Problem Orbiter randomly displaced object

[ssope]

For some reason, Orbiter moved a crashed DGIV randomly from an island to Africa. This happend in between two random quicksaves (I quicksave often incase my computer abruptly shuts down to prevent overheating). Has anyone else ever had Orbiter displace an object on them?

 

[RisingFury]

If your computer has overheating issues, clean out the heat sync. There's generally a lot of dust there that prevents air flow over the heat sync.

Also, there's a high probability that your BIOS can be set up to sound an alarm when CPU temperature goes beyond a certain point. I have it set to 60°C, so any time my CPU reaches that, I shut the computer down for a minute or so. The alarm gives me enough time to save my work.

 

[ssope]

If your computer has overheating issues, clean out the heat sync. There's generally a lot of dust there that prevents air flow over the heat sync.

Also, there's a high probability that your BIOS can be set up to sound an alarm when CPU temperature goes beyond a certain point. I have it set to 60°C, so any time my CPU reaches that, I shut the computer down for a minute or so. The alarm gives me enough time to save my work.

It is a good suggestion, but Ive cleaned out my heat-sink a few times, I've also had the heat-sink replaced 3 times because I have a great warrenty with dell. The BIOS suggestion is a good one. I'm just glad my computer abruptly shuts down to protect its own hardware to be honest. I wish some of my older machines did that. Thank you for the suggestions though.

Have you had orbiter ever displace an object on you?

(fyi: it is "heat-sink" not "heat-sync")

 

[RisingFury]

I'm just glad my computer abruptly shuts down to protect its own hardware to be honest.

That might not be the only reason your computer shuts down. It can also happen if the power supply is not powerful enough to handle the peak load. In my experience, power supplies have a life time of about 2 years before they fail in one way or the other.

Next time your computer shuts down, reboot it right away and go into BIOS. Check the CPU temperature. If it's in the range of 50 to 55°C or even higher, than your computer might be shutting down due to high temperature. However, if the CPU is cool - below 40°C, heat probably isn't the case.

Have you had orbiter ever displace an object on you?

Not in the way you described...

(fyi: it is "heat-sink" not "heat-sync")

Thanks :thumbup:

 

[CrimsonDoc]

I've been getting dumped on Mercury after reopening a saved scenario in which the docked vessels have been orbiting earth ...

http://www.orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?p=348832&postcount=32

Very frustrating.