lilsquirtle

I've been folding for about 3 days only and i've followed the Ubuntu Guide with VMware Server. Also folding with GPU2. Right now the computer's finally stable while folding, it stopped crashing my comp after 1-2 hrs of SMP folding. But i keep getting SMP errors or according to FahMon, the clients *hung* after a while of folding. Is this related to my overclock being too high or what?

lilsquirtle

Fahmon shows:
[04:56:31] Completed 233336 out of 500000 steps (46 percent)
[04:56:31] Extra SSE boost OK.
[05:00:30] CoreStatus = 1 (1)
[05:00:30] Client-core communications error: ERROR 0x1
[05:00:30] Deleting current work unit & continuing...

gibsonnova74

It sounds like it's an o/c issue. Try to bump up your vcore a notch or 2, see if that helps.

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lilsquirtle

Well i notched it down to 8x multi and bumped the vcore to 1.504vcore. Ubuntu 1 is fine so far. but Ubuntu 2 is makin an error of sendrec no message text available...

gibsonnova74

Question. Have you tried running 9x multi instead of 8x? I had that exact same board and chip combo. You shouldn't need that much vcore to hit 3.2. Try it with a 9x multi.

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lilsquirtle

9x multi i only needed 1.416vcore to get 3.19 but i went down to 8x multi for a 1:1 ram divider. the system wasnt really stable when folding @ 3.2ghz on 9x multi. it was stable for a while on 8x multi until i had a power outage. then the chip said i quit and started to freeze up on me until i lowered it down some more.

AKAeric

wow, you shouldn't have to run that high of a vcore to hit 3.2GHz. I have a B3 revision and can hit it with 1.3v.

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JadeMiner

Yes. this is definitely a system stability problem. I'd lower that vcore. Way too high. And loosen those timings on the G.Skills from 4-4-4-12 1T to 5-5-5-15 2T and see if that doesn't help.

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lilsquirtle

AKAeric, it seems my Q6600 is worse than ur B3 then. cuz no stress testers (Prime95, OCCT, orthos) will work on the Q6600 lower than that. 4 hrs and it freezes or autoreboots.

JadeMiner, if i lower the vcore lower than 1.400v then it runs into stability issues. and why would i loosen the timings if its rated for 4-4-4-12 @ 2.1v(which is wut im runnin the ram on) the ram runs fine at 4-4-4-12 1T 800mhz.

Im getting a stable system now that i've dropped it down to 3.15ghz... But i get these Errors sometimes with Ubuntu when it tries to fold project 2662.
then it'll try to fold it but never moves, when i do a sudo reboot it'll say last checkpoint data changed and reload the project again but doesnt ever work.

gibsonnova74

I had alot of problems with that board and my Q6600. I bought that board when it first came out, paid like $250. It was horrible at o/c'ing my Q6600, 3.2 was as high as I could get it. I then went to the P35-DS3L($100 board) and was able to hit 3.4 with no problems. I can hit 3.6, but the temps are too high for 24/7. Needless to say, I think it's your board.

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