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I'm trying to come to the conclusion if my computer is stable at various speeds at minimal voltage necessary. What I want to know is, lets say once an application crashes due to being a non stable system. Does the pc become more vulnerable after that? This thought accured to me, once Prime95 crashes, would decreasing the fsb a few in windows gurantee that your completely stable? or would a fresh reboot at that frequency be the only way? Or if you know your not giving you cpu enough voltage, and raise it a notch after prime crashes, does that mean your "stable." I hope this is general thought for everyone to consier.
-K
Wait, Im already at top...
Anybody out there?
SwimmerBoy
06-07-2004, 07:46 PM
Try to change things in BIOS and not in windows... more safe and more relyable
c627627
07-28-2004, 10:40 PM
Hello.
To test the stability of overclocked CPU, download the latest bug fixed version of Prime95:
http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm
Double click on PRIME95.EXE to start the program.
Just Stress Testing (if prompted) > OK >
Options > Torture Test > Blend (if prompted) > OK
The program should not give any errors.
It may be necessary to run the program 12-24 hours to make sure an overclocked system is stable (no program errors displayed).
If you get errors only after several hours, this is a result of slight instability because the system is running with little or no margin. It's stable enough to boot and to be moderately stressed, but as soon as the system is under enough load to go over that critical point, it will freeze. To be 100% stable, Prime95 should run 12-24 hours without any errors.
The point of testing is to see if you get errors or not thus testing the stability. The meaning of errors themselves is not as important.
Running Prime95 Torture Test for 5 to 30 minutes is enough to get a feeling about general stability. If it seems to be stable, increase the FSB (with 0.025V Vcore increase if needed), or increase the multiplier by 0.5.
Reboot and run Prime95 Torture Test for 5 to 30 minutes and repeat this until the Program displays errors.
It's then time to back down and repeat the Torture Test until there are no errors for at least 12 hours.
It's OK to use the computer while Prime95 Torture Test is running in the background.
After finding your stable point you may want to then retest by going to the Advanced section, setting the password to 9876 and then setting Priority to 10. (You won't be able to use your computer while Priority 10 Prime95 Torture Test is running, but it'll confirm your system stability.)
Use 3DMark to test video card stability.