WINDOWS 7 64bit ultimate RTM RANDOM LOCK UPS

[windew420]

p6t deluxe v1 and a i940 and i kept having win7 rtm 64 lock up and i would have to do cold boot so i messed around with voltages of my cpu my ram bus voltage. and here is what works so far i got my cpu @ 1.35 volts my ram at 1.5 volts and ram bus voltage is at 1.64 volts xmp seting in ai bios setting. thanks to you guys my system is working [knock on wood]. i will post in a few days to let every one know how its going if u care to know

i still want to run prime 95 i think i will do that when i go to bed

 

[diablofan]

Okay. I've ran Prime95 for a few hours, (normally it would lock multiple times an hour), and then it apparently stopped running unknowingly. I was surfing away, listening to music, then my computer locked up at 2:52 AM EST. When it locked I was like wtf, but then I realized that Prime95 must have finished it's task. I loged back in at 2:55 and fired up F@H.

What I'm getting at is that there seems to be an issue with the system being at 5% throttle. As I've been able to reproduce this after running Prime95. From what I can tell it only effects some multicore processors, but I'm not entirely sure at this point, we need to wait for confirmation about this from windew420.

 

[magicdave26]

@Dave: My power setting shows that the minimum usage is set to 5%. I'm currently running Prime95 to see if it has the same effect as F@H. Also, F@H was set to 100% usage.

@zigzag: I'll turn down F@H to 80% if I have to run it to keep my computer stable.

@squonksc: That seems to be the theory it's evolved into, so if it turns out to be true, then we have a slight problem possibly.

@windew: Prime 95 does run on Windows 7, in fact I'm running it right now. There is also a 64Bit edition as well.

@Diablofan - Turn the 5% CPU up to 100% and do not run Prime95 or F@H and see how the PC behaves

 

[diablofan]

@Diablofan - Turn the 5% CPU up to 100% and do not run Prime95 or F@H and see how the PC behaves

Ok, I set it to 100% to see how it runs, I then restarted my computer in order to make sure it does use the 100% setting right from the beginning. I also have made sure that F@H and Prime95 aren't running.

 

[darkassain]

Okay. I've ran Prime95 for a few hours, (normally it would lock multiple times an hour), and then it apparently stopped running unknowingly. I was surfing away, listening to music, then my computer locked up at 2:52 AM EST. When it locked I was like wtf, but then I realized that Prime95 must have finished it's task. I loged back in at 2:55 and fired up F@H.

What I'm getting at is that there seems to be an issue with the system being at 5% throttle. As I've been able to reproduce this after running Prime95. From what I can tell it only effects some multicore processors, but I'm not entirely sure at this point, we need to wait for confirmation about this from windew420.

it might be a that a stepping in your cpu might not be getting enough voltage...
try throttling F@H until it locks up...
that would be the steeping that is freezing under (most likely the lowest stepping)...
i dont know if your intel chipsets allow for different stepping voltages (from the default) but it is possible in AMD's chips...
like people said you may want to up the voltages little by little (but dont go too far)
until you see the problem going away (i believe its the Vcore that need to be changed but dont quote me on that..)

 

[diablofan]

it might be a that a stepping in your cpu might not be getting enough voltage...
try throttling F@H until it locks up...
that would be the steeping that is freezing under (most likely the lowest stepping)...
i dont know if your intel chipsets allow for different stepping voltages (from the default) but it is possible in AMD's chips...
like people said you may want to up the voltages little by little (but dont go too far)
until you see the problem going away (i believe its the Vcore that need to be changed but dont quote me on that..)

I'll try that later after my computer locks up...if it locks up that is...

 

[magicdave26]

Ok, I set it to 100% to see how it runs, I then restarted my computer in order to make sure it does use the 100% setting right from the beginning. I also have made sure that F@H and Prime95 aren't running.

Fingers crossed this solves it, but then again, I like the power saver feature and dont want this to be a bug

 

[windew420]

win7 bliss

still running good im gona run prime95 tommorrow i forgot last night. yum win7 bliss. im not mad at asus no more lol. system has been running all night too

also in a forum on asus web site a guy said that 1.35 volts for my i940 is to much any one have any input on that? cause im running good!

 

[windew420]

prime95

ok i got another problem when i run prime95 the chip heats up into 90's so i shut off prime95 cause dont want want to ruin it. i also lowered i the cpu voltage to like 1.21-1.25 in that range. man it gets hot quick:sarc:. any ways if someone has any ideas how i can get prime95 to not burn up my cpu so i can do a normal test all night.

 

[Antman]

Your problem appears to be solved.

Prime95 is heating up your machine because, in this application (use of the technology), that is what it does.

Doc, it hurts when I do this.
Don't do that.

 

[diablofan]

Fingers crossed this solves it, but then again, I like the power saver feature and dont want this to be a bug

So far it's running good, *knocks on wood*, lets hope for the best. Although usually by now, it would have locked up about 15 or more times by now...

 

[windew420]

?

so only being able to run prime95 for like 2min before my cpu hits 95-97 deg. is normal? it does not lock up just heat goes up very rapidly. whats the max heat for i940 cause i cant find a straight answer no where. ty antman

Your problem appears to be solved.

Prime95 is heating up your machine because, in this application (use of the technology), that is what it does.

Doc, it hurts when I do this.
Don't do that.

 

[TGSoldier]

Nothing is wrong with high temperatures while stress testing. This is normal

 

[diablofan]

so only being able to run prime95 for like 2min before my cpu hits 95-97 deg. is normal? it does not lock up just heat goes up very rapidly. whats the max heat for i940 cause i cant find a straight answer no where. ty antman

If you don't mind windew420, do you mind testing something else. Can you do as Dave said for me to do and change the Minimum CPU State to 100% and see if that produces a result like Prime95, minus the heat issue?

 

[windew420]

diablofan im not sure where that setting is in prime95 but yes when i find it i will try and post back.
also i am running prime95 right now and asus probe says 85c and real temp says 95-100c so im confused once again lol.

idle is like 55-60c

also i have power management off completly

 

[diablofan]

diablofan im not sure where that setting is in prime95 but yes when i find it i will try and post back.
also i am running prime95 right now and asus probe says 85c and real temp says 95-100c so im confused once again lol.

idle is like 55-60c

also i have power management off completly

Okay, here's where that setting is:

Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Power Options -> Select the link called Change Plan Settings next to your currently active plan -> Change advanced power settings -> Processor power management -> Minimum processor state

 

[Antman]

FYI - RealTemp and Asus Probe read the temps from different locations on the die. IMO, Asus Probe is the lesser app.

 

[windew420]

allready at that

 

[diablofan]

allready at that

So your current power plan was set to high performance?

Odd, but oh well. Switched to balanced run ti normally, not Prime95 or anything , and see if your computer locks up.

 

[windew420]

dumb question

what is ti