Author: Eran Karu
Date: 10:51:31 06/10/05
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On June 10, 2005 at 07:56:36, William Penn wrote: >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 Thanks for the advice, William. You must have a better sense of technology than I do. ;-) Eran Karu
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