False positive?

Pi Rho · 2003-04-21, 16:19

Midway through a double-check my computer started impersonating a klaxon siren. After restarting the computer and the program, the same thing occurred after a couple minutes of computation. I also noticed the same phenomenon with the LLR program for the 3*2^n-1 search. Are there any known remedies other than stop running the program? I am running v22.8.1 on a 466 MHz x86 box with Win 2000 Pro.

Thanks,

Mike

trif · 2003-04-21, 23:21

I have a computer that does that when it gets too hot in the room.

Pi Rho · 2003-04-22, 01:39

Thanks trif. The heat sink needed to be cleaned and I think that will do the trick. I guess I should check on that more often...

ops:

pakaran · 2003-04-22, 02:59

In my experience just cleaning between the heat sink vanes with a safety pin works fairly well...

Pi Rho · 2003-04-23, 14:11

It also doesn't hurt to have a CPU fan that works properly...

I swapped in a new one and things have been much quieter since.

2003-04-21, 16:19	#1
Pi Rho Sep 2002 2²×11 Posts	False positive? Midway through a double-check my computer started impersonating a klaxon siren. After restarting the computer and the program, the same thing occurred after a couple minutes of computation. I also noticed the same phenomenon with the LLR program for the 3*2^n-1 search. Are there any known remedies other than stop running the program? I am running v22.8.1 on a 466 MHz x86 box with Win 2000 Pro. Thanks, Mike

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2003-04-21, 23:21	#2
trif Aug 2002 2·101 Posts	I have a computer that does that when it gets too hot in the room.

2003-04-22, 01:39	#3
Pi Rho Sep 2002 2²×11 Posts	Thanks trif. The heat sink needed to be cleaned and I think that will do the trick. I guess I should check on that more often... ops:

2003-04-22, 02:59	#4
pakaran Aug 2002 3·83 Posts	In my experience just cleaning between the heat sink vanes with a safety pin works fairly well...

2003-04-23, 14:11	#5
Pi Rho Sep 2002 2²·11 Posts	It also doesn't hurt to have a CPU fan that works properly... I swapped in a new one and things have been much quieter since.