>>Jeremy and I used to do that alot on those first generation IDE drives
>>(which seemed to have this problem much more often) back when we were
>>computer techs... It sounds funny, I know, but it worked great most of the
>>time.
>
>If I remember correctly, it seemed to happen with certain batche
>Also, how long would it take prime95 to save all files, and would running
>prime for 10 mins actually do anything useful?
To my knowledge, saving a file takes finishing the current iteration (at
most, 1-2 secs for PrimeNet work on a slow pentium) and writing the file
(max of 5 sec). This is
Make that "drives" not "drivers"...
And think, its only Wed.
-Jeremy
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Subject: RE: Mersenne: Just curious
>For what it's worth...
>
>I've heard that referred to as "sticti
On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, Aaron Blosser wrote:
> For power supplies, having a decent UPS or even just a good line conditioner
> is a MUST when you want to prolong it's life. Anyone who cared to could
> hook an scope to a power line (make sure the scope is protected from
> overvoltage! :) and if it's a
>Hard disk drives seem to last much longer if they're left running
>continously. I'd reccomend disabling "power saving" modes on HDD
>unless power consumption is critical (e.g. a notebook computer when
>running on internal power). However, HDDs often fail if they've been
>running continously for y
On 19 Apr 00, at 1:42, Ryan McGarry wrote:
> I suppose my question is whether or not it's more of a risk to your
> processor in allowing it to cool off regularly than leaving it on 24/7?
CRT monitor is definitely better OFF when not needed. The electron
beams definitely age, and the very high
Monitors, on the other hand, seem to like to be shut off regularly.
At work, we bought 9 Nanao F750's & &60's in 1993.
Only two survive, and one sits on my desk and is turned on and
off daily. Those that were left on 24/7 did not survive the last
cycle of cpu upgrades.
Ken
At 01:42 AM 4/19/200
>
> So, no matter how much CPU you think this sort of change could gain
> GIMPS, I must suggest that it _not_ be done.
>
I'm sure this has come up HUNDREDS of times before, but why not attach it
to the screensaver? I'm not sure if there is a call in windows for the
screensaver, alternat
Aaron Blosser writes:
I don't suppose George could just program something into the code
to have it check for the user being idle (like the screen saver
check does, but independent of the system screen saver routines)
such that if the user doesn't hit a key or move the mouse for xx
>All this talk about PC's running 24/7 has convinced me of the
>reliability of processors. It's been my thoughts that if your computer
>is on, it's always running at full speed, whether or not you're running
>Prime95.
>I've always left my computers on all the time, and never had a problem.
>This
All this talk about PC's running 24/7 has convinced me of the
reliability of processors. It's been my thoughts that if your computer
is on, it's always running at full speed, whether or not you're running
Prime95.
I've always left my computers on all the time, and never had a problem.
This rel
> When pentium pro 200's were the hot new processor
> (in speed, more so than in wattage),
> I began running some dual-ppro-200 systems with two prime95 instances
each.
> Those processors are still running it.
> I've never had to replace a cpu or motherboard
> (though occasionally a motherboard po
When pentium pro 200's were the hot new processor
(in speed, more so than in wattage),
I began running some dual-ppro-200 systems with two prime95 instances each.
Those processors are still running it.
I've never had to replace a cpu or motherboard
(though occasionally a motherboard power connecto
Very durable. I have Original P-II/233's two years old still going, have
been 24x7 since day one. I have P-166's that have been going for 3 or 4
years nonstop on either crunching primes or crunching DES. I even have a
handful of P-100's, among the first original Pentiums, still going on
do
I've got four computers that have passed the 3 year mark and they run 24/7
(at 100% cpu)
By the way - none of the computers I've retired over the years ,that have
been running like this, have failed due to cpu or memory issues.
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