Author: William Penn
Date: 08:22:49 10/10/03
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On October 10, 2003 at 05:22:02, Drexel,Michael wrote: >On October 10, 2003 at 02:45:09, William Penn wrote: > >>I've noticed that when running Infinite Analysis mode with Shredder704.eng and >>the new GUI update (Oct 4 2008), > it stops (freezes) at random. In one case it >>stopped after about 3 minutes. In another case it stopped after about 40 >>minutes. The GUI thinks it's still in Infinite Analysis mode, however the engine >>pane clock has stopped and apparently the engine isn't analyzing anymore. At >>that point, clicking the Infinite Analysis mode link in the menu simply turns >>off Infinite Analysis mode. It's then necessary to click it again to turn it >>back on. But then it does not continue from the point where it stopped, and the >>prior analysis is lost. > >I have noticed exactly the same strange behaviour. >Shredder 7.04 stopped analysing in a position after 8:13 min. > >Michael > >> >>Unless this bug can be fixed pronto, I'll definitely roll back to the March 2003 >>update, because I only use this software in Infinite Analysis mode. >> >>Of course I'm multitasking other applications including Internet Explorer, >>Outlook Express, an antivirus, a firewall, perhaps a ftp client, and misc >>utilities in Windows XP Home. So it could be difficult to trace the cause, if it >>has an external cause(?). >> >>I've never had this happen before with any prior GUI version, and I've been >>using them for several years... >>WP This is just to confirm that it happened again, after 1 hour and 9 minutes. I wasn't doing anything unusual. I only use this software in Infinite Analysis mode, so there is no alternative. I will now have to dump this Oct 8 2003 "upgrade" and revert to the March 2003 version, which had no such problem. WP
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