exception on amd4400+ dual core

[DaForce]

kpavlov:
DFI make great motherboards good choice.

Da_elf:
yeah its gonna be running at 50% total performance, but this is just to rule out the cpu as the problem.

[kpavlov]

Well I have disabled one core but now I get even more exceptions and I cant render even one rendering now.
So what do I do next, except kill myselve becouse I would like to try few more things before that.

[Syclone1]

I would run memtest86 on your bow to check the ram, almost sounds like either you have a bad stick or your timings could be off. If you run the test make sure to disable ecc in the options and late it run a couple times through and if there is even a single error then there lies one of the problems at least. Also if you have more than 1 stick and it errors then take all but one out and run the test on individual sticks to see if only 1 may be bad.

-dave

[Da_elf]

and do alot of praying that it comes down to a ram problem. hehe. thats usually the easiest thing to fix.

[DaForce]

you got the latest motherboard drivers?
Also have you installed the AMD X2 driver

[marco]

once again...

Do you have the same crashes when rendering the scene with the 3dsMAX-scanline renderer ?
(I know it will render differently, but for now that doesn't matter)

This way you can isolate VRay from the hardware related issues...

Marco

[kpavlov]

I have just instaled amd x2 driver and after 8 hours of rendering I didnt get any exceptions, but I will say I dont have any problems after 24 hours, Its too early now.
If that doesnt help than I will try rendering scanline.
Thanks guys on your help.

[jow]

Cool!fingers crossed that it was the driver then...

[marco]

any updates on VRay behaviour on X2's ???

[meanadam]

Sorry I am so late on this one....

Kpavlov - that is a Network problem.
Shut down all your network gear and restart.
How many machines are you running?

Everyone else - x2 smokes xeon all day long. Sorry for those of you who haven't figured this out yet.

[jow]

had no problems with my two X2's both run like a dream

[tricky]

We've just got 9 of 'em up and running in our farm and they do leave our Dual Xeons for dust. Far quieter as well.