Kel,
I have run other numerous programs (including other number crunching spare
CPU-cycle programs) and my system has never froze until I ran Prime95.exe.
I installed GIMPS 7 days ago. I've had my system for about a year or so.
I'll check out bp6.com... and yes, I know that the dual-celeron config isn't
officially supported by Intel.
-Dennis
----Original Message Follows----
From: "St. Dee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Dennis Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Mersenne: Q:GIMPS freezes my system
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 05:47:09 -0500 (EST)
On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, Dennis Peter wrote:
> Hi there, I've experienced a problem. I'm wondering if anyone else has
had
> this problem:
>
> GIMPS freezes my system after it runs for about 24 hours or so.
>
> I have Windows NT 4.0 (SP5)
> Dual Intel Celeron 433Mhz (BP6 motherboard)
> 128MB RAM
Hi Dennis,
How sure are you that the prime search program is the culprit here? There
have been a slew of posts to the Abit USENET newsgroup, as well as a whole
lot of discussion at www.bp6.com, about problems with the BP6 randomly
freezing. People running GUI operating systems on it seem to be reporting
much more difficulty than those running something like Linux in text mode.
I'm running a BP6 with dual Celeron 400's, and since I switched it over to
running RedHat 6.0 in console mode (no XWindows), it's been the picture of
stability (it is always up running 2 instances of mprime unless I bring it
down for new hardware).
I'm not saying that the prime search program (Prime95?) you're using isn't
the problem, just that the BP6 seems to have some "stability issues" in
general.
Kel
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