From 3b2c328fd2563c114be9ea03c586a2cab967f117 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ryan Yin Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2026 07:02:49 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] docs(idols-ai): mark the mixed-memory settings as daily-use verified --- hosts/idols-ai/MIXED-MEMORY.md | 25 +++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/hosts/idols-ai/MIXED-MEMORY.md b/hosts/idols-ai/MIXED-MEMORY.md index 1ca88ee6..0f083ed1 100644 --- a/hosts/idols-ai/MIXED-MEMORY.md +++ b/hosts/idols-ai/MIXED-MEMORY.md @@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ ## Target configuration -This is the best configuration tested so far and the target for normal use. It passed a **6-hour -100G stress test with 0 errors**; highest sampled memory temperature: **56.8°C**. Keep these -settings rather than increasing voltage further. +This is the settled configuration for normal use. It passed a **6-hour 100G stress test with 0 +errors** (highest sampled memory temperature: **56.8°C**) and then **29.6 hours of daily use over +two nights and one workday**, displays on and off, LLM serving throughout. Keep these settings +rather than increasing voltage further. | Field | Target | | ----------------------- | ------------------------- | @@ -20,10 +21,6 @@ settings rather than increasing voltage further. | DRAM VPP | Auto (1.8 V) | | tCL / tRCD / tRP / tRAS | 40 / 40 / 40 / 77 | -Displays stayed on during the passing test. Daily-use stability and display-off transitions still -need checking. Both voltage and the screen condition changed from the failed run, so their -individual effects have not been isolated. - ## Hardware - CPU: Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus. @@ -64,7 +61,8 @@ changed in each test.** | **1.13 V** | 1.28 V | 1.28 V | BIOS normal; no long test. | Not recorded | | **1.15 V** | 1.28 V | 1.28 V | 100G, 15 minutes: PASS. | 45.5°C* | | **1.15 V** | 1.28 V | 1.28 V | Long test froze; last saved duration: 21 minutes 17 seconds. | 56.5°C | -| **1.17 V** | 1.28 V | 1.28 V | 100G, **6 hours: PASS**, displays kept on. | **56.8°C** | +| **1.17 V** | 1.28 V | 1.28 V | 100G, **6 hours: PASS**. | **56.8°C** | +| **1.17 V** | 1.28 V | 1.28 V | **2 nights + 1 workday: no freeze**, displays on and off. | Not recorded | | **1.20 V** | 1.28 V | 1.28 V | BIOS display corruption and freeze within 10 to 20 seconds. | Not recorded | *The 15-minute test used sparse temperature samples; its true peak is unknown. Long tests sampled @@ -76,3 +74,14 @@ Both recent long tests were on 2026-10-09: durations are lower bounds, not exact freeze times. - At 1.17 V, the test ran from 01:29 to 07:30, with 0 errors or hardware incidents and no swap use. Recorded temperatures stayed below 60°C. + +## Daily use + +One unbroken boot, 2026-10-09 01:24 to 2026-10-10 07:02: the 6-hour test and a workday with the +displays on, then a night with them off. Load stayed high — 100G stress test, then continuous LLM +serving with the KV cache streaming from RAM — and occupancy stayed around 70% or more. + +No machine check, hardware error, BUG, Oops, or GPU fall-off; no OOM or hung task; no log gap over +60 seconds. Sleep/wake is untested — displays off only blanks them. Occupancy and temperature were +not logged and the board has no EDAC counters, so an error would show up as a freeze or corruption, +not a count.