On Thu, 28 Jan 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I think we talked about this a while ago, but it manifested itself in
> noisy RAM (or was it cache chips???). The conclusion was that it was the
> extensive heat/EMF given off by a very active processor. Perhaps ATI video
> cards are more susceptible to interference. Try moving your video card a
> slot or two away from the CPU.
Could someone explain this "noisy" cache/RAM? That sounds like it may be
the problem.
More facts for you detectives out there:
1) This is a Dell Optiplex. All three models (slimline, desktop,
midtower) exhibit this behavior.
2) I don't think heat is the problem. The problems start within 5-10
seconds of starting prime and stop as soon as prime is halted.
3) The on-board ATI graphics chip is about 2 cm away from the Slot1,
directly underneath the CPU's big heat sink.
4) The distributed.net client does not cause this behavior. My
understanding is that it does not use either FPU or cache.
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