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    Orthos

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by 69bronco, Oct 15, 2008.

  1. 69bronco

    69bronco Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just downloaded and ran Orthos and it shut down after 55 sec with an error. What could be the problem? Oh ya I have a 2 and a half year old HP DV8301nr.
     
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    usually it would be a memory problem, or not enough voltage is getting to the processor.
    Did you undervolt your system?
    If you did not undervolt correctly, orthos will fail.

    K-TRON
     
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    I have not done anything to my system yet. I ran it again using just the Small FFTs and the StressCPU with Gromacs core settings( both for 10min) and it worked but the only temp increase i had was the hard drive (98*°f) the CPU stayed at 65° any time I run Orthos with the RAM involved it stops. I am confused/ concerned.
     
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    69bronco Notebook Enthusiast

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    I downloaded Notebook Hardware Control 2.0 and I still get no CPU temp. What is going on!!?
     
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    temagic Notebook Consultant

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    download and run memtest86 on your system. If there's a RAM-related problem, is should come up running memtest86. If there's a problem, you probably have lifetime warranty on the RAM-modules, so just get them exchanged for new ones from HP. Good luck.
     
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    No, the ram is held under the same warranty the laptop is. Ram is only under life time warranties when bought from a third party (usually).
     
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    Ok I am at a loss. I downloaded memtest86 and everything is fine there, did the three hour test and let the other one run all night 12 times total and the Orthos program will still not run the blend test or anything to do with RAM. The other problem is I also downloaded Notebook Hardware Control 2.0 and I get no CPU temp. My computer is about 2.5 years old and I am running an AMD Turion64 1.5ghz with 512mb RAM (low I know). Can anyone tell me what the problem is?
     
    69bronco, Oct 16, 2008
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    If Memtest86+ doesn't detect any errors, then the memory is fine.

    To view temps, try out HWMonitor, RMClock, CoreTemp, Everest Ultimate, etc.

    Run Small FFTs in Orthos, for at least 10 Hours. If the CPU overheats (badly, like above 85-90*C), the BIOS will shut it down.

    You can also give Prime95 a try.
     
    Andy, Oct 16, 2008
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    I have found with my Acer Ferrari (Turion 64) when I had it, it would thermal shutdown, whereas my father's Sony SZ (Intel C2D) would underclock severely.

    I'd say that it's overheating. The Ferrari stopped thermalling as soon as I undervolted it. It ran much, much cooler.

    Greg
     
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    Sweet I finally found one that works (CoreTemp). I have been running the small FFTs for an hour and have maxed out at 70° with out the chillpad. Thanks for all the help yall.
     
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