Posts by old_user197776

1) Questions and Answers : Windows : Comments for \'Generic solutions to models\' sticky (Message 25974) Posted 12 Jan 2007 by old_user197776 Post: Prejudiced toward Intel (like them too) or Mac (never used them)? It was a comment on your A64 X2 4400+. I\'m prejudiced (in favor) because I have three of them, built specifically to run CPDN. (Also have three mixed-bag Intels, from P4 2.8 to Core 2 Duo E6600, also built to run CPDN.) I see :) I had two Intel and two AMD\'s in turn and from now I\'ll stick to AMD as my main computer. I am now trying to OC ... taking 17 hours for one trickle is too slow. How much free space is minimum to be allowed for CPDN?
2) Questions and Answers : Windows : Comments for \'Generic solutions to models\' sticky (Message 25955) Posted 11 Jan 2007 by old_user197776 Post: To disable the screensaver: Right-click on the desktop Click Properties Select Screensaver Select None Anyone finding that the model interferes with normal use of the computer should first disable the screensaver - it\'s easy to do and often helps. Some people have managed to run a model with only 256Mb RAM, but it\'s pushing things as others have said. In this situation I\'d advise frequent backups. Could you give this computer an extra 256? Minimum spec for cpdn is supposed to be 512. Ok, my screensaver is normally turned off, so I am ok there. My WU trickled last night and it still running. It now seems that the contact with BAM was causing the computer to freeze. Will be sure when it next contacts BAM. I\'ll see what I can do to increase the RAM. Thank you.
3) Questions and Answers : Windows : Comments for \'Generic solutions to models\' sticky (Message 25954) Posted 11 Jan 2007 by old_user197776 Post: 10/01/07 13:48:47 PM\|\|Disk: 111.78 GB total, 3.20 GB free Noticed that in the Messages you posted, Tobie. Windows is getting starved for HD space and it gets twitchy when that happens. If you aren\'t already getting low disk space messages, you might expect them whenever you start another program. (Nice machine -- but then, I\'m prejudiced.) I do get low on space on D (my Windows drive) from time to time and then move some files. Although my Temp dir and Pagefile is on different drives - E and F. In total I have more than 100Gb free. Prejudiced toward Intel (like them too) or Mac (never used them)?
4) Questions and Answers : Windows : Comments for \'Generic solutions to models\' sticky (Message 25939) Posted 10 Jan 2007 by old_user197776 Post: I just want to correct the percentage completed. It is 7.333% and not 9.42%, which is for Seasonal Attribution. Computer WU Result
5) Questions and Answers : Windows : Comments for \'Generic solutions to models\' sticky (Message 25937) Posted 10 Jan 2007 by old_user197776 Post: My computer froze up again while running the WU and I noticed, and think I saw it before, the last message in Boinc Manager was: Contacting account manager at http://bam.boincstats.com/ I have now set the time on BAM to 48hours (was 3 hours) and will see if the WU runs smoothly until BAM contact again.
6) Questions and Answers : Windows : Comments for \'Generic solutions to models\' sticky (Message 25931) Posted 10 Jan 2007 by old_user197776 Post: Are both computers crunching a model? Do your boinc messages show any problems with trickles? Eg http errors. Are the freeze-ups happening on the AMD? Whichever machine\'s freezing up, I\'d recommend disabling the screensaver if you haven\'t already done so. mo.v, I only recently started CPDN on the Intel and it is all it does when running, so I\'m not sure if the memory will be a problem. I basically decided to start using it to see if I also get problems on the Intel. The AMD freezes up. How do I disable the screensaver? Could you open up your Boinc manager, and then copy-and-paste in the first (say) 20 or 30 lines into a reply here? It should tell us what model is running and also tell us if it\'s stuck there, or unable to communicate, or what. Also, if you could tell us the %complete from the second tab (work/tasks) that would be handy. Mike, I am pasting the messages in below. It is now on 9.420% Thanks for the replies. 10/01/07 13:48:47 PM\|\|Starting BOINC client version 5.4.11 for windows_intelx86 10/01/07 13:48:47 PM\|\|libcurl/7.15.3 OpenSSL/0.9.8a zlib/1.2.3 10/01/07 13:48:47 PM\|\|Data directory: D:\\Program Files\\BOINC 10/01/07 13:48:47 PM\|\|Processor: 2 AuthenticAMD AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+ 10/01/07 13:48:47 PM\|\|Memory: 2.00 GB physical, 3.85 GB virtual 10/01/07 13:48:47 PM\|\|Disk: 111.78 GB total, 3.20 GB free 10/01/07 13:48:47 PM\|CPDN Seasonal Attribution Project\|URL: http://attribution.cpdn.org/; Computer ID: 12096; location: Work; project prefs: default 10/01/07 13:48:47 PM\|proteins@home\|URL: http://biology.polytechnique.fr/proteinsathome/; Computer ID: 425; location: work; project prefs: work 10/01/07 13:48:47 PM\|rosetta@home\|URL: http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/; Computer ID: 307345; location: Work; project prefs: default 10/01/07 13:48:47 PM\|boincsimap\|URL: http://boinc.bio.wzw.tum.de/boincsimap/; Computer ID: 41629; location: Work; project prefs: default 10/01/07 13:48:47 PM\|climateprediction.net\|URL: http://climateprediction.net/; Computer ID: 480116; location: work; project prefs: default 10/01/07 13:48:47 PM\|Rectilinear Crossing Numbers\|URL: http://dist.ist.tugraz.at/cape5/; Computer ID: 6717; location: home; project prefs: default 10/01/07 13:48:47 PM\|Docking@Home\|URL: http://docking.utep.edu/; Computer ID: 355; location: Work; project prefs: default 10/01/07 13:48:47 PM\|Einstein@Home\|URL: http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/; Computer ID: 740093; location: Work; project prefs: default 10/01/07 13:48:47 PM\|Project TANPAKU\|URL: http://issofty17.is.noda.tus.ac.jp/; Computer ID: 6792; location: Work; project prefs: default 10/01/07 13:48:47 PM\|lhcathome\|URL: http://lhcathome.cern.ch/; Computer ID: 1492589; location: work; project prefs: work 10/01/07 13:48:47 PM\|Project Neuron\|URL: http://neuron.mine.nu/neuron/; Computer ID: 695; location: Work; project prefs: default 10/01/07 13:48:47 PM\|Pirates@Home\|URL: http://pirates.spy-hill.net/; Computer ID: 25234; location: home; project prefs: default 10/01/07 13:48:47 PM\|QMC@HOME\|URL: http://qah.uni-muenster.de/; Computer ID: 22080; location: Work; project prefs: default 10/01/07 13:48:47 PM\|ralph@home\|URL: http://ralph.bakerlab.org/; Computer ID: 4629; location: Work; project prefs: default 10/01/07 13:48:47 PM\|RenderFarm@Home\|URL: http://server2.povaddict.com.ar/pov/; Computer ID: 768; location: ; project prefs: default 10/01/07 13:48:47 PM\|SETI@home\|URL: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID: 2680765; location: Work; project prefs: default 10/01/07 13:48:47 PM\|SETI@home Beta Test\|URL: http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/beta/; Computer ID: 9829; location: ; project prefs: default 10/01/07 13:48:47 PM\|Spinhenge@home\|URL: http://spin.fh-bielefeld.de/; Computer ID: 4554; location: Work; project prefs: default 10/01/07 13:48:47 PM\|SZTAKI Desktop Grid\|URL: http://szdg.lpds.sztaki.hu/szdg/; Computer ID: not assigned yet; location: ; project prefs: default 10/01/07 13:48:47 PM\|malariacontrol.net beta\|URL: http://www.malariacontrol.net/; Computer ID: 11158; location: work; project prefs: work 10/01/07 13:48:47 PM\|NanoHive@Home\|URL: http://www.nanohive-1.org/atHome/; Computer ID: 541; location: work; project prefs: default 10/01/07 13:48:47 PM\|uFluids\|URL: http://www.ufluids.net/; Computer ID: 31526; location: Work; project prefs: default 10/01/07 13:48:47 PM\|World Community Grid\|URL: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/; Computer ID: 66744; location: work; project prefs: work 10/01/07 13:48:47 PM\|\|General prefs: from Project TANPAKU (last modified 2007-01-06 09:36:33) 10/01/07 13:48:47 PM\|\|General prefs: no separate prefs for Work; using your defaults 10/01/07 13:48:47 PM\|\|Local control only allowed 10/01/07 13:48:47 PM\|\|Listening on port 31416 10/01/07 13:48:47 PM\|\|Suspending network activity - user request 10/01/07 13:48:59 PM\|CPDN Seasonal Attribution Project\|Deferring task hadam3h_a_075s41_2000_2000_0_0 10/01/07 13:48:59 PM\|climateprediction.net\|Deferring task hadcm3lbm_alxe_25264245_1 10/01/07 13:48:59 PM\|proteins@home\|Deferring task 1Ctf_7-106-76_1 10/01/07 13:48:59 PM\|proteins@home\|Deferring task 1Edk_7-26-11_0 10/01/07 13:48:59 PM\|Project TANPAKU\|Deferring task pep4_190_247_32_2_0 10/01/07 13:48:59 PM\|\|Resuming computation 10/01/07 13:48:59 PM\|\|Rescheduling CPU: Resuming computation 10/01/07 13:48:59 PM\|\|Resuming network activity 10/01/07 13:48:59 PM\|\|Contacting account manager at http://bam.boincstats.com/ 10/01/07 13:48:59 PM\|climateprediction.net\|Restarting task hadcm3lbm_alxe_25264245_1 using hadcm3lb version 515 10/01/07 13:48:59 PM\|Project TANPAKU\|Restarting task pep4_190_247_32_2_0 using BD version 508 10/01/07 13:49:02 PM\|\|Account manager: BAM Host-ID: 8687 10/01/07 13:49:02 PM\|\|Account manager contact succeeded
7) Questions and Answers : Windows : Comments for \'Generic solutions to models\' sticky (Message 25879) Posted 8 Jan 2007 by old_user197776 Post: Thanks for the reply. Yes, it locks solid ... no blue screen, just locks with all windows intact. At first the mouse pointer still moves, but no response even from taskbar and eventually mouse stops responding too. My CPU rarely goes above 50 deg C, so should not be a problem. I have 2Gb, so should not cause the problem, except for faults, but Prime95 runs without error. I may have too many processes/apps running sometimes and will look into this although I should have enough resources.
8) Questions and Answers : Windows : Comments for \'Generic solutions to models\' sticky (Message 25876) Posted 7 Jan 2007 by old_user197776 Post: I\'ve now run CPDN on and off, sometimes for a few days and other times for half-an-hour or maybe a few hours before it freezes up. It always starts up again after reset, so no problem loosing WUs rebooting. I\'m still trying to figure out why I get the problem though. Maybe it has to do with dual core running two projects all the time or my motherboard/RAM combination. Sometimes my other projects also freezes the computer, but not as easily as CPDN.
9) Questions and Answers : Windows : Comments for \'Generic solutions to models\' sticky (Message 24503) Posted 2 Oct 2006 by old_user197776 Post: Hi, The temperatures sound OK. I have a similar setup to yours in terms of the paging file and so forth, and it works fine. It may be worth going through the stability checks, Prime95\'s Torture Test is very good... Does the same thing happen with the Seasonal Attribution project? (attribution.cpdn.org) I have since downloaded the Seasonal Attribution as well and at one stage both were running fine. I also started using Prime95 and did a torture test before starting to search. No problems running it. Yesterday I downloaded new drivers and installed. Now all my projects are running fine. I noticed the first improvement when I changed my target CPU temperature settings to 40C (AMD), so it does not reach 50C (before using Prime95). Then the projects detached. Happened a few times with just Climate Prediction. Not sure why. I also made some other changes to the registry, but think the temperature setting fixed it as other projects also caused it to hang at one stage. It is early days though, but things look fine now. Thanks
10) Questions and Answers : Windows : Comments for \'Generic solutions to models\' sticky (Message 24370) Posted 21 Sep 2006 by old_user197776 Post: I checked and it does not seem to be a temperature problem. I am running several projects and both cores at 100% for hours keeps the processor at 50Â°C and only once I saw it at 56Â°C. The processor fan speed also rarely exceeds 1400 rpm. The MB temp is usually below 40Â°C, so I don\'t see a problem there. My problem is that everything hangs and I have to reset or switch off with power button, nothing else responds. This means I get no error messages. I am running 4 SATA drives and my pagefile and temp directories are on seperate drives and seperate from program files ... not sure if this can be a problem though as it is set in the control panel. It happens while using no graphic display, so doubt that could be the problem. The problem also occurs with only CPDN running or while other projects are running. If it is because I use BAM, is it possible to detach only CPDN from BAM and Boincstats? Thank you for the assistance so far. I really want to run this project.
11) Questions and Answers : Windows : Comments for \'Generic solutions to models\' sticky (Message 24335) Posted 18 Sep 2006 by old_user197776 Post: I have run climateprediction twice before and started again today. With both previous attempts the models hung my computer - mouse, keyboard, graphics all frozen solid and required me resetting or switching off. I have not seen this mentioned here and wondered if anybody else has had this problem or if anybody has any advice for me. Thanks