10+ Hours Orthos stable. System still crashes.

[n91htmare]

I've been having a few problems with my system and I have let pass for too long and resorted to my laptop for majority of needs.

Here are the Specs:

Asus P5b Deluxe, Bios 1216 (older bios did the same so i upgraded)
Intel E6300
2x1GB Crucial DDR2 800 4-4-4-18 timings
2 x 7200.10 seagate 320gigs in RAID-0
Evga 7900GTX
Creative X-fi Xtrememusic
Scythe Infinity cooler
All powered by Thermaltake Toughpower 750W

45 Idle and about 57 Load are the temps of CPU at 1.41V

3.2Ghz overclock
1:1 Ratio, Ram is at 460mhz
FSB 460
Vcore 1.41V
VDIMM: 2.25V
FSB Termination: 1.45
NB Vcore: 1.55
SB Vcore: 1.6
ICH: Auto




When I first built the system, I was able to get 3.2 on stock voltage and only a minor increase in NB vcore, it is no longer the case. I need around 1.41 to achieve a semi-stable system.

by semi-stable, I mean10+ Orthos blend stable but during normal use, it often freezes, restarts....

I don't know whats going on any more... I've had the system for about a year. I've tried another Power Supply and same thing.

[Bobsama]

Did you test of Prime95 stability? Run two instances (as you have 2 cores)--make sure you set it to run on different cores. My latest stability test was completed after nearly 4 days--why don't you try for 24 hours?

[n91htmare]

Did you test of Prime95 stability? Run two instances (as you have 2 cores)--make sure you set it to run on different cores. My latest stability test was completed after nearly 4 days--why don't you try for 24 hours?

Isn't Orthos pretty much prime 95?

and i was doing instances on both cores so full 100% load on both.

I'll try the prime 95 like the old days :)

[TL1000S]

Isn't Orthos pretty much prime 95?

and i was doing instances on both cores so full 100% load on both.

I'll try the prime 95 like the old days :)

Orthos is nothing more than Prime95 (engine) with a little more GUI. :)

Sometimes Orthos/Prime "stable" not necessary means system stable.

The latter may very well be a case of a "rotten" OS (drivers, progs) that can be solved by a clean install.

[Bobsama]

Eh--I haven't read up on it that much. Sorry--coulda sworn that Orthos was similar to Prime95 but had some changes made. Anyways--sorry for making a fool out of myself. On another note, why don't you try testing the RAM? As you probably know, MemTest86+ is the program to use. Other then that, I can't think of much. Maybe hard drive problems. The "rotten OS" seems likely too--driver conflicts get annoying.

[Lev]

what kind of crash? does it freeze? *sound* loop? maybe its your card, im having problems with mine, but i could have a driver issue

[n91htmare]

everything would freeze or system would restart. After restarting, it goes on a restarting loop and come to think of it, it rebooths onces on Loading windows screen.

So it could really be a rotten OS. Could Raid 0 cause a bad OS, this is the first time i've tried RAID.

[Speederlander]

Do memtest for a day or two. Make sure your RAM is rock solid.

[timber715]

Or better yet, try to scan your system for viruses.

[Leeghoofd]

yep viruses and spyware can mess you system stability big time , though the need for extra voltages to get it somewhat stable isn't a good sign... What happens if you try 450FSB ? Is it stable then, if so , it migh tbe the same symptoms you are having when my P5W started slowly capping out on me

[Bail_w]

I am experiencing same problem with my E2160 rig, it passed OCCT 30mins, 1 hour test and 3 hours of Prime95, but it keep restarting or freeze my the rig after couples hours of running WCG. Right now, i boot up the vcore a bit and running Prime95 and see if it will pass 8 hours +.