On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 02:45:21PM -0500, Steve Elias wrote: > here are some instances where i have damaged computers > by (capriciously?) running prime95! > > 1 - i just got my wife's toshiba laptop back from toshiba warranty > service. running prime95 for ~6 months on it caused the fan to die, > and then the laptop would overheat & shutdown even without prime95 > running. apparently the heat caused lots of disk badblocks too.
Mmm, yes the fan on my laptop (Dell 38000) sounds like someone dumped a load of grit in it - not good :-( I stopped running prime95 (mprime actually) on it for that reason. -- Nick Craig-Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
