I found one possible reason for sh4 crashing..

Cap'n Crabs · 04-23-07, 09:51 PM

Dang! I'm surprised you system isn't going into auto shutdown with those temps.

I'm not terribly familiar with laptop innards. Is the cpu fan running, possibly defective, not running full rpms?
Not sure what else to suggest.

Btw, be careful over there.

NEON DEON · 04-23-07, 10:11 PM

Viper,

I believe laptops have a different heat threshold than desktops. Probably becuase they have no fans and the chips are designed to take more heat.

However, heat will kill the cpu.

Have you tried elevating the laptop off the ground? That might give it enough air flow underneath it to work.

If that does not work you could try and underclock the video card a bit.

viper771 · 04-23-07, 10:52 PM

Actually, my laptop has been elevated for awhile now.. I thought of that first thing, because of the crappy design, there really isn't any air going into the compy.

The blue screen reboot has just started recently.. I was reading some other forums, and maybe some of it is due to the thermal paste drying out

I am going to take the comp apart again and see if any dust is clogging up anything. Right now the temp is at 167 degs F.. and that seems QUITE hot to me. CPU is at 7%..

Humm underclocking the graphics card.. didn't think about that. I could give that a try. I am not sure how to do that though. I never really messed with that kind of thing.. something else to research.

I could always try to play my computer inside a walk in freezer..

The fans are working, I can hear both spinning. The heat prob was there even with a regular VGA driver.

Anyway thank you for the help!!! I will try just about anything at this point. I don't think re installing XP will help this prob since its more of a hardware prob.

Once I get back from iraq, i am buying a NON Alienware computer. By then Silent hunter 5 may be in the works hehe..

04-23-07, 10:11 PM	#2
NEON DEON Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 1,207 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 5	Viper, I believe laptops have a different heat threshold than desktops. Probably becuase they have no fans and the chips are designed to take more heat. However, heat will kill the cpu. Have you tried elevating the laptop off the ground? That might give it enough air flow underneath it to work. If that does not work you could try and underclock the video card a bit. __________________ Diesel Boats Forever!

04-23-07, 10:52 PM	#3
viper771 Watch Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 22 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	humm Actually, my laptop has been elevated for awhile now.. I thought of that first thing, because of the crappy design, there really isn't any air going into the compy. The blue screen reboot has just started recently.. I was reading some other forums, and maybe some of it is due to the thermal paste drying out I am going to take the comp apart again and see if any dust is clogging up anything. Right now the temp is at 167 degs F.. and that seems QUITE hot to me. CPU is at 7%.. Humm underclocking the graphics card.. didn't think about that. I could give that a try. I am not sure how to do that though. I never really messed with that kind of thing.. something else to research. I could always try to play my computer inside a walk in freezer.. The fans are working, I can hear both spinning. The heat prob was there even with a regular VGA driver. Anyway thank you for the help!!! I will try just about anything at this point. I don't think re installing XP will help this prob since its more of a hardware prob. Once I get back from iraq, i am buying a NON Alienware computer. By then Silent hunter 5 may be in the works hehe..

04-23-07, 09:51 PM	#1
Cap'n Crabs A-ganger Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 71 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Dang! I'm surprised you system isn't going into auto shutdown with those temps. I'm not terribly familiar with laptop innards. Is the cpu fan running, possibly defective, not running full rpms? Not sure what else to suggest. Btw, be careful over there.