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On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 00:02:31 -0500, Louie T Lizard <louie@nonya.com> wrote:

Just received a Dell Inspiron 7000, 333Mhz, 64 MB RAM, WinXP Pro.  Installed
SETI, SETI Spy & SETI Driver.  Noticed after running SETI for a few minutes,
processor fan came on.  I realize that this is probably normal, as SETI is
processor intensive, but could I damage this laptop running SETI 24/7?
Anyone have any tips for running SETI on laptop?  Should I RAMDisk?  Thanks
for replies.

I set my laptop down, without thinking, on my bed with the lid closed 
and SETI@Home running.  The fan hole was not blocked entirely, but was 
blocked enough.

The fans didn't come on fast enough.  The CPU hit 88 degrees C before I 
noticed it.  I immediately upped the fans to level 2-2 and killed seti.  
As I did that, I noticed my wifi card's status displays all dropped to 
zero at once.  The wifi card has been dead ever since.  Other than that, 
no damage to report.  I only run SETI part time on the laptop now.

-- 
Rob                                |  If not safe,
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