Author: Pham Hong Nguyen
Date: 05:41:44 07/09/04
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>2)The hardware that did not crash at home crashed twice and I replaced to the >tournament hardware. I guess with 70% probability that your hardware problem is overheat: the processor becomes unstable at a certain temperature. The threshold of overheat is quite varous. Some ADM processors can crash at 50oC, some at 80oC only. Few different degrees can be a big problem. That is why you can run chess program well at night (at home) or for the first game in the early morning, but crash for the second one in the everning. Furthermore, from my experience, the OEM cooler is usually not enough for chess. The best solution is to replace the original cooler by a much better one, especially, the water cooler. In case of this tournament, if you have no time to do that, you can simply open the case and use an electric fan to blow directly into the processor (use the strongest fan you can find). It can help to cut off few degrees and make your hardware not crash. Other solution (but I don't commend) is to reduce the frequency of your system/processor little bit to reduce temperature. Hope that helps, Pham
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