Locking up my machine.
8 Mar 2005 11:29:08 UTC
Topic 188369
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Einstein has been causing my machine to lock up just about everyday for a week or so now. I'm running CC 4.19, E@H 4.79, win XP home SP1. I have it running in the background. The machine completely freezes with the desktop still displayed. The only way to restart is to unplug the entire box.
Locking up my machine.
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Actually there are literally thousands of users running E@H without reporting such problems, so I doubt that this is actually caused by the BOINC or the E@H code. However there are some things that this application uses which can trigger and reveal a problem in the hardware or the software of your system.
The E@H graphics makes heavy use of OpenGL, which may cause a broken or buggy graphics driver to hang.
E@H is CPU-bound, so it tends to heat the system up more than most other applications. If the cooling doesn't work sufficiently, the CPU might overheat.
These two seem to be the system problems most frequently revealed when running E@H, there might be others, too.
BM
BM
> The E@H graphics makes
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> The E@H graphics makes heavy use of OpenGL, which may cause a broken or buggy
> graphics driver to hang.
>
> E@H is CPU-bound, so it tends to heat the system up more than most other
> applications. If the cooling doesn't work sufficiently, the CPU might
> overheat.
>
I don't run graphics, so it's not that. I foolishly ignored the hot CPU problem since I'm not getting the traditional "blue screen of death". I will take the box apart for some cleaning & see what happens.
Thanks
> > The E@H graphics makes
)
> > The E@H graphics makes heavy use of OpenGL, which may cause a broken or
> buggy
> > graphics driver to hang.
> >
> > E@H is CPU-bound, so it tends to heat the system up more than most other
> > applications. If the cooling doesn't work sufficiently, the CPU might
> > overheat.
> >
>
> I don't run graphics, so it's not that. I foolishly ignored the hot CPU
> problem since I'm not getting the traditional "blue screen of death". I will
> take the box apart for some cleaning & see what happens.
I'm personally a big believer in cooling fans. Good ones cost only a few dollars/Euros and can make a huge difference. The failure rates of both disks and CPUs increases extremely rapidly with temperature: it's why computer rooms are kept so cool. You can probably add a fan or two to your system for very little cost and very little noise.
Bruce
Director, Einstein@Home
> I'm personally a big
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> I'm personally a big believer in cooling fans. Good ones cost only a few
> dollars/Euros and can make a huge difference. The failure rates of both disks
> and CPUs increases extremely rapidly with temperature: it's why computer rooms
> are kept so cool. You can probably add a fan or two to your system for very
> little cost and very little noise.
Not to mention that the cooler your system is, the quicker it will run. :)
More heat = more electrical resistance = lower overall system performance.