jason lechak wrote:

> Greetings all...
>
> I just wanted to share this information in case someone runs into a
> similar problem. I recently upgraded my system to a K6-2 500 MHz system,
> and was eager to test out pov. To my dismay, during a simple animation
> rendering, the system kept crashing at around frame 19. After several
> days of trying to figger out what was wrong, I realized that there was
> nothing wrong with the software or the system... why would it die ALWAYS
> at or around frame 19? Answer: the CPU temperature vs. time is the same
> each time the animation is rendered. At frame 19, the CPU 'overheated',
> and the system died. So I got a decent fan and now it works great! The
> fan that was on there was so pathetic; I don't know why I even thought
> of putting it on there. Duh.

Maybe that's why I get some random crashes. There is a crap fan in my
'puter, but I don't know how impaired it really is, at least it seems to
blow air...
What's normal acceptable CPU temp?

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