RAM? All I'm doing is just heating up RAM .. dunno.