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Are programs like Folding and SETI bad for your processor?
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Post Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 7:56 am   Post subject: Are programs like Folding and SETI bad for your processor? Reply with quote Back to top  
I always wondered, are these types of programs bad for your processor? Since your processor is essentially running at 100% all the time. Is this bad for them?

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Post Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 8:16 am   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
I would expect that running your processor at full load all of the time is probably only bad for it to the extent that it gets hot. If you're keeping your processor reasonably cool, then there should be very little effect on chip life.

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Post Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 10:06 am   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
It's only bad if you don't use the correct user name. You need to use BamZipPow fer the folding name... Wink SmileBig SmileEvil Smile

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Post Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 10:35 am   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
BamZipPow wrote:
It's only bad if you don't use the correct user name. You need to use BamZipPow fer the folding name... Wink SmileBig SmileEvil Smile


I think your mistaken, anglachel is a much better name to use. it will increase your processors preformance by at least 10%*

besides if you use the name bam then you just end up turning a bunch of smal near worthless units...


may not actually increase processor preformance

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Post Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 11:42 am   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
anglachel wrote:
use the name bam


Did someone call? Big Smile

See...an indorsement! Wink Smile

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Post Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 12:46 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
BamZipPow wrote:
anglachel wrote:
use the name bam


Did someone call? Big Smile

See...an indorsement! Wink Smile


Damn it bam your just like the media, taking my qoutes out of context...

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Post Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 12:52 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
They really are made to withstand 100% usage so long as the cooling method is uninterrupted.

There used to be a 53 day uptime flaw in Win95 that crashed at that point, but, that's no longer relevant..or was it 47 days...

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Post Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 1:03 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
TOMaxwell wrote:
There used to be a 53 day uptime flaw in Win95 that crashed at that point, but, that's no longer relevant..or was it 47 days...


53? I was lucky to make 5 days with 95.....

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Post Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 6:38 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
anglachel wrote:
TOMaxwell wrote:
There used to be a 53 day uptime flaw in Win95 that crashed at that point, but, that's no longer relevant..or was it 47 days...


53? I was lucky to make 5 days with 95.....
lol, same here.

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Post Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 7:01 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
anglachel wrote:
Damn it bam


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It be bammed! Wink Smile

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Post Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 8:07 am   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
JustAnEngineer wrote:
I would expect that running your processor at full load all of the time is probably only bad for it to the extent that it gets hot. If you're keeping your processor reasonably cool, then there should be very little effect on chip life.
Processors age because the dopant will drift over time. So at a certain time so much dopent has drifted that some transistors wont work correct anymore and the cpu is borked. The higher the voltage difference and temperature the higher the drift speed and the faster the semiconductor will malfunction. But cpu are design to have a long lifetime. So instead of the designed 12 years or so of cpu lifetime you will only have say 9 years because the cpu is hotter because you overclocked it. But you will use that computer as doorstop anyway so why worry


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Post Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 9:27 am   Post subject: Re: Are programs like Folding and SETI bad for your processo Reply with quote Back to top  
MattSharp wrote:
I always wondered, are these types of programs bad for your processor? Since your processor is essentially running at 100% all the time. Is this bad for them?


No, should be just fine, as long as you keep it cool. Motherboards on the other hand, during my SETI contribution, I had several mainboards basically give up, blowing out the caps that support the DC plane (think the big caps around the CPU socket). 2 Soyo's, 2 Gigabytes, and one FIC failed. My Intel, ABIT, and MSI boards made it through just fine... as did the secondary farm which was mostly older Compaq and Dell PC's

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