Sandra doesn't work!!!!

[Juan Sanchez]

Ok I had my mini running at 2700+ speed but it was too unstable. So I bumped it down to 2400+ speed. A 15X Multiplyer and a 133 mhz FSB. I got rid of the Geil ram. (I'm RMAing it as soon as possible) Im running 2 x 256 sticks of Micron pc2100. ANYWAY, whenever I run sandra it says it'll stress my components too MUCH!!!! and doesnt run any benchmark, I ran 3dmark 2003 and it worked just fine, acctually it was my 3rd highest ever!!! What can I do to get sandra to run?

[dafanman]

I think you best options would be to :
Uninstall what ever version that you now have on, get the latest 2004 version if you dont allready have it and re install.

So is the memory proven to be bad? or are the timings just wrong?

[thePh@r@oh]

the GEIl pc3200 ram i got runs AWESOME did you jsut get bad sticks?

[thekingofpain]

Tried the NEWEST 2004 version of Sandra?

(ooops missed fanmans suggestion)

[Juan Sanchez]

Well, I took the Kingston HyperX's outa my 3200+ w/NF7-S and stuck em in the little Mini. Same issue, sandra wont let me benchmark the cpu or ram. I'm using 2004 BTW. Well, I settled on OC'ing it to 2.13 Ghz or as the Windows calls it an Athlon XP 2600+, I dont think it really is that because it's 16xMultiplyer with a 133 FSB, but when a ran 3DMARK it's literaly only 50-70 marks behind my 3200+ w/ the same vid card (9500 Pro) I'lll uninstall sandra and see if that helps.

[thekingofpain]

Try Memtest86 3.0 before sending it off---
http://www.memtest86.com/

[NDC]

They changed the method of starting benchmarks in this new version where you have to press the REFRESH button for the benchmark to begin. Otherwise, it will just say N/A...


As the instructions says,

Click 'Refesh' or select a device from the combo box

[NDC]

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[dafanman]

What NDC Said,
I allmost called sandra bad myself the first time I attempted to run it, LOL

They changed the way it functions, so dont do anything untill you make sure that you didnt pick up on the change to sandra.

[Juan Sanchez]

Hye it worked!!!!!!! Thanks!! But Sandras stress test doesn't work still A well, i better download Prime!!