CTB wrote:

I recently installed seti 3.08 (the first time I've ever used seti).  It
appears to run as normal, but it uses 100% of my CPU power constantly.  I am
using a slightly overclocked athlon 2800+, and I don't particularly like the
idea of it running at 100% without a break for long periods of time - is
there a way I  can rememdy this?

You could increse thermal stress by turning off your computer, but the point of SETI si to use all that awsted PC power - i.e. to use your PC for what it is meant to do.

CPUs won't burn out from overuse (well not until long after they are completely obsolete...