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I have two dual processor systems, and for the last three months have been running 2 Seti@home Clients on both 24/7 (using 95-100% of both CPU's constantly).
After two years (for one) and four years (for the other) of trouble free service (rendering at 2x100% cpu now and then without problem), now both are starting to "freeze" up running NT 4.0 SP5. The screen just freezes, no pointer movement, no response to keyboard, etc. The systems are completely different in terms of hardware, and though I've never heard of anyone "burning out" either RAM or CPU's through use, it seems odd that both have started misbehaving at the same time. I'm just wondering if 3 months of 100% use without a break could "burn out" a component since this is the only common thing between the two???
So what is the life expectancy of RAM? Does it die with a humanly-possible amount of use?
After two years (for one) and four years (for the other) of trouble free service (rendering at 2x100% cpu now and then without problem), now both are starting to "freeze" up running NT 4.0 SP5. The screen just freezes, no pointer movement, no response to keyboard, etc. The systems are completely different in terms of hardware, and though I've never heard of anyone "burning out" either RAM or CPU's through use, it seems odd that both have started misbehaving at the same time. I'm just wondering if 3 months of 100% use without a break could "burn out" a component since this is the only common thing between the two???
So what is the life expectancy of RAM? Does it die with a humanly-possible amount of use?