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ok, so i built a machine for a buddy whos in the university of NY, he had their science lab buy from me because a comparable dell was almost double and would have been crap parts. they are using this machine to run some kinda protien modeling software that runs @ 100% cpu utilization for days and even weeks on end.
the machine is an asus p5n-t deluxe mobo, 2gb of kingston hyperx ddr2-1066, q6600, ac freezer pro 7, supertalent 600w psu, and a evga 9500 gt. the software they use is highly cpu intensive, but not memory or video intensive which is why those specs are not huge. its running on xp pro.
now, before i sent them the box i ran prime95 for about 12 hours to make sure it was stable. it passed with flying colors. since they have had it, their software crashes after about 6-8 hours. the same software works on other mult-core pc's without any problems.
i had him install OCCT and it crashed in about 4-6 hours when running on all 4 cores. so, he started running the modeling software on individual cores and it ran all night each time without a problem on cores 0 and 1, but then when he runs the software on cores 0 and 1 together it crashes.
we've ran memtest x86 all night with 0 errors - is there any way i can determine if its a faulty cpu or a faulty mobo? im confident its gotta be one or the other. again, the machine is at bone stock speeds - it should certainly not be crashing OCCT.
thanks for you help!
the machine is an asus p5n-t deluxe mobo, 2gb of kingston hyperx ddr2-1066, q6600, ac freezer pro 7, supertalent 600w psu, and a evga 9500 gt. the software they use is highly cpu intensive, but not memory or video intensive which is why those specs are not huge. its running on xp pro.
now, before i sent them the box i ran prime95 for about 12 hours to make sure it was stable. it passed with flying colors. since they have had it, their software crashes after about 6-8 hours. the same software works on other mult-core pc's without any problems.
i had him install OCCT and it crashed in about 4-6 hours when running on all 4 cores. so, he started running the modeling software on individual cores and it ran all night each time without a problem on cores 0 and 1, but then when he runs the software on cores 0 and 1 together it crashes.
we've ran memtest x86 all night with 0 errors - is there any way i can determine if its a faulty cpu or a faulty mobo? im confident its gotta be one or the other. again, the machine is at bone stock speeds - it should certainly not be crashing OCCT.
thanks for you help!