complete shutdown of computer - Page 2

alansplace · 10-19-2011, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by theducks

Metal Cake cooling rack works very well (Remove cake: Frosting is hell on fans

) as the metal wicks some of the heat as well as letting air enter with ease.

i used a kitchen shelf rack from target, just shortened the legs with a hacksaw.

theducks · 10-19-2011, 09:12 PM

What's with that overflowing (dead tree) book shelf

Cool setup

alansplace · 10-19-2011, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by theducks

What's with that overflowing (dead tree) book shelf

Cool setup

hardbacks of leaphorn and chee, harry potter and harry dresden, the overflowing stuff is my wife's

.

CookieMomster4 · 10-21-2011, 12:17 PM

I do have it on an elevated stand thing, so it only has something touching in about six places...however, the idea of the metal cooling rack wicking away some of the heat is also intriguing! (I decorate cakes, and I can imagine that frosting wouldn't be too good for the laptop!

) In either case, you all are VERY much appreciated!

joshsimmons · 11-27-2011, 05:01 PM

I had the OP's problem, too. I tried converting books individually, or even in batches of two or three, and it worked fine. All of the replies seem to be spot on ... except for one thing ...

... I overwork my PC all the time, and no other program results in my computer completely shutting down. That includes rendering and conversion of 3d, audio, and video, as well as hardcore gaming.

What that means to me is that the makers of Calibre fail to protect against certain conditions that these other programs do.

So, contrary to this being perceived as a "personal problem" (hardware), I consider this a software bug.

theducks · 11-27-2011, 05:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joshsimmons

I had the OP's problem, too. I tried converting books individually, or even in batches of two or three, and it worked fine. All of the replies seem to be spot on ... except for one thing ...

... I overwork my PC all the time, and no other program results in my computer completely shutting down. That includes rendering and conversion of 3d, audio, and video, as well as hardcore gaming.

What that means to me is that the makers of Calibre fail to protect against certain conditions that these other programs do.

So, contrary to this being perceived as a "personal problem" (hardware), I consider this a software bug.

That it may, but the bug would be in one of the many building blocks that Calibre is built upon.
FWIW most of my OLD computers have a Over temp CPU throttle(down) that kicks in if things get too warm.

kovidgoyal · 11-27-2011, 09:16 PM

Since calibre does not have any kernel mode code, no bug in calibre code could possibly cause your computer to shutdown.

DoctorOhh · 11-27-2011, 10:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joshsimmons

I overwork my PC all the time, and no other program results in my computer completely shutting down. That includes rendering and conversion of 3d, audio, and video, as well as hardcore gaming.

What that means to me is that the makers of Calibre fail to protect against certain conditions that these other programs do.

Preventing a shutdown due to your machine exceeding cpu temps is not calibre's responsibility, "these other programs" are just not as efficient as calibre in its ability to fully use your cpu.

You might consider any of the following; checking your bios to see if it has a setting for what to do at a certain cpu temperature; check to ensure your smart fan settings in your bios are set to increase fan speed at an appropriate temperature; clean out the dust in your machine; buy and install a better heat sync/cooling fan; turning off or scaling back any overclocking you may have enabled or if you haven't setup any overclocking you might want to throttle your clock speed back to a level that the existing heat sync/fan can adequately cool.

Quote:

Originally Posted by joshsimmons

So, contrary to this being perceived as a "personal problem" (hardware), I consider this a software bug.

You can consider it a software bug all you want, but you are unequivocally wrong.

cybmole · 11-28-2011, 02:23 AM

you can change calibre settings for number of threads & Job priority - in preferences.

it IS a hardware issue but that will work around it. set it to run a v low priority.

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10-19-2011, 09:12 PM	#17
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,062 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	What's with that overflowing (dead tree) book shelf Cool setup

10-21-2011, 12:17 PM	#19
CookieMomster4 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: Kindle	I do have it on an elevated stand thing, so it only has something touching in about six places...however, the idea of the metal cooling rack wicking away some of the heat is also intriguing! (I decorate cakes, and I can imagine that frosting wouldn't be too good for the laptop! ) In either case, you all are VERY much appreciated!

11-27-2011, 05:01 PM	#20
joshsimmons Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: Kindle	I had the OP's problem, too. I tried converting books individually, or even in batches of two or three, and it worked fine. All of the replies seem to be spot on ... except for one thing ... ... I overwork my PC all the time, and no other program results in my computer completely shutting down. That includes rendering and conversion of 3d, audio, and video, as well as hardcore gaming. What that means to me is that the makers of Calibre fail to protect against certain conditions that these other programs do. So, contrary to this being perceived as a "personal problem" (hardware), I consider this a software bug.

11-27-2011, 09:16 PM	#22
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,359 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Since calibre does not have any kernel mode code, no bug in calibre code could possibly cause your computer to shutdown.

11-28-2011, 02:23 AM	#24
cybmole Wizard Posts: 3,720 Karma: 1759970 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: none	you can change calibre settings for number of threads & Job priority - in preferences. it IS a hardware issue but that will work around it. set it to run a v low priority.