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Hey everyone,
I just noticed an interesting quirk when I installed and
played DiabloII for the first time.
I've got a Centrino laptop with the Pentium-M 1.4GHz
processor. The processor can slow itself down to save
power while running on batteries. Right now when I go
into system properties, it says that the processor is
running at 600 MHz. It's been running at this speed for
the past while and I don't hear the fan that often when
it's running at this speed since the processor isn't
generating that much heat.
When I open up DiabloII, the fan instantly turns on. It
stays on during the entire time that I play the game. The
moment I return to Windows (XP), the fan shuts off...
DiabloII is a pretty old game and the required processor
is 233 MHz Pentium (the original Pentium), so I don't
think I'm pushing my system very hard here...
Any ideas as to why this is?
Thanks in advance.
Nick
(e-mail address removed)
I just noticed an interesting quirk when I installed and
played DiabloII for the first time.
I've got a Centrino laptop with the Pentium-M 1.4GHz
processor. The processor can slow itself down to save
power while running on batteries. Right now when I go
into system properties, it says that the processor is
running at 600 MHz. It's been running at this speed for
the past while and I don't hear the fan that often when
it's running at this speed since the processor isn't
generating that much heat.
When I open up DiabloII, the fan instantly turns on. It
stays on during the entire time that I play the game. The
moment I return to Windows (XP), the fan shuts off...
DiabloII is a pretty old game and the required processor
is 233 MHz Pentium (the original Pentium), so I don't
think I'm pushing my system very hard here...
Any ideas as to why this is?
Thanks in advance.
Nick
(e-mail address removed)