Posts by old_user46432

1) Message boards : climateprediction.net Science : - exit code -5 (0xfffffffb) GGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrr (Message 11815) Posted 14 Apr 2005 by old_user46432 Post: Ok and thank you. I did the search with the whole string here and it came up with very little help here. Will look over yonder. Dale I did see one where it is video cards. I hope not.
2) Message boards : climateprediction.net Science : - exit code -5 (0xfffffffb) GGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrr (Message 11796) Posted 13 Apr 2005 by old_user46432 Post: I get this every time on my fastest PC. It is an AuthenticAMD AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ 1 gb of ram XP Pro SP2. http://climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc/hosts_user.php?userid=46432 34 errors am I wasting my time and BOINC time? My other slower PC does just fine 2 results 2 success. I think maybe 1 good one one still crunching away. LOL, CRS. I tried running BOINC as a service this last time to no avail. It seems to get to about 60% or so and then blows up. I have tried not using my spyware remover etc.. Anyhow, anyone know how to fix this or trouble shoot it? Over and out, Dale
3) Message boards : Number crunching : Need tips on maximizing my speed and average credit. (Message 8658) Posted 5 Feb 2005 by old_user46432 Post: Yes this helped a lot. I was looking at buying a P4 multi processor box to build for kicks and grins. Now if I do build it I will see how high I can drive my average credit. I now know I will need more then 4 processors for this, :-) hehehehehe 6 sound slike a good round number. Dale > Hi Dale, > > yes, there is a little you can do to run BOINC a bit faster. Try to defragment > HD from time-to-time and also defragmenting memory (e.g. using TaskInfo) may > help. You can disable screensaver, set BOINC you crunch when you are using > computer and if running more that one project, set the leave application in > memory to on. > > > > Can I run multiple instances of BOINC on one machine? > > There is not reason for this on single processor machine. It is not possible > and even if it would, it would actually slow-down processing. On > HyperThreading machine or real multi-CPU boxes, you can tell BOINC to use more > thatn one procesor. > > > I have <a> > href="http://climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc/hosts_user.php">two > > computers</a> and my average credit for the fast one is 322.46. It does > not > > seem to be bogged down one bit running BOINC in always mode. I see > computers > > with slower processor and less memory getting 2511.98 average credits. > How do > > they do this? I run it in sys tray only no screen saver and shut my > monitor > > off after one minute. Nothing else runs except McAfee virus and firewall. > I > > have shut these off before because I am behind a firewall in my router. > > Link you your computer list should be > http://climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc/hosts_user.php?userid=46432 > It is not good to measure performance using RAC. Acutally, there is a small > bug in computing credit that gets corrected upon every stats database update > (several times a day) but RAC remains affected. > > > It does say it will take 35 days to run one model though, is this > normal? > Yes, it is normal. And it is a good measurement (together with sec/TS) for > CPDN performance. > It is a know fact that Intel P4s with HT on are doing considerable better than > AMD. This may make you feel that your AMD64 is a bit slower comparing to other > machines (e.g. P4 at 3 GHZ) but one needs to compage AMD64 vs AMD64 etc. > > > Any tips and recommendations would be appreciated, > > Dale > > Your are welcome :-) > Hope to help.. >
4) Message boards : Number crunching : Need tips on maximizing my speed and average credit. (Message 8622) Posted 4 Feb 2005 by old_user46432 Post: Can I run multiple instances of BOINC on one machine? I have <a href="http://climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc/hosts_user.php">two computers</a> and my average credit for the fast one is 322.46. It does not seem to be bogged down one bit running BOINC in always mode. I see computers with slower processor and less memory getting 2511.98 average credits. How do they do this? I run it in sys tray only no screen saver and shut my monitor off after one minute. Nothing else runs except McAfee virus and firewall. I have shut these off before because I am behind a firewall in my router. It does say it will take 35 days to run one model though, is this normal? Any tips and recommendations would be appreciated, Dale xernon@msn.com Xernon is the planet I am from.