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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