How to make Indigo to use 80% of CPU ?

motorsep · Post by **motorsep** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 5:20 pm

If I render with Indigo 0.6 or 0.7, my PC turns of becuase of overheating I guess. So I was thinking if I can make it use less CPU, maybe CPU wouldn't overheat. Is it possible?

jurasek · Post by **jurasek** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:55 pm

Under windows search for something like this:
http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/M ... index.html

greetz,
jur

PS. maybe time to vacuum CPU?

CTZn · Post by **CTZn** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 7:08 am

Hey motorsep,

Earlier this day I've been searching for such apps in Sourceforge.net, and everything I found was for Linux, a few for OSX however, and none for Windows. Now I've searched again on the www and found this one, wich I haven't tested tho:

ThreadMaster

It is supposed to CLAMP cpu usage, so that's what you need I guess. Lowering process priority won't avoid the maximum usage of the cpu, while this one is supposed to have success here.

Cheers

zsouthboy · Post by **zsouthboy** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:43 am

Dude, if you have problems with your computer overheating, fix THAT.

Do you have a good heatsink on your CPU? Is the fan still spinning? Is there adequate cooling AROUND your computer (not stuck behind a bookcase or something, is it?)?

motorsep · Post by **motorsep** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 2:48 pm

I have no problem with overheating if I render with Povray, Blender's Internal renderer. But I have that problem with Indigo

CTZn · Post by **CTZn** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 6:23 pm

Where is the logic about that ? Renders are shorter ?

boweeb007 · Post by **boweeb007** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 1:52 am

How do you know that the issue is heat? With the subject of overheating we have the luxury of being objective. This website answers some basic questions and provides a chart of cpu max temperatures:
http://www.heatsink-guide.com/content.p ... temp.shtml

Here are some links to apps that monitor your cpu temp:
http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
http://www.lavalys.com/

Keep in mind, though, that on-board sensors aren't very accurate. Whatever the software says probably shouldn't come within 6 or 7 degrees celcius of the posted max. Zsouthboy's suggestions are a good place to start if heat really is the issue. Is your system over-clocked?

motorsep · Post by **motorsep** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 3:56 am

My CPU is not overclocked. And I don't think I have any sensors, because I have old Dell system Dimension 4300S (P4 1.4 GHz)
I can't tell for sure if it's overheating. But since system shuts down on render, I assume it is.
It happens only if I render with Indigo. And shut down happens maximum 1 hr after render has been started.

manitwo · Post by **manitwo** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 4:12 am

had the same prob with my laptop. what i did?

got a screwdriver - took the laptop apart - searched for the ventilation-system
- took out - went downstairs to my air-compressor - blew the hell (and dust)
out of it - laptop reassembled - wonder where the remaining screws came from

boweeb007 · Post by **boweeb007** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 5:16 am

wonder where the remaining screws came from

So often the case!

Seriously, though - an old Dell is probably caked with dust. Good idea, manitwo. Also, make sure you get it out from in between any heat sink fins you can find - not just cpu but northbridge, gpu, ps, etc.

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