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Memtest86 playing tricks? or just too unforgiving?

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orionlion82

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Jul 20, 2004
im having second thoughts about memtest86.

usually, when i OC in Bios, i run memtest before i let my rig boot.
usually, if i hit my chips with any voltage, and/or do anything over 3.2 regardless of what devider i use, memtest racks up the errors big time!

just now (i was feeling brave) i went into bios and set my ram at the ugliest devider i could get.
then i booted into windows and used AI booster to bring my chip to 3.6. (225.51FSB)

heres what i dont get-
so far: Prime95 shows me the love! for over 20 minuets and i cant believe i dont have errors.

to make it even more unbelievable,
my load temps are 50C and my Droop is ugly as heck 1.42 (set at 1.475)

what do i trust?
am i having errors that prime95 is not seeing, OR are things good, and the bad readings i WOULD be getting from Memtest right now bogus?
 
Thanks Zebbo! Ill Have to give it a try! Awesome!

Prime is still going along fine, and i bet i have errors.
 
turns out i did have errors. i knew it. Thanks again Zebbo!
its prime stable for sure, but i gotta re-do my timings methinks.
ill try another thread for timings, if needed.
 
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