Hello!

I just bought an iPOD 60GB, and wanted to convert my CD's to MP3 better than iTUNES does.
But every time I try to encode with LAME, my computer simply shuts down.

It is a HP Laptop, Centrino 1,5GH, 512MB Samsung RAM and 60GB 4200Rounds HD.
The Laptop is brand new, running Windows XP Home, Office 2003, iTunes and other programs!

I have had similar closing-down problems with Studio9, but this is just a crappy program that everyone has this problem with

Can anyone guide me to the rigth direction?

/Jan-Erik

The entire computer shuts down, as in, effectively powers off? Your system is broken.

Exactly what happens when you try to encode with LAME? Have you tried a Prime95 torture test?

Sounds like a good time to run Prime95 to verify the system stability.
I would use my warranty if a computer couldn't run Prime95 and Lame without issue.

http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm

Thanks for all the help - It turns out that the system shuts down when I run that stress-test, sucks. So I will probably have to send it back or do something!

Genius.

sjipsjap, I've seen this happen on a laptop whose cpu fan wouldn't start. It turned out there was a minor piece of dirt stopping the blades from rotating. If you can, without dismantling it, see if the fan can freely rotate.

I have long suspected that Garf was a Genius, now I have confirmation.

out of curiosity, why don't you encode to AAC (m4a)?

When I first began reading this thread I also suspected heat might be the problem. Next time your system reboots why don't you check the CPU temperature in your BIOS.