System freezes in memtest86...

gofra · 06-30-05, 02:20 AM

...if I decide to run it @ 2,5 - 3 - 3 - 11 (see sig) and 220 FSB. Ususaly, errors occured first if I went to hard on the timmings or FSB. Well, not this time. Running it in 220 simply freezes it, no errors, just a random freeze (does first couple of tests).

Now, I suspect the motherboard requireing more voltage. Currently its running 1.8 V and both NB and SB are pretty cool (on air) so I wonder if I could try doing 2.0 V or would I risk damaging it that way? Or is it RAM after all (kinda doubt it but I aint no expert)?

Please forgive me if I placed this under wrong section - still not sure which one is giving me a hard time, but since its happening in Memtest I decided to put it here.

Thanx a lot!

David · 06-30-05, 03:24 AM

Do you have an option to adjust RAM voltage? If so, try that. If not, perhaps look into a volt mod if you really want to push some extra juice through those DIMMs

gofra · 06-30-05, 03:30 AM

I do...2.9V max Im affrraid

. So it could be RAM after all? Ram needing more voltage that is?

Thanx

David · 06-30-05, 03:39 AM

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Originally Posted by gofra

I do...2.9V max Im affrraid

. So it could be RAM after all? Ram needing more voltage that is?

Thanx

Thats possible. Can you reduce the multiplier and see if the FSB will go any higher? See if FSB is limiting you? Or loosen timings and see if it works.

gofra · 06-30-05, 03:45 AM

-naah, CPU is okay. I tested it. I will try loosening the timmings and report here - thanx mate

gofra · 06-30-05, 05:50 AM

Strange -> first I loosened the timmings just a bit (2,5 - 4 - 4 - 11) and it worked okay until 2nd loop when I got a single error (test 8 I believe). So I tried another trick (I once read an old post suggesting to do so, cant remember where exactly) and lowered Vdim to 2.7 V instead of 2.9. So far it proves its the way to go - second loop just finished and no errors so far (1 hour to be exact). Is that normal or is it just coincidence?

SteveOCZ · 06-30-05, 06:21 AM

If you just burned this image of memtest try doing it again. Sometimes when you get memtest off the net it can corrupt and it causes memtest to freezeup rather than actually test the memory and show errors

gofra · 06-30-05, 06:43 AM

Thanx for the advice - will try that. As an update - 221 FSB on 2,5 - 3 - 3 - 11 and 2.7 V doing good > loop 5 just started.

gofra · 06-30-05, 11:31 AM

...and thats about it - no matter what I do (loosen timings, raise voltage, both) I get an error around loop 4 or sooner. I'll just stick to 221 and 2.7V.

gofra · 07-01-05, 06:21 AM

Ok, this is strange now. I left it running for 20 hours and it only returned two errors, both on test 8 (I think loop 1 and loop 11). No errors otherwise. What would that mean? Am I suposed to back up a bit or could this realy mean a program error?

Thanx for replies people!

06-30-05, 02:20 AM	Thread Starter #1
gofra Member Join Date: Jun 2005	System freezes in memtest86... ...if I decide to run it @ 2,5 - 3 - 3 - 11 (see sig) and 220 FSB. Ususaly, errors occured first if I went to hard on the timmings or FSB. Well, not this time. Running it in 220 simply freezes it, no errors, just a random freeze (does first couple of tests). Now, I suspect the motherboard requireing more voltage. Currently its running 1.8 V and both NB and SB are pretty cool (on air) so I wonder if I could try doing 2.0 V or would I risk damaging it that way? Or is it RAM after all (kinda doubt it but I aint no expert)? Please forgive me if I placed this under wrong section - still not sure which one is giving me a hard time, but since its happening in Memtest I decided to put it here. Thanx a lot!
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06-30-05, 03:24 AM	#2
David Forums Super Moderator Overclockers.com Lead Editor Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Hiding from Americans and making pretty colours in a drybox in St Andrews	Do you have an option to adjust RAM voltage? If so, try that. If not, perhaps look into a volt mod if you really want to push some extra juice through those DIMMs __________________ David J. Nelson MChem(Edin) PhD(Strath) AMRSC [Academia Profile] OC Forums Super Moderator // Overclockers.com Editor The Workhorse: [Lenovo W510] Intel Core i7-720QM / 8 GB DDR3 / nVidia Quadro FX880M / Crucial M4 256 GB SSD / Windows 7 The HTPC/Server: AMD Phenom X4 9650 / 6 GB DDR2 / nVidia 8300 / 5 TB of HDDs / Antec Solo II Case / Windows 7 The Gaming Rig: AMD Llano A6-3650 / 4 GB DDR3 / nVidia GTX260 / 2x 500 GB HDD in RAID0 / Antec Dark Fleet DF-85 Case / Windows 7 The Benchmarking Setup: Various LGA775 chips / Asus Rampage Formula / 2 GB OCZ 1066 MHz DDR2 / nVidia Quadro NVS 285 / 320 GB HDD / Windows 7 My research fellowship is eating all my time, so I may be slow to reply to emails and private messages.
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06-30-05, 03:30 AM	Thread Starter #3
gofra Member Join Date: Jun 2005	I do...2.9V max Im affrraid . So it could be RAM after all? Ram needing more voltage that is? Thanx
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06-30-05, 03:45 AM	Thread Starter #5
gofra Member Join Date: Jun 2005	-naah, CPU is okay. I tested it. I will try loosening the timmings and report here - thanx mate
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06-30-05, 05:50 AM	Thread Starter #6
gofra Member Join Date: Jun 2005	Strange -> first I loosened the timmings just a bit (2,5 - 4 - 4 - 11) and it worked okay until 2nd loop when I got a single error (test 8 I believe). So I tried another trick (I once read an old post suggesting to do so, cant remember where exactly) and lowered Vdim to 2.7 V instead of 2.9. So far it proves its the way to go - second loop just finished and no errors so far (1 hour to be exact). Is that normal or is it just coincidence? Last edited by gofra; 06-30-05 at 05:55 AM. Reason: made an error...
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06-30-05, 06:21 AM	#7
SteveOCZ The OCZ guy Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: G.T.A (Canada Eh!)	If you just burned this image of memtest try doing it again. Sometimes when you get memtest off the net it can corrupt and it causes memtest to freezeup rather than actually test the memory and show errors
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06-30-05, 06:43 AM	Thread Starter #8
gofra Member Join Date: Jun 2005	Thanx for the advice - will try that. As an update - 221 FSB on 2,5 - 3 - 3 - 11 and 2.7 V doing good > loop 5 just started.
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06-30-05, 11:31 AM	Thread Starter #9
gofra Member Join Date: Jun 2005	...and thats about it - no matter what I do (loosen timings, raise voltage, both) I get an error around loop 4 or sooner. I'll just stick to 221 and 2.7V.
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07-01-05, 06:21 AM	Thread Starter #10
gofra Member Join Date: Jun 2005	Ok, this is strange now. I left it running for 20 hours and it only returned two errors, both on test 8 (I think loop 1 and loop 11). No errors otherwise. What would that mean? Am I suposed to back up a bit or could this realy mean a program error? Thanx for replies people!
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