it failed prime 95 instantly but it seems to be running 100% stable

[nealric]

Whats up with that? Is my machine really unstable or is prime 95 just being wierd?

 

[tragic_monkey]

try runnin sandra burn in

 

[Deathknight]

Probably not stable. Happens to me alot where it seems stable testing it one way but not another. prime95 works fine but it locks in 3dmark or something. I usually use multiple tests because of that.

 

[nealric]

It runs pc mark and 3d mark just fine- and ive been running folding for an hour now. Im thinking prime 95 is just wrong.

 

[PhobMX]

i think the opposite, ive tried hot cpu tester and it will pass the certificate just swell, then i try prime 95, and it wont last more than 10 min without displaying an error. I say that if you get an error in prime 95 before completing 12 hours of torture test, loose a little that overclock, or isolate the components by doing some other tests and replace. I find that prime95 is the perfect tester for cpu/memory, hot cpu tester is for cpu only and memtest x86 is for memory only.