- Joined
- Aug 8, 2003
- Location
- GTA, Ontario
After using different cpus, ram and motherboard, I have come up with the conclusion that the L2 cache is causing for the instability.
Using memtest, it would create error on the 6th test, but once i disable the L2 cache, everything is fine. I thought L2 has ECC which doesn't seem to help in this case. While running Prime95 and sandra, it never crashed. I have tried to increase the vcore up to 2.2V with a big fan and paste which doesn't help.
Will there be a big performance hit for disabling the L2 cache as i remember reading some reviews comparing 300A with 300 and there was some difference. This computer is mainly for surfing net, email, music and watching movie. Not much gaming, as video card ain't great. I can't decide if i want to keep L2 on or not since i've gotten some blue screen from 2K claiming there is "hard error".
Thanks for any opinion.
Using memtest, it would create error on the 6th test, but once i disable the L2 cache, everything is fine. I thought L2 has ECC which doesn't seem to help in this case. While running Prime95 and sandra, it never crashed. I have tried to increase the vcore up to 2.2V with a big fan and paste which doesn't help.
Will there be a big performance hit for disabling the L2 cache as i remember reading some reviews comparing 300A with 300 and there was some difference. This computer is mainly for surfing net, email, music and watching movie. Not much gaming, as video card ain't great. I can't decide if i want to keep L2 on or not since i've gotten some blue screen from 2K claiming there is "hard error".
Thanks for any opinion.