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Subject: Re: Optimized Crafty 19.7 here...

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 18:47:44 12/15/03

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On December 15, 2003 at 16:27:34, Aaron Gordon wrote:

>On December 15, 2003 at 13:51:05, James T. Walker wrote:
>
>>On December 15, 2003 at 13:46:46, Aaron Gordon wrote:
>>
>>>On December 15, 2003 at 12:53:59, James T. Walker wrote:
>>>
>>>>I downloaded the first for XP/MP but get only an error message when trying to
>>>>start the program.  I used winrar to unpack the file.  Any help appreciated.
>>>>Jim
>>>
>>>What error message is it giving you? Also, which processor are you trying to run
>>>it on? If you have a standard Athlon or any CPU without SSE and you're trying to
>>>run the XP/MP SSE binary it will definitely crash.
>>
>>I'm running a XP2400+.  Is that the wrong CPU?  Thanks.
>>
>>C197-K7SSE executed an invalid instruction in
>>module C197-K7SSE.EXE at 016f:0040100e.
>>Registers:
>>EAX=008c0d60 CS=016f EIP=0040100e EFLGS=00010206
>>EBX=0079fdf8 SS=0177 ESP=0079fc88 EBP=0079fe38
>>ECX=2d28ab80 DS=0177 ESI=81d5de88 FS=495f
>>EDX=01c3c33c ES=0177 EDI=00000000 GS=0000
>>Bytes at CS:EIP:
>>0f ae 1c 24 58 0d 00 80 00 00 50 0f ae 14 24 58
>>Stack dump:
>>008c0d60 008c0d60 f3f2f1f0 f7f6f5f4 004b72f2 000001a4 03020120 07060504 0b0a0908
>>0f0e0d0c 00000000 bff86b43 0079fdf4 bff7dfb6 0079fce8 0079fdf4
>
>Hmm.. that is definitely odd. That crash doesn't tell me anything useful
>unfortunately. Try redownloading it and see if that helps. Also, try the Athlon
>Tbird binary and see if that works. There is a chance SSE may be disabled in the
>BIOS.. that would cause it to act like a regular Athlon 2GHz without SSE and
>possibly causing the crash. If the other binary (k7mmx) works this is most
>likely the case. You should then consult your motherboard manual on how to
>change this option (if you're not familiar with the bios already).

Redownloading did not help.  I downloaded the other file (mmx) and it works ok.
I see nothing in my manual/bios about SSE.
Regards,
Jim



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