Windows XP home ed. and SETI problem

[ZeroEffect]

just installed XP for the first time on a new system.

when running SETI after about 5 seconds it crashes
the system. no ctrl+alt+del or anything - takes a reset
to restart.

motherboard is ASUS A7N266-VM
256MB of memory
running it from the command prompt

i did a search on seti and XP didn't see anything
posted earlier... am i just doing something wrong
with XP??

thanks
moe29

 

[Robor]

Hey M, good to hear from ya! 😀

What SETI installer are you using?

Is this a brand new system or an upgrade over existing hardware?

Does it crash shortly after boot (heat problem)?

Is it stable without SETI under the current setup?

 

[ZeroEffect]

Just running the Command Line Version just like i do on my
Win2k box.

This is a brand new install - building a system for a coworker.

system seems stable otherwise. I installed SP1 for WinXP
no problems there.

is the Command Line version incompatible with XP?

I'll try again in the morning see if the Service Pack had
any effect....

strange.

late,
m.

 

[Confused]

Originally posted by: ZeroEffect
is the Command Line version incompatible with XP?

Nope

Been running Seti CLI on WXP (Pro, but same thing) for over a year, and fine with SP1 for the past couple of weeks, no problems

Maybe redownloading the CLI might do the trick?

Confused

 

[Assimilator1]

A work mate runs SETi for me on his Win XP rig ,uses CLi via SETIDriver ,no probs 😉

 

[dmcowen674]

SETI is super Memory intensive so think of it as the Ultimate Memory and system stability test. It is not likely XP or SETI having the problem but a system board/memory instability that running SETI on the XP system brought out. Try different Memory chips and setting combinations until system steadies out.