Re: Mersenne: Chirpy chirpy chirpy! (Heh, full message this time)
On Sat, Aug 07, 1999 at 11:59:17AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >The chirping also changes speed with the level of CPU usage I put >on my computer, and it _seems_ to be one chirp per iteration. Could it be that GIMPS initializes the FPU (ie. does FINIT) every iteration? Just a thought :-) /* Steinar */ -- Homepage: http://members.xoom.com/sneeze/ _ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
Mersenne: Chirpy chirpy chirpy! (Heh, full message this time)
<> I had _no_ idea what it was originally, so I had to ask around. I'm still not sure what causes it, and there doesn't seem to be a single, universally accepted explanation for it. All I know, is that on my poor old 486 DX 33MHz with 4MB RAM, accessing its hard drives would generate clicks and chirps through its 8-bit SoundBlaster card, and starting Windows 3.1 would _really_ get the chirping going. Now, only Prime95 causes chirps on my Pentium 200 with a SoundBlaster clone. And others have the same chirps with much different (and better) hardware, so it's can't really be a weird anomaly, in my opinion. The chirping also changes speed with the level of CPU usage I put on my computer, and it _seems_ to be one chirp per iteration. S. "I liked it better with 4136613 when it did chirpchirpchirp and not now with 7-something, cause it does chirp..chirp..chirp" L. _ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
Re: Mersenne: Chirpy chirpy chirpy!
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Date: 6 août, 1999 16:09
Subject: Mersenne: Chirpy chirpy chirpy!
>Your English is quite good, by the way, better than many Americans'.
>("Wha'sup, ma homie?" Obviously not his IQ.)
>
>< pulsing sound like an old damaged wheel or like an ill cricket.>>
The sound does come from the speakers. The same thing is happenning on my
computer. When I first installed Prime95 last summer, I was beleiving that the
sound was coming from a cricket that was near my window outside. It took me few
months (the cricket theory couldn't hold anymore in the Winter :-) to understand
that it was caused by the CPU activity generated by Prime95.
>
>You say it doesn't come from your speakers, but
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Mersenne: Chirpy chirpy chirpy!
Your English is quite good, by the way, better than many Americans'.
("Wha'sup, ma homie?" Obviously not his IQ.)
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You say it doesn't come from your speakers, but
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