Help a new guy with some crashing??

[Bohrn]

Hi seti guys! Figured I'd give this a try as it is a good cause. But the Seti3.0 client (win98) will crash my system and need a reset(hard). It happens when my system has been idle for a long time. And it doesn't happen with other screensavers. System is as follows. Please help as I have some spare cycles (like all day while at work and after I hit the hay at night) And I have always thought that we should be doing more of this sort of thing.

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AsusP3B ,iCeleron525(7x75), 128megs PC133, G40032megSH, Diamond MX300, 13.5gigs of HD's, 52X CDrom and 98SE w/shutdown patch, PD 6.04,Altec Lansing ATP3,Envision 17incher,1 grey cat, 1 black cat and 1 calico

[Raptor^]

This isn't really a solution, its more avoiding the problem really....

You could try the WinNT command line version. It works fine in 98 and is faster than the GUI version too

[Guru]

When seti is active your system will actualy use 99% of your cpu!!!! This does realy sound like an cooling problem and not as an software/os problem!

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[Pace]

I'd think that that Celeron 466 is a FC-PGA though so that should be fine at 75MHz FSB. RAM ok too unless you are running the timings at 2-2-2 (which you should be ). The only other problem I can see is the 13.5gigs of HD's - what is the smallest one of these and how old is it?

Paul.

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[Bohrn]

I don't think it is a heat or oc problem at all. I have had this mild oc for over a year and no probs with any other prog. I can run 3dmark99max in loop mode, or run quake3 demos or do whatever for a long time with no probs. I also can touch the heat sink and it is warm, but not hot. No typical heat related symptoms either. My oldest hard disk is a Fujitsu 3.2gig udma33 one with no probs. The other is a 10.2 gig udma33. I can't remember the name of it right now, but it is a good name brand one. I have pc133 memory (Hundai?) I really don't think it is a oc heat issue. Altho I am new to Seti and computers are weird...

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AsusP3B ,iCeleron525(7x75), 128megs PC133, G40032megSH, Diamond MX300, 13.5gigs of HD's, 52X CDrom and 98SE w/shutdown patch, PD 6.04,Altec Lansing ATP3,Envision 17incher,1 grey cat, 1 black cat and 1 calico

[rocketmanx]

Bohrn,
What kinds of software are you running in the background? I have 2 machines at work with older (4.0?) Norton A/V and 98SE with "shutdown patch and they both lock after being "idle" with SETI 3.0 GUI installed. Both machines work fine and run faster with CLI 3.0 though.
Pete

[Guru]

Pace only celeron 533(A) and faster are FC-PGA!

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[Bohrn]

Rocketmanx, My task list has only explorer, systray and zonealarm running. All is well with other screenies tho...

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AsusP3B ,iCeleron525(7x75), 128megs PC133, G40032megSH, Diamond MX300, 13.5gigs of HD's, 52X CDrom and 98SE w/shutdown patch, PD 6.04,Altec Lansing ATP3,Envision 17incher,1 grey cat, 1 black cat and 1 calico

[Guru]

Bohrn! Don't confuse Seti with any other screansaver! Normaly screansavers use only a few % of your system (CPU) resourses! Seti uses over 99%!!!!!!!!!!!!! Seti is actualy one of the best ways to test stability of your system! My CPU runs 3,5C higer temp when using seti than it does in 3D Mark 2000!

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[Guru]

Oh what resolution and color depth are you runig at? Have you set seti to go to blankscrean (after how many min)?

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[Bohrn]

Screen res of 1024x768x32, and Seti goes to blank after 5 min.

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AsusP3B ,iCeleron525(7x75), 128megs PC133, G40032megSH, Diamond MX300, 13.5gigs of HD's, 52X CDrom and 98SE w/shutdown patch, PD 6.04,Altec Lansing ATP3,Envision 17incher,1 grey cat, 1 black cat and 1 calico