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DAK1640
10-31-2005, 03:08 PM
Well I tried to run dual instances of D2OL on my Dell Dimension 3.2C Northy at work. It ran for about 1 hour before it overheated and re-started. I never had a PC do that before... I even modded this Dell to have (2) 120mm fans and no side case...lol...I had to back it down to 1 instance. My Temp probe reported a max of 109F then it rebooted...or tried to anyway. I had to shut it down and let it cool off for awhile.

I was assigned a new node #...Do I merge this into my new team? XS_TheCollective?

:) :) :) :) :) :)
heater918
10-31-2005, 03:41 PM
1 instance is plenty on the laptop :)
Have you saved your original node.prp if you have use it, if not checkout#7 (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?p=560629#post560629)
Saving node.prp will help cut down on the # of dead nodes you have as an example i have 5 nodes listed only 1 is active.
[XC] DragonOrta
10-31-2005, 04:25 PM
Heater, A dimension isn't a laptop, it's a desktop. You could probably e-mail a node from your x2 to yourself and replace the one you have on your dell with that one.
heater918
10-31-2005, 04:39 PM
Whoops, thanks DragonOrta. At least i learned something
DDTUNG
10-31-2005, 04:50 PM
Well I tried to run dual instances of D2OL on my Dell Dimension 3.2C Northy at work. It ran for about 1 hour before it overheated and re-started. I never had a PC do that before... I even modded this Dell to have (2) 120mm fans and no side case...lol...I had to back it down to 1 instance. My Temp probe reported a max of 109F then it rebooted...or tried to anyway. I had to shut it down and let it cool off for awhile.

I was assigned a new node #...Do I merge this into my new team? XS_TheCollective?

:) :) :) :) :) :)

I doubt it was overheating that caused your PC to restart. It might be the crappy PSU or ram.

DDTUNG :cool:
Disposibleteen
10-31-2005, 05:37 PM
I doubt it was overheating that caused your PC to restart. It might be the crappy PSU or ram.

DDTUNG :cool:
It may have been the heat i think, i ran D2OL for roughly 6 months on my Dimension 8300 with a 3.0C and X800 Pro (that obviously didnt come stock) and i had no restarts at all. The ambient in my house is always very low (~55f) in the winter and that is mainly when i fold.
DAK1640
10-31-2005, 05:47 PM
It's a stock PSU...and some off brand ram...It was running 2 instances of D2OL and boy was it getting hot!!! My temp probe read 109F...then it wouldn't restart, I had to shut it down for awhile. One instance and it's ok.
[XC] DragonOrta
10-31-2005, 05:50 PM
Does anyone know if an after market cooler would fit on that? Not sure about the mobo, if it has standard holes and what not, being a dell
Disposibleteen
10-31-2005, 05:57 PM
i would need the model number but if it is a Dimension 8XXX then no there is no aftermarket cooler that fits, trust me on this one i used to have one and looked desperatly.
[XC] DragonOrta
10-31-2005, 06:14 PM
do you think some Arctic Ceramique would help? Maybe it's not making good contact
Disposibleteen
10-31-2005, 06:20 PM
Yea reseat it and lap the stock cooler, it has deep machining marks on it and the stock goop has the thermal conductivity of poop.
DAK1640
10-31-2005, 06:59 PM
It's a Dimension 4600 with the stock cooler and AS5...I don't know what is causing these probs. I just took a look at it (thanks mad mike) and it must have shut down again. There goes a whole evening and night of adding to the collective...shucks (old school word for the young)...Any advice would be appreciated.
mnewxcv
10-31-2005, 07:09 PM
109F is only 42.7C...not hot at all.
AKURA
10-31-2005, 07:13 PM
I would have to say it's the 250W Dell psu that caused the restart :D
Disposibleteen
10-31-2005, 07:15 PM
yea i would say the same, have you lapped the stock cooler?
DAK1640
10-31-2005, 07:19 PM
No I haven't done anything to the stock cooler. Do you think the Intel cooler would do any better? I have a spare Enermax Coolergiant PSU sitting around, but I understand Dell's PSU isn't standard wiring? I too think it may be the PSU or perhaps Ram?
WesM63
10-31-2005, 07:29 PM
It should be standard wiring. Older dell's used an odd wiring schmatic. Before you replace the PSU, place the two plugs side by side and make sure the colors match. I doubt they're any diffrent.

I had a dell mobo in a entire diff machine for a while here at home before I sold it.
DAK1640
10-31-2005, 07:32 PM
I'll check and report back in the morning...
AKURA
10-31-2005, 07:36 PM
No I haven't done anything to the stock cooler. Do you think the Intel cooler would do any better? I have a spare Enermax Coolergiant PSU sitting around, but I understand Dell's PSU isn't standard wiring? I too think it may be the PSU or perhaps Ram?

I have an enermax 470W noisetaker on one of my main crunching machine and it is on the same generation as yours which is a dimension 8300. Only difference is that mine has 875P chipset compare to yours which is 865P. I've been using the enermax for almost 2 yrs now on that machine without any issues. :D
jahjahbinks
10-31-2005, 07:53 PM
well, i am running 2 instances on my dell dual core 24/7, no problem.
Rodzilla
11-01-2005, 07:21 AM
Yea... your temp it's high at all. I with the crowd on this one... swap out that psu!
[KoG]^weaZel
11-01-2005, 07:30 AM
well, i am running 2 instances on my dell dual core 24/7, no problem.
well that dualcore probably has better cooling and a better psu.
Martijn
11-01-2005, 08:20 AM
^weaZel']well that dualcore probably has better cooling and a better psu.

I also have a dual-core cpu, stock intel cooler, and a quiet system fan. I never had any problems with it. I do use a 520Watt Modstream though, might do the trick.