running f@h on a laptop?

ghgh · 19 Sep 2006 at 20:22

Hi,

Im wondering it it's safe to run F@H on a PIV 1800 laptop, will the cooling fan be sufficient or will it be likely to overheat by running it at 100% load constantly? I currently run it on a house of PC's.

Thanks,
ghgh

Berserker · 19 Sep 2006 at 20:55

I'll need to know exactly which version of the P4 that is - Northwood or Wiliamette, Mobile or Desktop.

If you're not sure, download and run CPU-Z and let us know the results.

ghgh · 19 Sep 2006 at 21:20

Its a 'Mobile Intel Pentium 4 - M CPU 1.80 GHz' Northwood.
Thanks again

oceaness · 19 Sep 2006 at 22:24

I have a laptop with a standard desktop AMD ClawHammer in it. It's reached 90°C before

was a little clogged up. At the moment it averages 73 - 76.

Eggfriend CPU anyone?

Berserker · 19 Sep 2006 at 23:41

Well, at least it's a mobile chip, not a 'oh we can slap a desktop chip in there with a weeny heatsink because we're cheapskates'.

Be prepared for it to get hot. Keep it well-ventilated, away from soft furnishings, raised off the desk a bit if you can (but don't risk it getting knocked off whatever you use to raise it).

Give it a blast of prime95 or somesuch, and see how it takes the heat.

rich99million · 19 Sep 2006 at 23:58

StressCPU is pretty good for heating things up a bit - it also uses part of the Gromacs code to really push those parts that Prime tests just can't reach

there's also no install program so just run it and there's no messing

just keep an eye on temps

vaio · 25 Sep 2006 at 03:47

Been folding on my 800 Duron notebook 24/7 since January