Mersenne: Question

2001-10-16 Thread Shane & Amy Sanford
Whats up with this exponent I checked out yesterday, the factor bits = 0 on my individual account report page & in my work to do file. 6810631 D* 0 DoubleCheck=6810631,0,0 Thx Shane _ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www

Mersenne: Primenet?

2001-04-20 Thread Shane & Amy Sanford
Is it just me or did the Primenet database just get restored back to a April 12th version? I noticed my stats dropped back and it claims all my machines havn't checked in since April 12th (I know better).Also the exponents I've finished since that time are showing up in the Exponents Assi

Re: Mersenne: Thermal shock in CPUs.

2001-04-10 Thread Shane & Amy Sanford
>So my open question is: Do sudden temperature changes cause physical harm >to CPUs, especially those that have only recently been turned on? Yes it does but this depends on your processor & cooling methods to a certain extent. It's generally accepted that sudden temp changes will slowly

Re: Mersenne: Re: Spontaneous reboots

2001-02-23 Thread Shane & Amy Sanford
Checking your voltages & temps while in the BIOS probably isn't a huge help in this case. By the fact that you only have reboots after Prime95 has been running for a bit indicates it's a problem that is occurring under full load. In the BIOS screen your certainly not under any kind of load.

Re: Mersenne: hah

2001-02-18 Thread Shane & Amy Sanford
I for one found my way to the Prime95 project through overclocking. In the OCing community Prime95 has been considered the single best stress test tool available for some time now (especially when used in conjunction with a game that makes heavy use of the 3d side of the computer). No doubt a

Re: Mersenne: P4 - a correction

2000-11-28 Thread Shane & Amy Sanford
>A question for readers. Prime95 currently uses about 8MB (exponent >around 11 million). How would you feel if the P4 optimized version >used 13MB? 23MB? 33MB? > >I hate to code up 3 versions of the P4 code (small, medium, large), >but it might be necessary. Whether 33MB is important dep