Posts by old_user2147

1) Message boards : Number crunching : Unofficial BOINC Wiki closing 2006-03-31 (Message 20784) Posted 27 Feb 2006 by old_user2147 Post: ++ Yes I to, got a lot out of the WIKI. Thank you for your effort & dedication. Strat
2) Message boards : Number crunching : Again sec/TS is abnormal rising... (Message 10840) Posted 14 Mar 2005 by old_user2147 Post: microtoxic - I was gonna' edit my earlier post, but decided to just post another. When running DC projects on a P4, you can easily spot TM1 throttling by settting up your tskmgr to show both cpu usage & kernal usage, and knowing what to look for. If you're interested, post here, & I'll respond w/the details. "ThrottleWatch" should be all you need, but I don't use it since I'm pretty good at spotting thermal throttling on the tskmgr. Strat
3) Message boards : Number crunching : Again sec/TS is abnormal rising... (Message 10838) Posted 14 Mar 2005 by old_user2147 Post: FWIW - I see you're running a Northie, which is a destop P4. AFAIK, CPU-Z will NOT detect TM1 thermal throttling in a desktop P4. I know it doesn't in my desktop P4's. <a href="http://www.panopsys.com/throttlewatch.php">Panopsys' "ThrottleWatch"</a> is what you want, when checking for P4 desktop TM1 throttling. HTH GL Strat
4) Message boards : Cafe CPDN : Main CPDN boards down? (Message 10836) Posted 14 Mar 2005 by old_user2147 Post: > > Honza & astroWX - > > > > Looks like you guys may soon have to change your sig lines! ;-) > > > > Strat > > Greetings to the Windy City & Strat, > > Seems I was a bit premature ... ("bit" remains to be defined!) > > Jim > Uh...1/8 of a Byte??? ;-) Strat
5) Message boards : Number crunching : No work from project? (Message 10834) Posted 14 Mar 2005 by old_user2147 Post: > I have a machine that will finish a model soon, but when I connect it and > boinc asks for more work I don't get any. > Restarted Seti Driver so it won't go dry. > I just returned from a 3 day CPDN BOINC hiatus, where I was running SETI Classic exclusively. Now upon my return, I'm having the exact same problem: "No Work From Project" followed by the ubiquitous "Deferring communication..."! Darn it! Strat
6) Message boards : Number crunching : Boinc V4.25 Stable Windows Version Released (Message 10664) Posted 10 Mar 2005 by old_user2147 Post: Stratcat: > Paul D. Buck: > > Stratcat: > > This was somewhat of an issue for me, since I've got 6 Hyperthreaded > P4's > > running a total of 12 models. This means I never have a machine that's > not > > somewhere in mid-run, due to 2 concurrent runs per cpu. Now I feel > somewhat > > relieved that there shouldn't be any additional probs involved by having > to > > manually replace models in mid-run status. > > > Strat, > > I have 4 like that my ownself, but the, save folder, un-install 4.19, install > 4.25 worked fine, no models aborted on any machine and several were in the > VERY late stages ... > > As a matter of factt I think two of them just completed and I have 3 more in > the next week. > > Even better news for me is that the new motherboard I put into one of my > "shakey" machines will now allow me to run all projects on all machines again. > :) > Paul - Thanks for the reply. Now I feel even more confident! BTW - Have you noticed any differences in crunching time (I know this can be difficult to quantify/ascertain)??? Strat /Man, I really wish this board did attr lines or embedded quote attr's... :-o
7) Message boards : Number crunching : Boinc V4.25 Stable Windows Version Released (Message 10635) Posted 10 Mar 2005 by old_user2147 Post: <i>Les Bayliss Posted on 9 Mar 2005 21:13:29 UTC:</i> > See post from <a href="http://climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc/forum_thread.php?id=2141">Browny_NL</a> +++ <i>Note added by Stratcat:</i> The link supplied above describes a sucessful 4.19 ---> 4.25 uninstall/upgrade while transparently overlaying 4.19 model(s) in mid-run state. +++ <i>Begin reply by Stratcat</i> Well, after reading this thread I feel a little better concerning the upgrade. Up 'till now I wasn't sure if a mid-run model folder needed to be Copied/Saved/Replaced. Apparently it doesn't require replacement, if all goes as expected. This was somewhat of an issue for me, since I've got 6 Hyperthreaded P4's running a total of 12 models. This means I never have a machine that's not somewhere in mid-run, due to 2 concurrent runs per cpu. Now I feel somewhat relieved that there shouldn't be any additional probs involved by having to manually replace models in mid-run status. Nice find. Thx, Les. Strat
8) Message boards : Number crunching : Boinc V4.25 Stable Windows Version Released (Message 10559) Posted 8 Mar 2005 by old_user2147 Post: Ooops..sorry Peter - Ertugrul was asking the 4.25 related questions, & my reply was directed towards him, in my earlier post, not you, as I erroneously posted. :-0 Thx for the detailed info, though. Time to get some sleep... Strat
9) Message boards : Number crunching : Boinc V4.25 Stable Windows Version Released (Message 10557) Posted 8 Mar 2005 by old_user2147 Post: > Hi Stratcat > Just snuck mine in by 2 seconds! I really MUST learn to think/type/spell > faster. :) > > The latest version may be mandatary because of the signed nature of parameter > set files now. > > One can only hope that the admin people, (at least those who haven't migrated > to New Zealand, strange that, > wonder what they know?), will post notes for us all. Hint, Hint. > > As for me, my last model using hadsm4.04 should finish next Sunday/Monday, so > I'll have a few days to watch > for complaints from others. > > > Les > Hi Les - So I take it the new BOINC core client (4.25) also includes a change in the CPDN client??? Also, has there really been some proj peeps in NZ, or are you just joking around??? It's 2:00A here in Chicago, so I'm half asleep (guess you could say I'm 'Casey Jones' at the keyboard!) ;-) Strat
10) Message boards : Cafe CPDN : Main CPDN boards down? (Message 10552) Posted 8 Mar 2005 by old_user2147 Post: Honza & astroWX - Looks like you guys may soon have to change your sig lines! ;-) Strat
11) Message boards : Cafe CPDN : Main CPDN boards down? (Message 10550) Posted 8 Mar 2005 by old_user2147 Post: ++
12) Message boards : Number crunching : Boinc V4.25 Stable Windows Version Released (Message 10549) Posted 8 Mar 2005 by old_user2147 Post: With all due respect to the prior posters: "Well, here we go again"! ;-) I get the feeling these will become perennial questions!!! And sorry, Peter, but unfortunately I can't answer your questions. I tend to wait several weeks, or more, before an upgrade, 'cuz I'm too chicken to muck up my little farm, until I see a new build has some compelling reason to upgrade, and has proven itself robust. Strat
13) Message boards : Number crunching : repaired XP CPDN restarted. (Message 10547) Posted 8 Mar 2005 by old_user2147 Post: > yes I restarted with the same WU. It showed that I had completed about 250+ > hours of work but had 0.00% completed. currently it has wworked its way back > up to around 5%. When it restarted it showed a completion time of aroun > 20,000 hours. I attributed this to me having 0% done and 250 hours of time > worked. it has come down greatly since that time. I can onnly assume that > some file associated with the trickles or the WU were altered showing that I > had not completed any work. > FWIW - When you hit the point in the model where the crash occured, you will once again start receiving additional credit for your trickles (i.e., ~250+ machine hours into the model). Strat
14) Message boards : Number crunching : No Schedulers Responded (Message 10093) Posted 28 Feb 2005 by old_user2147 Post: > > > This should be changed, or the program needs to be modified to > accomodate > > higher numbers of trickles. Somehow I don't believe that Pan would have > > connected successfully at the end of the experiment, but maybe it would > have. > > We'll never know for sure now. > > Actually, my PCs using v4.19 uploaded fine, but could not send the > trickles...and then I could not connect to the server...go and figure:) > > Mind you, I be curious if v4.13 behaved the same...anyone? > Hmmm...are you on dial-up? I upgraded 6 machines (12 models total) from 4.13 to 4.19, & everything went super smoothly, w/o any probs at all (except for that temporarilly downed Oxford upload server). Oh yeah...OS is WinXPro-Sp2. Strat
15) Message boards : Number crunching : Running Climate on Dual boot machine (Message 10092) Posted 28 Feb 2005 by old_user2147 Post: Just to add - I seem to recall Linux, until just recently, having issues both writing & reading reliably to shared NTFS files. IIRC, Linux could either read or write to NTFS, but not both, reliably. So Linux & Windoze OS shared files were recommended to be formatted as DOS. I think this has been finally addressed in one or two 'cutting edge' distros, either just released, or soon to be RC's. Strat
16) Message boards : Number crunching : upgrade OS (Message 9906) Posted 24 Feb 2005 by old_user2147 Post: > > Crandles - You might have considered making this post a bit more brief. ;-) Strat
17) Message boards : Number crunching : upgrade OS (Message 9904) Posted 24 Feb 2005 by old_user2147 Post: > Ok, I have Boinic on Windows XP Service Pack 2 and I am ending up running > Mandrake Linux 10.1 more often than I do windows FWIW - The general consensus seems to be the Linux client runs 10 - 15% faster. Strat
18) Message boards : Number crunching : Is there a problem with uploader1.atm.ox.ac.uk? (Message 9870) Posted 24 Feb 2005 by old_user2147 Post: Thx Tolu - All now fine here, too... Strat
19) Message boards : Number crunching : CPU Performance down under 4.19 for Windows? (Message 9869) Posted 24 Feb 2005 by old_user2147 Post: FWIW - I believe I saw a small difference in slightly longer S/TS occuring around a month, or so, ago, several weeks before I upgraded 4.13 --->4.19. It was a very small difference, and fell w/i the oft quoted +/- 5% margin of difference. I had 12 models running at the time, & it seemed all the new ones were running ~5%, or so, slower, than the preceeding model, on any specific machine. I thought about posting this, but it didn't really seem important, or easy quantifiable, either. It was just was something I casually "thought" I noticed, but didn't have "hard" numbers. I didn't think of it again, 'till I saw this thread. I'm pretty sure it started before my 4.19 upgrade. I wish I kept more exact records, or could be more specific. I just recall thinking "Hmmm...I've run into a series of slightly slower models". Like I said, FWIW. My opinion is free - You get exactly what you've paid for! ;-) Strat
20) Message boards : Number crunching : Bad for CPU to run 100%, 24/7 @ 62 degrees? (Message 9800) Posted 22 Feb 2005 by old_user2147 Post: > Is that a bed-mate induced edit I smell coming on? lol > > I hope you have the relationship that if she saw it, it would be no biggy, > just another point in life that could easily be turned into no need for rocks > that night. ;) ;) > > 'course, you might need to strap maracas to her butt to get that familiar > rattle you're used to! haha > Touche' ;-) Yeah, bed-warmers can seem pretty innocent & innocuous, but they sure have a lot of subtle weapons at thier disposal when angered, not the least of which, you described in your second sentence. 'Course, I'm speaking of the "Venus" versions of the bed-warmer, which is my preference. Women usually seem to prefer the "Mars" versions, and ironically, also cliam to often have a misundrstanding of how thier bed-warmer works. Though, I believe it's possible they may understand more than they let on. Strat

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