production slowdown

drasnordrasnor Starship OperatorHawthorne, CA Icrontian
edited July 2003 in Folding@Home
I think my sister smoked one of the CPU's in the dual MP2000 rig. She called me this afternoon to let me know her computer would only stay on for 5-30 minutes, and at first I thought it was a thermal issue, but all her fans are spinning and there's no dust in the heatsinks. I had her feel the CPU hsf's and she reported that one was fairly warm and the other was cold. Anyway, my production is going to suck until I get that taken care of.

-drasnor :fold:

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  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited July 2003
    Don't you hate it when something like that happens?!!

    Sorry to hear the bad news. Good luck on a speedy replacement - I admire the fact that you thought of the impact on your Folding first!

    :fold::fold::thumbsup:


    Prof
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    :banghead:
    The worst part is, I have to leave a computer for her to use, and right now I have only one aside from my primary desktop (fat chance she's getting that) that could be considered "user-friendly", my IBM PC300GL. I rather like that machine, and if she screws it up I'm going to be very angry.

    The IBM is the product of a good deal of time, labor, and money on my part. i430VX chipset, 64MB of PC100 operating at PC66, Pentium 233MMX processor, Soundblaster AWE64 gold, PNY GeForce FX 5200 PCI, DVD-ROM+CD-RW combo drive, dual boots between Redhat Linux 9 and Windows 98SE. Gets 1000 or so 3d Marks (01 SE). Stable like a rock. Best of all, its got the true IBM blue highlights on the case.

    If you couldn't tell, I like that computer a lot.

    -drasnor :fold:
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited July 2003
    Ouch, that sucks. Sorry to hear the news.:(
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited July 2003
    How did it get smoked?


    Prof
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    Your guess is as good as mine. I'm fairly certain it runs 24/7, but that's no excuse for a CPU to die after less than a year.
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    Turns out the CPU is fine, my sister just doesn't know what to look for when cleaning a computer. As I suspected, the fins on the heatsink were clogged with dust bunnies, which she failed to clean out, even though I told her exactly what to look for over the phone. It's a wonderful feeling when you check the Hardware Monitor in the BIOS and find that both CPU's are operating at 79 C.

    -drasnor :fold:
  • TBonZTBonZ Ottawa, ON Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    drasnor said
    CPU's are operating at 79 C.

    -drasnor :fold:

    :eek: Glad there was no damage drasnor, fold on!:)
  • NecropolisNecropolis Hawarden, Wales Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    drasnor said
    It's a wonderful feeling when you check the Hardware Monitor in the BIOS and find that both CPU's are operating at 79 C.

    -drasnor :fold:

    Ouch. With that kind of temps you want to try that guys trick of frying an egg on them ;D
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    Nothing a pair of Coolermaster HHC-001 copper heatpipe coolers won't fix. Funny thing, that, since Fry's only had one new one and the other was a return. The Fry's employee said that it was returned for being "too loud". Anyway, the previous owner had a T-bred, because the surface of his core is etched onto the underside of the HSF. He had an Athlon XP1800+.

    The dually should be back online anytime now.

    -drasnor :fold:
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