Author: Enrique Irazoqui
Date: 03:46:00 11/30/02
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On November 30, 2002 at 06:09:33, Alastair Scott wrote: >On November 29, 2002 at 17:38:27, Mark Dambrink wrote: > >>I'm a first timer here so I don't know if this topic already passed the forum. >>The moment my chessprograms start thinking for their next move, the processor of >>my notebook starts heating up quickly and the cooling-fan of my notebook realy >>starts blowing hard, building up the noise level close to a level that my >>neighbours must think i'm vacuming the house. >>I remember reading something concerning downgrading your processor could add to >>a cooler chip. Could adding more memory be an option? > >Adding more memory won't make any difference - the processor, for once, is being >obliged to sing for its supper :) > >P4 or P4M where M = mobile ... ? I suspect the first, as my Dell Latitude has a >P3M/1.2GHz which is specifically engineered for mobile computing - it can be set >up so that, on battery power, the processor speed switches to 2/3 of that >advertised when nothing much is happening - and haven't had any problems, even >when running the United Devices client or Ruffian under Arena (Fritz 8 ordered) >... > >After this good experience, and bad ones with less-well-designed notebooks or >those using desktop processors, any notebook I recommend to anyone else will >have an M processor. > >http://www.intel.com/design/mobile/ > >Alastair I have the same experience with my Dell Inspiron 8200 and its P4-M 2.2. No heating problems, even analizing positions for a long time. Now and then the second fan switches on, but it's very quiet. Enrique
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