Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 05:55:10 12/11/00
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On December 11, 2000 at 07:57:41, Laurence Chen wrote: >On December 11, 2000 at 05:31:46, Garry Evans wrote: > >>On December 11, 2000 at 04:12:24, Andrew Dados wrote: >> >>>On December 11, 2000 at 03:56:05, Garry Evans wrote: >>> >>>>I'm pissed off! Haven't been able to resolve my problem with my chess programs >>>>crashing!! I took my computer back to the technician who installed the Chip and >>>>he insists that it is a sofware problem. This just does not make sense to my >>>>limited computer knowledge, the only change I have had was going from an athlon >>>>550 to a slotA athlon850. I absolutely get no error messages when running other >>>>programs. The only time I get a error message is when I allow my chess programs >>>>to think on a problem or when playing a game. The error will not come up if I do >>>>not actually make the engine work? My brain tells me if the only change i made >>>>to my computer is the new chip, then it is logical to assume the chip is the >>>>problem? I had absolutely no problems running chess programs with my old athlon >>>>550, with no error messages ever!! Is it possible that the technician simply >>>>does not want to admitt he made an error in the installation? One would think if >>>>you pay good money for a piece of hardware the technician would have the decency >>>>to atleast fix the problem if something goes wrong? But such is the state of >>>>customer service in 2001 America. It does not matter if I use a windows chess >>>>program or a Dos program, my system will crash in 15 min with various error >>>>message such as with fritz6 "Fritz6 has caused an error in mfc2dll fritz6 will >>>>now close, if you continue to experence problems try restarting your computer". >>>>or in the Case of Rebel "An exception oe has occured at 0028:cool fab in vxd--- >>>>This was called from 0028:cool2b33 in VXD It may be possible to continue >>>>naturally". Or with schedder the error message will read Comment has caused an >>>>error in comment.exe comment will now close. >>>>I am currently using Windows Me, I have reinstalled all my programs just to have >>>>the problem repeat itself. Could someone Please help with any suggestions >>>>whatever. I got a few responses before but unfortunately did not save the >>>>information. >>> >>>My suggestion is that you have too slow memory for current processor. Computer >>>when idling (and it does nothing 99% of the time) does not need to access memory >>>frequently, so errors don't show up. Chess programs are very demanding on >>>processor and memory subsystems, so errors show up when a program is 'thinking'. >>> >>>-Andrew- >> >> >>Hmm interesting suggestion, at the moment i have SDram pc100 >Your RAM type is the wrong type, you are overclocking your memory to 133 MHz. >Ouch. It can only hurt the memory. I suggest you get SDRAM PC 133, and it should >solve your problem. Note the new Athlons run at a higher bus speed, FSB 133 MHz, >and therefore you need the correct type of memory. >Regards, >Laurence He has a slot-a athlon which will work with both pc100 & pc133 sdram
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