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Old April 5, 2009, 06:41 PM
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As soo as i run Linpack/Intel Burn Test, I get an error message saying it failed. even at stock speeds. does this mean i cant overclock? even a little bit?
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what happens then you try and run prime95? what are the temperatures? did you build the rig yourself?
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Old April 5, 2009, 08:27 PM
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better moniter the temps of cpu an NB chips also maybe your memory can't handle the stress
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Old April 5, 2009, 09:38 PM
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Yes, i built it myself. The cores are 35C on Prime 95.
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I personally dislike Linpack, having said that, what types of temps are you getting with Linpack before it errors out. Also, you should try memtest, maybe one of your ram sticks is unstable and throwing it off.

Frankly, it might just be some random incompatibility with something in your system and Linpack, have you tried stress testing it with any other programs such as Prime95, OCCT, memtest or others? If so, what are the results? Is it stable in those programs, and just not in Linpack? If that's the case, unless your having other strange stablity issues with your system I'd just ignore it, and get on with overclocking it.

Oh, another thing came to mind, did you "unlock" the 4th core? If you did, then that might be the reason, the X3's 4th core's aren't locked/disabled just to spite you. All of them are technically quad cores, yes, but with most of them, the 4th core, is a defective core*. That's why they're sold as a triple core processor, instead of a quad core.

*Sometimes they will disable perfectly good Quad cores, and label them as a Tri core to meet demand, but this isn't always the case, its generally a crap shoot if you get a fully functioning Quad-core out of a Tri-core or not.
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Old April 6, 2009, 08:14 AM
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no, i didnt unlock the 4th core. it's still running three cores. it's been running fine in prime95 since last night. I'll have to run a test on the memory tonight when i get home
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Uhhh Linpack is for Intel CPUs, and made by Intel...

I doubt it works properly on AMDs, but I could be mistaken.
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I've used it on 3 other AMD cpu's without issue. All were AM2+ socket. Maybe it just doesn't want to play nice with an AM3 processor
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