Written 1 November, 2010
Fall Has Fell
Suddenly it's November. The unseasonably warm October is behind us, and a characteristically cold November 1 is upon us-- at least here in New York, where I am staying for some weeks.
The last posts of the Bob saga were difficult. First, I had managed to weave a complex story that left no easy way for me to write myself out of. Second, Sweetie's laptop is running a fever. The graphics card is at 97 degrees Celsius as I write this, with only the browser open. When I log into Second Life, the temperature goes to 108.
According to SpeedFan, something (I suspect it's the processor) is running at 127 degrees. Whatever is hot, Second Life is moving like molasses, with frame rates about .6 second.
On the other hand, the computer is still working okay with Chrome and has a comfortable chair, so I've been writing here and going across the room to log into SL on my laptop to take photos to illustrate my blogposts. I then paste the photos into the post I'm working on, walk across the room, and resume work on the desktop.
Sweetie was feeling ill this weekend and was often lying on the couch watching video on my laptop, which slowed the process somewhat. I was seriously beginning to think I wouldn't get the Bob Saga finished in time for Halloween, but she rallied and went into muse mode and stimulated my imagination and I finished in time--- just.
The next time I go off an a ramble like The Bob Saga, someone just shoot me, please?
I'm about to have a peek inside Sweetie's desktop to see if I can determine the cause of the overheating. I'm pretty sure a fan has failed. It was making a dying fan noise for a while, and then it stopped. I suspect it's the processor fan. Her computer has a single core chip, which is apparently one that doesn't cook without an operating cooling fan. I think the GPU is hot because of proximity.
So hopefully, $10-$20 bucks for a new fan and Sweetie's desktop will be back in business. Then I can attend to the many things I neglected while doing the Bob thing.
Fall Has Fell
Suddenly it's November. The unseasonably warm October is behind us, and a characteristically cold November 1 is upon us-- at least here in New York, where I am staying for some weeks.
The last posts of the Bob saga were difficult. First, I had managed to weave a complex story that left no easy way for me to write myself out of. Second, Sweetie's laptop is running a fever. The graphics card is at 97 degrees Celsius as I write this, with only the browser open. When I log into Second Life, the temperature goes to 108.
According to SpeedFan, something (I suspect it's the processor) is running at 127 degrees. Whatever is hot, Second Life is moving like molasses, with frame rates about .6 second.
On the other hand, the computer is still working okay with Chrome and has a comfortable chair, so I've been writing here and going across the room to log into SL on my laptop to take photos to illustrate my blogposts. I then paste the photos into the post I'm working on, walk across the room, and resume work on the desktop.
Sweetie was feeling ill this weekend and was often lying on the couch watching video on my laptop, which slowed the process somewhat. I was seriously beginning to think I wouldn't get the Bob Saga finished in time for Halloween, but she rallied and went into muse mode and stimulated my imagination and I finished in time--- just.
The next time I go off an a ramble like The Bob Saga, someone just shoot me, please?
I'm about to have a peek inside Sweetie's desktop to see if I can determine the cause of the overheating. I'm pretty sure a fan has failed. It was making a dying fan noise for a while, and then it stopped. I suspect it's the processor fan. Her computer has a single core chip, which is apparently one that doesn't cook without an operating cooling fan. I think the GPU is hot because of proximity.
So hopefully, $10-$20 bucks for a new fan and Sweetie's desktop will be back in business. Then I can attend to the many things I neglected while doing the Bob thing.
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