If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Prime95 is stuck
Hello.
I don't know whether this is the correct group to post to. But I decided to use the 'torture test' of the program Prime95 to test the stability of a computer but it doesn't get past the first test. It doesn't fail. It just doesn't do anything. It says it's working through Test 1 but it never moves on to Test 2 even after several hours. I tried the 3 different types of torture test and it never moves on. When I tried to run the test on another computer it only takes a few mins to complete the first test, then a few seconds to complete each of the others. By searching the internet and usegroups I found that this is what is meant to happen and seems to be everyone elses experience. Does anyone know how I can get this program to work on this computer. The specs a- Pentium 4 2.6Ghz 1500MB Ram ATI Radeon 9800Pro WinXP Home SP2 Thanks |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 21:22:03 -0000, "MikeJohnes"
wrote: Hello. I don't know whether this is the correct group to post to. But I decided to use the 'torture test' of the program Prime95 to test the stability of a computer but it doesn't get past the first test. It doesn't fail. It just doesn't do anything. It says it's working through Test 1 but it never moves on to Test 2 even after several hours. I tried the 3 different types of torture test and it never moves on. When I tried to run the test on another computer it only takes a few mins to complete the first test, then a few seconds to complete each of the others. By searching the internet and usegroups I found that this is what is meant to happen and seems to be everyone elses experience. Prime95 is a very stable, well established and professionally written piece of software. It cannot be the software unless your download had a glitch in it or something went weird during the install. If I were you I would remove it, redownload and reinstall Pirme95. If you have the same fault after reloading Prime95 then your computer is unstable - no questions about it. At that point you need to check all your BIOS settings (perhaps going back to failsafe BIOS settings), check the temperatures of your MB and CPU and check the voltages from your power supply. Larry Gagnon, A+ certifed tech. |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Larry Gagnon skrev:
On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 21:22:03 -0000, "MikeJohnes" wrote: Hello. I don't know whether this is the correct group to post to. But I decided to use the 'torture test' of the program Prime95 to test the stability of a computer but it doesn't get past the first test. It doesn't fail. It just doesn't do anything. It says it's working through Test 1 but it never moves on to Test 2 even after several hours. I tried the 3 different types of torture test and it never moves on. When I tried to run the test on another computer it only takes a few mins to complete the first test, then a few seconds to complete each of the others. By searching the internet and usegroups I found that this is what is meant to happen and seems to be everyone elses experience. Prime95 is a very stable, well established and professionally written piece of software. It cannot be the software unless your download had a glitch in it or something went weird during the install. If I were you I would remove it, redownload and reinstall Pirme95. If you have the same fault after reloading Prime95 then your computer is unstable - no questions about it. At that point you need to check all your BIOS settings (perhaps going back to failsafe BIOS settings), check the temperatures of your MB and CPU and check the voltages from your power supply. Larry Gagnon, A+ certifed tech. hi that stable and perfect is not prime! it wont run on a machine with dep activated, thats version 23.8.1.0 and some older versions. (xp pro2 on a amd64) coco |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
CoCo writes:
Larry Gagnon skrev: On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 21:22:03 -0000, "MikeJohnes" wrote: Hello. I don't know whether this is the correct group to post to. But I decided to use the 'torture test' of the program Prime95 to test the stability of a computer but it doesn't get past the first test. It doesn't fail. It just doesn't do anything. It says it's working through Test 1 but it never moves on to Test 2 even after several hours. I tried the 3 different types of torture test and it never moves on. When I tried to run the test on another computer it only takes a few mins to complete the first test, then a few seconds to complete each of the others. By searching the internet and usegroups I found that this is what is meant to happen and seems to be everyone elses experience. Prime95 is a very stable, well established and professionally written piece of software. It cannot be the software unless your download had a glitch in it or something went weird during the install. If I were you I would remove it, redownload and reinstall Pirme95. If you have the same fault after reloading Prime95 then your computer is unstable - no questions about it. At that point you need to check all your BIOS settings (perhaps going back to failsafe BIOS settings), check the temperatures of your MB and CPU and check the voltages from your power supply. Larry Gagnon, A+ certifed tech. that stable and perfect is not prime! it wont run on a machine with dep activated, thats version 23.8.1.0 and some older versions. (xp pro2 on a amd64) coco If you search for prime95 in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general from a month or three ago, I believe that I and someone else did figure out why he was having prime95 fail under DEP. He was having the same problem because he had turned on DEP for everything on the system. When he backed that off of prime95 then it worked for him, or maybe I'm forgetting some of the details, but we did get it working for him and in his case it was DEP related. And if the original poster is still having problems with prime95 and would like some help then throw me email and I'll try to help you try to figure out what is going on. I don't use it for the memory testing or group work but as a stand-alone factoring engine. |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
Don Taylor skrev:
CoCo writes: Larry Gagnon skrev: On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 21:22:03 -0000, "MikeJohnes" wrote: Hello. I don't know whether this is the correct group to post to. But I decided to use the 'torture test' of the program Prime95 to test the stability of a computer but it doesn't get past the first test. It doesn't fail. It just doesn't do anything. It says it's working through Test 1 but it never moves on to Test 2 even after several hours. I tried the 3 different types of torture test and it never moves on. When I tried to run the test on another computer it only takes a few mins to complete the first test, then a few seconds to complete each of the others. By searching the internet and usegroups I found that this is what is meant to happen and seems to be everyone elses experience. Prime95 is a very stable, well established and professionally written piece of software. It cannot be the software unless your download had a glitch in it or something went weird during the install. If I were you I would remove it, redownload and reinstall Pirme95. If you have the same fault after reloading Prime95 then your computer is unstable - no questions about it. At that point you need to check all your BIOS settings (perhaps going back to failsafe BIOS settings), check the temperatures of your MB and CPU and check the voltages from your power supply. Larry Gagnon, A+ certifed tech. that stable and perfect is not prime! it wont run on a machine with dep activated, thats version 23.8.1.0 and some older versions. (xp pro2 on a amd64) coco If you search for prime95 in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general from a month or three ago, I believe that I and someone else did figure out why he was having prime95 fail under DEP. He was having the same problem because he had turned on DEP for everything on the system. When he backed that off of prime95 then it worked for him, or maybe I'm forgetting some of the details, but we did get it working for him and in his case it was DEP related. And if the original poster is still having problems with prime95 and would like some help then throw me email and I'll try to help you try to figure out what is going on. I don't use it for the memory testing or group work but as a stand-alone factoring engine. hi i am running prime without dep, just pointed out that the programming done in prime isnt perfect or wasnt done with normal programming rules. (no program should trip dep ever) (no solution or reason given in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general) coco |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
CoCo wrote:
[...] i am running prime without dep, just pointed out that the programming done in prime isnt perfect or wasnt done with normal programming rules. (no program should trip dep ever) You're assuming there that both DEP and Windows are perfect I'd say it's just as likely, if not more likely, that the problems are in DEP or one of the system DLLs conflicting with DEP. -- Michael Brown www.emboss.co.nz : OOS/RSI software and more Add michael@ to emboss.co.nz ---+--- My inbox is always open |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
Michael Brown skrev:
CoCo wrote: [...] i am running prime without dep, just pointed out that the programming done in prime isnt perfect or wasnt done with normal programming rules. (no program should trip dep ever) You're assuming there that both DEP and Windows are perfect I'd say it's just as likely, if not more likely, that the problems are in DEP or one of the system DLLs conflicting with DEP. hi not really, but i have dep active for all tasks and it's only prime that have tripped it. all dll/resources under prime task is common shared stuff that other apps do use without any problems (ex prime95.exe) coco |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
CoCo wrote:
(no program should trip dep ever) I don't think I would agree with that. There maybe applications where for reasons of speed or efficiency some method is used which trips DEP. That doesn't make such an application necessarily dangerous or bad. |
#9
|
|||
|
|||
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 07:36:04 GMT, CoCo wrote:
Larry Gagnon skrev: On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 21:22:03 -0000, "MikeJohnes" wrote: Prime95 is a very stable, well established and professionally written piece of software. It cannot be the software unless your download had a glitch in it or something went weird during the install. If I were you I would remove it, redownload and reinstall Pirme95. If you have the same fault after reloading Prime95 then your computer is unstable - no questions about it. At that point you need to check all your BIOS settings (perhaps going back to failsafe BIOS settings), check the temperatures of your MB and CPU and check the voltages from your power supply. Larry Gagnon, A+ certifed tech. hi that stable and perfect is not prime! it wont run on a machine with dep activated, thats version 23.8.1.0 and some older versions. (xp pro2 on a amd64) coco Coco: sorry but you make the gross assumption that Prime95 is unstable under WinXP. A lot of software is unstable under Windows because Windows is a lousy operating system. Prime95 is perfectly stable under Linux and on my Win98SE box. I suspect therefore, that if there is any glitch running Prime95 under dep under WinXP then the fault lies with dep or WinXP and NOT with Prime95. Larry Gagnon |
#10
|
|||
|
|||
Mitch Crane wrote:
CoCo wrote: (no program should trip dep ever) I don't think I would agree with that. There maybe applications where for reasons of speed or efficiency some method is used which trips DEP. "Speed and efficiency" are not always compatible with security. For example, a firewall consumes resources but it's more secure than a 'speedy and efficient' open system. That doesn't make such an application necessarily dangerous or bad. The application itself may not be malicious but if it depends on a methodology that necessitates bypassing a system's security features then it *is* 'dangerous and bad'. |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
CPU Fan Stuck on Maximum | Justin | Overclocking | 6 | November 12th 04 09:58 PM |
CPU stuck on motherboard | Anfieldred | General | 1 | November 10th 04 11:49 PM |
CPU stuck with the Heatsink | IPRHE | General | 9 | August 30th 04 10:01 PM |
Prime95 - Different Torture Test Options? | Wayne Youngman | Overclocking | 11 | April 8th 04 12:24 PM |
stuck | Delta-V | General | 0 | July 13th 03 06:46 PM |