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I found out Prime95 is laughing in the face of my back then rock stable setup. I am not having any crashes even while gaming though, but still it sucks and I want to do something about it, at least a little. It's mostly my custom Blend-like test (more memory, higher min FFT size; works pretty well) that doesn't last even close to one hour. In fact, it fails pretty fast.
Few tech facts first:
E8400
EP45-UD3P r1.0 board with custom F11d BIOS (it has those updated ROMs)
2x2GB of Corsair memory (C8500D series I believe)
This used to be (one of) the stable setup I worked on for weeks back in um.. it's like 1.5 years I think:
I did some quick experimenting and did get a bit more stable, but didn't have time to do it properly yet.
What do you think?
Having to enable LLC kinda disturbs me. I tried going one step down with VCORE and noo way, epic blendfail straight away.
The memory is pretty good though, it passes MemTest+ allright with this voltage and timings (auto adv. timings are 4-4-8-68-4 in the page order; keep in mind I only played around with them to have some specific values instead of auto, I am sure I could go lower), so the problem really lies in the board probably being close to or right at the FSB limit. But I am no expert on this.
This setup passed about 10 hours of my Blend test.
So, do you think I should go down with frequency, or not bother at all (I will be getting Sandy Bridge some time this year, depending on how impressed I will be with the boards and their features available) since it's not likely to die?
Few tech facts first:
E8400
EP45-UD3P r1.0 board with custom F11d BIOS (it has those updated ROMs)
2x2GB of Corsair memory (C8500D series I believe)
This used to be (one of) the stable setup I worked on for weeks back in um.. it's like 1.5 years I think:
Code:
MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ****************************** Robust Graphics Booster ..............: [Auto] CPU Clock Ratio ......................: [7] x Fine CPU Clock Ratio................: [+0.5] CPU Frequency ........................: [] ********** Clock Chip Control ******** >>>>> Standard Clock Control CPU Host Clock Control................: [Enabled] x CPU Host Frequency(Mhz).............: [530] PCI Express Frequency(Mhz)............: [100] C.I.A.2...............................: [Disabled] >>>>> Advanced Clock Control..........: [Press Enter] CPU Clock Drive.......................: [800mV] PCI Express Clock Drive...............: [900mV] CPU Clock Skew........................: [ ] MCH Clock Skew........................: [] ******** DRAM Performance Control ******** Performance Enhance...................: [Turbo] Extreme Memory Profile(X.M.P.)........: [Disabled] (G)MCH Frequency Latch................: [Auto] System Memory Multiplier (SPD)........: [2.00B] Memory Frequency(Mhz).....800.........: 1080 DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD)..........: [Manual] >>>>> Standard Timing Control x CAS Latency Time................5...: [5] x tRCD ...........................5...: [ 5] x tRP.............................5...: [ 5] x tRAS...........................18...: [15] >>>>> Advanced Timing Control.........: [Press Enter] x tRRD............................ ...: [Auto] x tWTR............................ ...: [Auto] x tWR............................. ...: [Auto] x tRFC........................... ...: [Auto] x tRTP............................ ...: [Auto] x Command Rate (CMD) .............0...: [2] >>>>> Channel A+B Timing Settings.......: [Press Enter] x Static tRead Value.............. ...: [10] x tRD Phase0 Adjustment...........0...: Auto x tRD Phase1 Adjustment...........0...: Auto x tRD Phase2 Adjustment ..........0...: Auto x tRD Phase3 Adjustment...........0...: Auto x Trd2rd(Different Rank).......... ...: Auto x Twr2wr(Different Rank).......... ...: Auto x Twr2rd(Different Rank).......... ...: Auto x Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank).......... ...: Auto x DIMM1 Clock Skew Control (ps).......: Auto x DIMM2 Clock Skew Control (ps).......: Auto x DDR Write Training..................: Auto >>>>> Channel A Driving Settings......: [Press Enter] x Driving Strength Profile............: [1066] x Data Driving Pull-Up Level..........: Auto x Cmd Driving Pull-Up level...........: Auto x Ctrl Driving Pull-Up Level..........: Auto x Clk Driving Pull-Up Level...........: Auto x Data Driving Pull-Down Level........: Auto x Cmd Driving Pull-Down level.........: Auto x Ctrl Driving Pull-Down Level........: Auto x Clk Driving Pull-Down Level.........: Auto ****** Motherboard Voltage Control ****** Voltage Types..........Normal...........Current ----------------------------------------------- >>> CPU Load-Line Calibration.................: [Disabled] CPU Vcore..............1.25000V.......: [1.36250] CPU Termination........1.200V.........: [1.200] CPU PLL................1.500V.........: [1.570] CPU Reference..........0.760V.........: [normal] >>> MCH/ICH MCH Core...............1.100V.........: [1.280] MCH Reference..........0.760V.........: [0.740]@1.200 CPU Term. MCH/DRAM Reference.....0.900V.........: [0.900]@1.800V ICH I/O................1.500V.........: [1.570] ICH Core...............1.100V.........: [1.200] >>> DRAM DRAM Voltage...........1.800V.........: [2.100] DRAM Termination.......0.900V.........: [0.900]@1.800V Channel A Reference....0.900V.........: [0.900]@1.800V Channel B Reference....0.900V.........: [0.900]@1.800V
I did some quick experimenting and did get a bit more stable, but didn't have time to do it properly yet.
What do you think?
Having to enable LLC kinda disturbs me. I tried going one step down with VCORE and noo way, epic blendfail straight away.
The memory is pretty good though, it passes MemTest+ allright with this voltage and timings (auto adv. timings are 4-4-8-68-4 in the page order; keep in mind I only played around with them to have some specific values instead of auto, I am sure I could go lower), so the problem really lies in the board probably being close to or right at the FSB limit. But I am no expert on this.
Code:
MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ****************************** Robust Graphics Booster ..............: [Auto] CPU Clock Ratio ......................: [7] x Fine CPU Clock Ratio................: [+0.5] CPU Frequency ........................: [] ********** Clock Chip Control ******** >>>>> Standard Clock Control CPU Host Clock Control................: [Enabled] x CPU Host Frequency(Mhz).............: [[B]533[/B]] PCI Express Frequency(Mhz)............: [100] C.I.A.2...............................: [Disabled] >>>>> Advanced Clock Control..........: [Press Enter] CPU Clock Drive.......................: [800mV] PCI Express Clock Drive...............: [900mV] CPU Clock Skew........................: [ ] MCH Clock Skew........................: [] ******** DRAM Performance Control ******** Performance Enhance...................: [Turbo] Extreme Memory Profile(X.M.P.)........: [Disabled] (G)MCH Frequency Latch................: [Auto] System Memory Multiplier (SPD)........: [2.00B] Memory Frequency(Mhz).....800.........: 1080 DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD)..........: [Manual] >>>>> Standard Timing Control x CAS Latency Time................5...: [5] x tRCD ...........................5...: [ 5] x tRP.............................5...: [ 5] x tRAS...........................18...: [15] >>>>> Advanced Timing Control.........: [Press Enter] x tRRD............................ ...: [[B]3[/B]] x tWTR............................ ...: [[B]3[/B]] x tWR............................. ...: [[B]4[/B]] x tRFC........................... ...: [[B]60[/B]] x tRTP............................ ...: [[B]2[/B]] x Command Rate (CMD) .............0...: [2] >>>>> Channel A+B Timing Settings.......: [Press Enter] x Static tRead Value.............. ...: [10] x tRD Phase0 Adjustment...........0...: Auto x tRD Phase1 Adjustment...........0...: Auto x tRD Phase2 Adjustment ..........0...: Auto x tRD Phase3 Adjustment...........0...: Auto x Trd2rd(Different Rank).......... ...: Auto x Twr2wr(Different Rank).......... ...: Auto x Twr2rd(Different Rank).......... ...: Auto x Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank).......... ...: Auto x DIMM1 Clock Skew Control (ps).......: Auto x DIMM2 Clock Skew Control (ps).......: Auto x DDR Write Training..................: Auto >>>>> Channel A Driving Settings......: [Press Enter] x Driving Strength Profile............: [1066] x Data Driving Pull-Up Level..........: Auto x Cmd Driving Pull-Up level...........: Auto x Ctrl Driving Pull-Up Level..........: Auto x Clk Driving Pull-Up Level...........: Auto x Data Driving Pull-Down Level........: Auto x Cmd Driving Pull-Down level.........: Auto x Ctrl Driving Pull-Down Level........: Auto x Clk Driving Pull-Down Level.........: Auto ****** Motherboard Voltage Control ****** Voltage Types..........Normal...........Current ----------------------------------------------- >>> CPU Load-Line Calibration.................: [[B]enabled[/B]] CPU Vcore..............1.25000V.......: [1.36250] CPU Termination........1.200V.........: [[B]1.220[/B]] CPU PLL................1.500V.........: [[B]1.590[/B]] CPU Reference..........0.760V.........: [normal] >>> MCH/ICH MCH Core...............1.100V.........: [1.280] MCH Reference..........0.760V.........: [0.740]@1.200 CPU Term. MCH/DRAM Reference.....0.900V.........: [0.900]@1.800V ICH I/O................1.500V.........: [1.570] ICH Core...............1.100V.........: [1.200] >>> DRAM DRAM Voltage...........1.800V.........: [2.000] DRAM Termination.......0.900V.........: [0.900]@1.800V Channel A Reference....0.900V.........: [0.900]@1.800V Channel B Reference....0.900V.........: [0.900]@1.800V
So, do you think I should go down with frequency, or not bother at all (I will be getting Sandy Bridge some time this year, depending on how impressed I will be with the boards and their features available) since it's not likely to die?
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