Quote Originally Posted by STEvil View Post
No they are not supposed to run hot, they just do because they are consuming way more power than an average stick of DDR2.
Yes they are
In most server environments FBDimms run at 80-90C on end, which is no problem at all theoretically. They'll just start throttling at some point, which is something I didn't want to risk, hence the improved cooling. But they don't die at that kind of temps.

Quote Originally Posted by "DA
That would depend on whether the modules even HAVE temp sensors of some sort built in and if the board can read them.
Every FBDimm has an AMB chip, whose temp can be monitored through the bios (for each stick individually on the Z7S). Mine range from 42 to 52 idle - load.

As for memtest, I also use memtest+ 2.01. It's faster than the old memtest especially with large amounts of mem.

Milkmandan, seems like you really got some crappy CPUs, I'm sorry m8
Anyway, I think you can stop priming now and start crunching. If you wanna give it a go, let it run at 370 and keep a close watch.. if the machine can run 24/7 and produces no errors in WUs I would keep it at that. If you encounter any problems, back down to 365 which should be 100% stable.
The reason why 370 might be working for you is that BOINC doesn't drain as much power as prime, meaning the vdroop is 0,01V lower (in other words, while running BOINC, Vcore and VTT are usually 0,01V higher than when running prime, at least for me).

Oh and don't worry about the SB temp, mine gets flaming hot, too

By the way.. CPUs won't fail prime at stock speeds, or truly stable overclocks. I once forgot that I had prime running on one machine and checked back after 10 days or so... it was still running