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> "Boudewijn Dijkstra" <usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>I miss a question about the 100% CPU usage problem with Civ2. I've
solved my
>>laptop heat (& power!) problems with ThreadMaster
>>(http://threadmaster.tripod.com/),
but on the downside it makes unit
>>movements a little choppy. A patch would be nice, but there
>>seems to be none.
>
> I'm not familiar with any solutions to the 100% cpu usage problem.
> Perhaps someone else knows or you may find something at
> http://civfanatics.com
in the civ2 forums.
The solutions there just cover coping with the game power dissipation, not
lowering it.
> My recomendation would be to make sure the CPU fan and heatsink
> are working properly and are clean.
As long as I don't have another PC, I won't feel comfortable opening up my
laptop. My laptop works fine, it even has protection against cooling
shortcomings, by lowering the CPU clockrate or something. The system
response
is not very comfortable though, when it happens. ;)
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