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Subject: Re: Can I please get some tec help?

Author: Greg Simpson

Date: 22:38:56 01/07/06

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On January 07, 2006 at 23:17:37, Joseph Anthony Merolle wrote:

>I have a problem with my computer and Shredder 9. I start out well however the
>K/Ns drops as thinking and depth goes on. It can drop to a very low 30 K/ns
>while it is starting out at 400 k/ns. I have tried every thing from having my
>CPU replaced, memory up grades, lowing hash and throttle watching. All systems
>diagnostics pass. I wish someone could tell me what the problem is it is very
>disheartening to see this happen. When the K/ns drops it does not have the power
>to fill the hash or get any ply’s deeper. It takes about 3 minutes of thinking
>to go from 400 k/ns to 50 K/ns, then on the new move it jumps up only to tank
>again. My system is the Dell 5150 Inspiron Lap top 3.06 GHz  1.25 G Ram. Please,
>Any Tec support here will be more then welcome.
>
>Joseph

Possibly your computer is slowing down because your CPU is getting too hot while
thinking, although I don't see why things should speed up when switching to a
new move, unless there is a break in there where the computer doesn't have to
think.  Still, if you can bring up a temperature monitor you can make sure it's
not overheating.

Three minutes sounds too fast for the node counter to overflow.



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