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Short answer is NO. They interfere with each other. The SETI program is CPU and Memory intensive. The Cooler Programs stop SETI from running and may even cause system conflicts. Don't use them with SETI at all.

You will be defeating the SETI process if you use a software cooling program (any kind) to try to cool down your system. If your system is getting too hot or even overheating when you run SETI, then there is something wrong with the mechanical cooling of your system and you should look into what changes you can make to your system to cool it down. Running SETI is roughly the same amount of work a busy web server (Like the one here at DSL Reports) would perform day in and day out and they do not overheat when the system is properly designed. You should consider more efficient mechanical means of cooling, since your system would overheat if it was put in a production environment. SETI has pointed out a cooling need that you may have overlooked, that's all. There is nothing wrong with the SETI program and on a efficiently cooled system you will not overheat or run too hot using SETI.

Some mechanical means of cooling you could consider, but are not limited to:
1) Increased Case Airflow
2) Artic Silver Thermal paste between all heatsinks and CPU/chipsets
3) Larger/more efficient HSF assembly
4) Peltier Cooling
5) Water Cooling
6) Lowered room Temperatures (A/C cooling)
7) Fans to circulate extra air where your PC is
8) Blowhole fans in the Side of the case and or the Top of the case or Both
9) Taking the side of your case off
10) Asking in the Overclockers Forum here for cooling tips and help
11) Searching the Web for Cooling products, CoolingTips and Cooling Help using a search engine like Google.

but stay away from ALL "Software Cooling" unless you are not interested in running SETI.


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by Doctor Olds See Profile edited by gameboyrom See Profile
last modified: 2001-10-29 21:52:39