memtest question

ketchup318 · Aug 6, 2004

i've been using memtest to see how much more i can raise my system FSB lately. i know you are supposed to set the multiplier to the lowest and then test the memory, but why is that? when you finally raise your multiplier and set your final clock speed, should that be the settings you use for memtest?

i'm asking this cause at 6*235 i'm ok, but at 10*235 memtest fails almost instantaneously.... thanks

ZachM · Aug 6, 2004

We use a low multi for testing RAM to find the max FSB. We know for sure that the processor is not unstable because it is running at a low multi, therefore low speed. So any instabilities that arise are most likely caused from making the FSB too high. Your processor is probably unstable at 10*235 because it doesn't have enough voltage. 6*235 is only 1.4 GHz. That's underclocking your processor. 10*235 is 2.3 GHz. That's overclocking your processor. Give the CPU a little more voltage and test for stability at 10*235.

Reefa_Madness · Aug 6, 2004

ZachM said:
We use a low multi for testing RAM to find the max FSB. We know for sure that the processor is not unstable because it is running at a low multi, therefore low speed. So any instabilities that arise are most likely caused from making the FSB too high. Your processor is probably unstable at 10*235 because it doesn't have enough voltage. 6*235 is only 1.4 GHz. That's underclocking your processor. 10*235 is 2.3 GHz. That's overclocking your processor. Give the CPU a little more voltage and test for stability at 10*235.

I would second that suggestion. Since you've already established that the ram will run stable at 235MHz, then the logical conclusion is that the cpu has become unstable, since it is the only component being affected by increasing the multiplier.

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