memtest86 problems

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n3lson

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i built a new comp for myself recently [xp2500 barton oc'ed to a 3200] with 1 gb of ddr [infineon] and prime 95 ran great... but memtest 86 locks up on the 5th test...[about 12 minutes into the operation] it says 0 errors but it just locks.

do u think the files copied wrong??...i burned a new copy onto a bootable cd to try again, but have to shutdown for it and its a pain.

so does neone think that my mem wuznt passing? or its just the cd?

 

drshivas

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How long did you run Prime95 torture test for?

 

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a long time, got through a couple of the self tests and never got to an error point


by a couple self tests i mean like "passked 10k self tets" not like test 1, 2 , 3, etc.

im running it currently also.

 

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btw, i also reburned the boot cd and the same problem

about 12.5 minutes through it locks up.. ctrl+alt+del doesnt work

 

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hmm ok i am running prime 95 now and its near test 800 on the 8k length...however b4 this it did find a fault only after 5 mins...im running it now tho and its been goin for an hour.

 

drshivas

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• Aug 15, 2003

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I am sure it has nothing to do with the CD...

A good time frame for running p95 non-stop is at least 12 hours... I run it between 18-24+ to be extra sure. If you search these forums, you will find many folks who have gotten an error even after 8 hours of p95.

 

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whats a good amt of time to run memtest for?

my primes been goin strong for 8 hours now ever since i upped the vcore to 1.7; ill leave it on over night and go for 24

thx for the help

 

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I start with an hour at my baseline and increase the duration as I increase the overclock..

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