On Wed, 28 Oct 1998 16:59:47 -0500, George Woltman wrote:
>> I think my Prime95 broke! I am on iteneration 479162/5518463 and get a
>>continuous stream of "ERROR: ILLEGAL SUMOUT" messages which are constantly
>This is probably an interaction with some new piece of software.
>I know that the OS should protect you from such interactions, but
>this problem is quite common.
>The good news is that these errors do not seem to affect prime95's
>accuracy (unlike other error messages). A recent double-check had
>3 SUMOUT errors, but the residues matched anyway.
Speaking of error messages..
I have a PII-266 working on a 6 million number at the moment which is
(almost) constantly spitting out ERROR: SUM(INPUTS) != SUM(OUTPUTS) errors
and the occasional ERROR: ROUND OFF thrown in for fun..
I've had problems with the computer before (the motherboard almost literally
fried itself overheating and was replaced - note that it isn't overclocked in
any way), and I'm getting the (new) board replaced by the local manufacturer
on monday. The question is whether I should just throw out the computations
that have already been done, or continue when the new board arrives?
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