Interesting P95 Issue

[alphatronix]

Hey guys, im new here, i come from computer forum .com Used to be good but now everyone thinks they are super smart and not worth helping us idiots.. So maybe this forum might help..

Well my problem is simple, when I tried to OC my e8500 to 4 ghz, P95 would always find an error during stress test on the first thread (processor) only while the second continued to run... I figured it might be a voltage issue, then i dropped back to 3.8 ghz. FSB 400x9.5 on ddr2-800... so everyhting was absolutely stable and within proper OC. Yet P95 would still find an error 18 minutes into the test first the first thread and not the second one..


Can anyone tell me what may be cuasing one of the CPU's to be unstable.


Thank you

 

[Shadow703793]

1. Please list full specs. Ie. motherboard, PSU,etc.

2. Please download "RealTemp" and give us the temp readings.

 

[alphatronix]

ok well its a


evga 750i sli
e8500
gskillz ddr2-800 2x1 (i have 4 of them.. 8gb RAM)
9800gtx


my temps under full load when OCing at 4.16 ghz is 66c...
under 3.8 ghz its only 55c full load...

its not a temp problem... that much i do know... im about to defualt my cmos and bring it back to 3.16 ghz and run p95. if the error comes back then i think there's a hardware problem with my CPU.

 

[alphatronix]

ohh yea, 1000w psu

 

[alphatronix]

my comp runs without any problems when its OCed up to 4.3 ghz... It works, m,y games work fine, everything works fine.. I use vista 64bit so i blame that for some unstability problems with like windows media player. glitches here and there... Other then that, its good. Only during the orthos or p95 stresss test, do i recieve an error. 95% time its a Rounding was 0.5, expected less than 0.4 type error. here and there it might give me a FATAL ERROR: Final result was 16089580, expected: EA6A01F1.Hardware failure detected, consult stress.txt file...


So i dnt know anymore... Sould I just keep it at 4.ghz and let it run? or do i have a problem with my cpu

 

[roadrunner197069]

64bit has nothing to do with your glitches. It called unstable overclock. You need to list vor vcore, and vdroop.

Your ram will need more voltage then stock since you have 8g.

750i arent known for there OCing abilitys.

If it fails that fast in Prime its not stable.

Your CPU is fine, you can't RMA it cause you cant get it to run 4.3. Its promised to run stock speeds, and usually there is a 7day return period, and if you send one back thats been overclocked you will be recieving it right back.