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CPU Stock Core i7 fails Pime95 test

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by ./^\.Ace./^\., 17 Nov 2009.

  1. Pookeyhead

    Pookeyhead It's big, and it's clever.

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    How strange... upping it shouldn't cause stability issues.

    What do OCZ reckon your memory's operating voltage should be... and what is yours (DRAM Bus Voltage) set at?

    You may need to increase your DRAM Bus Volts a little... but be aware that your DRAM Bus volts can NOT exceed 0.5V of your QPI/DRAM core settings.


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    I still would recommend a few hours worth of memtest loops at stock settings to check out your ram.
     
  2. ./^\.Ace./^\.

    ./^\.Ace./^\. What's a Dremel?

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    I'm going to try Memtest86+ later, I called OCZ and the guy there also said try memtest86+ and do it with 1 stick of RAM at a time to test each individual stick for errors and see if that's the problem, so basically what you said to do...
     
  3. Pookeyhead

    Pookeyhead It's big, and it's clever.

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    Yeah I forgot to mention that.... 1 stick at a time... or you'll not know what stick is faulty (should an error occur). Sorry :blush:
     
  4. ./^\.Ace./^\.

    ./^\.Ace./^\. What's a Dremel?

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    Well I've been at it since my last post and the out come in not good...
    Stick 1: 0-2 errors
    Stick 2: 38-59 errors
    Stick 3: 97-115 errors
    All Sticks: 118-145 errors and one time it was up in the 1000's
    I did the test about 6 times thats why there is a range of errors there...

    I've contacted OCZ with my resalts and am now waiting to see what they say to do...
     
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  5. Pookeyhead

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    Was that at stock settings? If the BIOS wasn't reset to defaults they may well test OK when returned. If they're throwing up so many errors at stock P6 settings, then they're definitely faulty.
     

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