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Subject: Re: Prime95 and Chess Programs

Author: Aaron Gordon

Date: 12:07:12 07/12/03

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On July 12, 2003 at 11:37:57, andy pettinger wrote:

>Sorry if this has been discussed before.
>An error in Prime95 , is that necessarily a bad  for running a chess program ,
>if it appears everything runs normally ie OS etc ?
>Has anyone seen abnormal results from an otherwise apparently stable ( but
>prime95 flawed ) system ?

It's really up to you. If there is a Prime95 error there is definitely something
wrong. If the system is still stable enough for you then don't worry about it
(but future problems/crashing could happen). Since Prime95 hits the memory a
little bit be sure to check your ram with memtest86 @ www.memtest86.com

Generally non-overclocked (and cpus that aren't overheating) computers that have
prime95 errors usually end up having bad ram. Sometimes its a motherboard
problem (chipset may be getting too hot, failing, or similar fun stuff).




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