Mersenne Digest Tuesday, 9 February 1999 Volume 01 : Number 507 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Sean Matheis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 00:34:32 -0800 Subject: Re: Mersenne: Laptop use... <FontFamily><param>Times New Roman</param><bigger>I cannot recomment running prime95 on a laptop, only if because you're going to be running your CPU at 100%. I've had the unfortunate chance to burn to system boards by this. I've got a Dell Inspiron 3000 (p266MMX) which generates a TON of heat to begin with, and the CPU is right above the sound chip, so my system may just be poorly designed. On 6 Feb 99, at 15:49, Ryo-ohki observed Clayton Smith saying: <smaller>Just a quick question:<bigger><smaller>Does running Prime95 have any noticable effect on laptop battery life?<bigger><smaller>- Clayton Smith<bigger> ------------------------------ From: Bryan Fullerton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 10:39:47 -0500 Subject: Re: Mersenne: Laptop use... I've had no problems running my HP Omnibook 3000 (p233mmx) 24/7 with the client under Win95 & Linux for several months. I haven't done any scientific tests about battery usage, though, so I can't address the original poster's question. Bryan On Sun, Feb 07, 1999 at 12:34:32AM -0800, Sean Matheis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I cannot recomment running prime95 on a laptop, only if because > you're going to be running > your CPU at 100%. I've had the unfortunate chance to burn to system > boards > by this. I've got a Dell Inspiron 3000 (p266MMX) which generates a TON > of heat > to begin with, and the CPU is right above the sound chip, so my system > may just > be poorly designed. > > On 6 Feb 99, at 15:49, Ryo-ohki observed Clayton Smith saying: > > Just a quick question:Does running Prime95 have any noticable effect > on laptop battery life?- Clayton Smith > - -- Bryan Fullerton http://www.samurai.com/ Owner, Lead Consultant http://www.feh.net/ Samurai Consulting http://www.icomm.ca/ "No, we don't do seppuku." Can you feel the Ohmu call? ------------------------------ From: "Brian J Beesley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 10:10:42 GMT Subject: Re: Mersenne: Laptop use... > I've had no problems running my HP Omnibook 3000 (p233mmx) 24/7 with the > client under Win95 & Linux for several months. I also have had no problems at all running Prime95 over Win95 on two laptops, a Toshiba Satellite 200 CDT and a Siemens-Nixdorf Scenic Mobile 300. (Both Intel Pentium P5/100 MHz). It probably does no long-term good for any battery to be on charge continuously - certainly NiCd and, to a lesser extent, NiMH types will apparently have a low charge if they have been on trickle charge for ages - you need to *use* the batteries to keep them up to scratch - but nevertheless they still have a finite life. If you are running Prime95 on a laptop with external power for long periods, it is probably wise to remove the battery. Especially if the laptop has an external power adapter. >> I've got a Dell Inspiron 3000 (p266MMX) which generates a TON >> of heat >> to begin with, and the CPU is right above the sound chip, so my >>system may just >> be poorly designed. Yup, I'd say so. Regards Brian Beesley ------------------------------ From: ric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 13:06:01 +0100 Subject: Mersenne: Updating user preferences on Primenet server Hi, all I surely appreciate the new look and all additional information on Primenet's progress pages and on personal reports. Thus, I found a bit strange that a longtime preference of mines "receive e-mail" was set to "NO". So, I went to manual test page and tried tho update account information by myself. Unfortunately, no way how I change the buttons on receiving e-mail notification, my personal report keeps saying "NO". Does any other on the list face this weird thing? TIA and happy hunting to everyone ric ------------------------------ From: Henrik Olsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 01:23:41 +0100 (CET) Subject: Re: Mersenne: Updating user preferences on Primenet server On Mon, 8 Feb 1999, ric wrote: > Thus, I found a bit strange that a longtime preference of mines "receive > e-mail" was set to "NO". So, I went to manual test page and tried tho > update account information by myself. > > Does any other on the list face this weird thing? I already sent a mail to Scott telling about it, so I expect it to get fixed Real Soon Now(TM), You should have seen the page just after the update, the "To Go" times where negated. :) Anyway other changes include sortihg the entries by the date updated instead of by exponent, as well as removing the indication of the type of assignment, two things I wonder about the reason for. - -- Henrik Olsen, Dawn Solutions I/S URL=http://www.iaeste.dk/~henrik/ Get the rest there. ------------------------------ From: "Terry S. Arnold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 18:43:01 -0800 Subject: Re: Mersenne: Updating user preferences on Primenet server Yep I have the same thing. I have tried to change to no mail and then back and this has no net effect. The changeover to the new server has a few glitches. Like I have not gotten credit for two large exponents turned in just before the changeover. I am sure that Scott will get it all straightened out. Terry At 04:06 AM 2/8/1999 , ric wrote: >Hi, all > >I surely appreciate the new look and all additional information on >Primenet's progress pages and on personal reports. > >Thus, I found a bit strange that a longtime preference of mines "receive >e-mail" was set to "NO". So, I went to manual test page and tried tho >update account information by myself. > >Unfortunately, no way how I change the buttons on receiving e-mail >notification, my personal report keeps saying "NO". > >Does any other on the list face this weird thing? > >TIA and happy hunting to everyone >ric Terry S. Arnold 2975 B Street San Diego, CA 92102 USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] (619) 235-8181 (voice) (619) 235-0016 (fax) ------------------------------ From: Greg Hewgill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 22:24:13 -0800 Subject: Re: Mersenne: Updating user preferences on Primenet server On Tue, Feb 09, 1999 at 01:23:41AM +0100, Henrik Olsen wrote: > Anyway other changes include sortihg the entries by the date updated > instead of by exponent, as well as removing the indication of the type of > assignment, two things I wonder about the reason for. Both these seem to have been temporary glitches. I now have "D" beside double checking exponents (and "F" beside factoring, which never went away), and everything is sorted in exponent order again. It certainly seems much faster. Greg Hewgill ------------------------------ End of Mersenne Digest V1 #507 ******************************
