Author: William Penn
Date: 04:56:36 06/10/05
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On June 09, 2005 at 09:01:25, Eran Karu wrote: >On June 09, 2005 at 08:42:02, William Penn wrote: > >>On June 09, 2005 at 03:32:47, Eran Karu wrote: >> >>>Sometimes my computer crashes apparently for no reason while either Shredder 9 >>>UCI or Fritz 8 analyzes my games overnight. >>> >>>Does it happen to your computers? Is it a common problem? >>> >>>What causes a computer to crash during analyzing chess games? What are solutions >>>please? >>> >>>Thanks, >>>Eran Karu >>> >>>P.S. >>>FYI: >>>Pentium III 1000 >>>256 MB RAM >>>128 MB hashtable >>>All permanent residents are removed from the taskbar >>>Windows 2000 Pro SP4 >> >>It does not happen to my computer, and I have never experienced it. So it is not >>normal. You need to explain what you mean by "crash" - what happens? But I >>suspect you have a hardware malfunction which could be the processor, hard >>drive, or RAM memory. Overheating is a possible cause, so you need to monitor >>the temperatures inside your computer case with a software utility such as >>Everest. You might need to clean out the dust and fuzzballs inside your computer >>case, particularly your processor's heat sink and fan. Room temperature can be a >>contributing factor to overheating if it's above about 80 degrees F (27 degrees >>C). You might need to add some cooling fans, particularly a case fan (if you >>don't have one). >>WP > > >Thanks for your information. Well, my computer is 4 years old and it is not >worth buying heat sink, fan, etc. for it. I prefer to save money and wait for >next dual-core 64 bit processors computers in the future. ;-) > >Eran Karu One other thing comes to mind, but I'm not familiar with Windows 2000. It may work like Windows XP in this respect, if so... Set up your computer/software to begin a chess analysis, then lower the process priority for the chess engine as follows: Ctrl-Alt-Delete Processes tab rightclick the engine process that is using most of the CPU time select SetPriority, BelowNormal Then let it run overnight. If this fixes it, there are ways to make this automatic when you start your chess software. I do this with both my Shredder 9 UCI and with my Shredder 8 CB GUI's and it definitely helps the responsiveness of my computer, in general. Otherwise things can get sluggish, especially when I'm online with a dialup modem. I still have problems running some other software at the same time (multitasking) if it also demands a lot of processor time - it doesn't crash the computer, but may run very slowly. WP
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