Author: Peter Skinner
Date: 06:24:45 02/27/06
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On February 27, 2006 at 09:07:42, Andrew Williams wrote: >On February 27, 2006 at 08:52:52, Steve Lim wrote: > >>Hi all, >> >>I wonder if someone would be so kind to list out the few forfeits that programs >>suffered during this tournament. >> >>I believe fruit and thinker suffered some. Anyone know how many games for each >>and if there are others? >> >>many thanks, >>Steve. > >Hi Steve, > >I can't speak for the others, but PostModernist forfeited its first game because >of multiple disconnections. I knew that PM wasn't crashing, but I didn't know >what part of th e network was at fault. In the first round there were a few >disconnections for other competitors and for a while I thought it was an ICC >problem. However, PM's were the only ones which persisted in the first round. >After resigning the game, I rebooted my PC, cable modem and router to see if >that would cure the fault. During the second game, PM disconnected twice and I >feared another forfeit. Peter Skinner suggested a possible overheating problem, >so I took the back off the case. Inside I found lots and lots of dust. My PC is >a Shuttle machine and it doesn't have a CPU fan, rather a heatpipe which is >connected to a case fan. The case fan was clogged with dust and there was loads >of dust on the motherboard too. I used a compressed air blower to try to clear >it up (all this while PM was still playing, one disconnection away from a second >forfeit, remember!). I left the case off and went back to watching on my laptop. >Pinging postmodernist revealed that the problem was fixed, as its average ping >times reduced throughout the rest of the game. I had no more problems during the >tournament, although I didn't replace the case until the end! > >Andrew I can not even estimate how many times a week I run into people having issues with computers relating to heating problems. Especially people who _insist_ on putting the tower in desks that have a consealed spot that has no airflow.. good lord.. I was glad to see that fixed your problems as I was then able to watch your games uninterrupted :) Peter
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