I have three computers running Boinc and projects Seti@home, Asteroids@home, Einstein@ home and World Community Grid. This unit and another have the Boinc software recently downloaded (after work done by Geek Squad who wiped then reinstalled Windows) as well as the four projects. Everything runs great on two of the units but the one I'm writing this on keeps disconnecting whenever the system is supposed to run. I've tried reloading the Boinc software and then adding the projects again with no difference. Don't know anything that can be the next step.

Oh, and I have no idea what the difference between just installing it and running it as a service. I know just enough about computers to get in a world of trouble if I randomly try to fix things.

I'll add a ton of info to see if it's something you fine folks can uncover. I'll be happy to acquire any other info that may be needed.

OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Home
Version 10.0.16299 Build 16299
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name DESKTOP-1DR84I9
System Manufacturer ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
System Model X541NA
System Type x64-based PC
System SKU
Processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU N4200 @ 1.10GHz, 1101 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. X541NA.310, 6/19/2017
SMBIOS Version 3.0
Embedded Controller Version 255.255
BIOS Mode UEFI
BaseBoard Manufacturer ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
BaseBoard Model Not Available
BaseBoard Name Base Board
Platform Role Mobile
Secure Boot State On
PCR7 Configuration Elevation Required to View
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.16299.248"
User Name DESKTOP-1DR84I9\haiwe
Time Zone Pacific Standard Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 3.87 GB
Available Physical Memory 1.39 GB
Total Virtual Memory 10.5 GB
Available Virtual Memory 6.39 GB
Page File Space 6.62 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Device Encryption Support Elevation Required to View
Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware Yes
Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes

Boinc Ver 7.8.3 (x64)
Widgets Ver 3.0.1

3/10/2018 2:32:05 PM | | Starting BOINC client version 7.8.3 for windows_x86_64
3/10/2018 2:32:05 PM | | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
3/10/2018 2:32:05 PM | | Libraries: libcurl/7.47.1 OpenSSL/1.0.2g zlib/1.2.8
3/10/2018 2:32:05 PM | | Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC
3/10/2018 2:32:05 PM | | Running under account haiwe
3/10/2018 2:32:05 PM | | OpenCL: Intel GPU 0: Intel(R) HD Graphics 505 (driver version 21.20.16.4627, device version OpenCL 1.2, 1576MB, 1576MB available, 108 GFLOPS peak)
3/10/2018 2:32:05 PM | | OpenCL CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU N4200 @ 1.10GHz (OpenCL driver vendor: Intel(R) Corporation, driver version 6.8.0.2, device version OpenCL 1.2 (Build 2))
3/10/2018 2:32:06 PM | | Host name: DESKTOP-1DR84I9
3/10/2018 2:32:06 PM | | Processor: 4 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU N4200 @ 1.10GHz [Family 6 Model 92 Stepping 9]
3/10/2018 2:32:06 PM | | Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss htt tm pni ssse3 cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 movebe popcnt aes rdrandsyscall nx lm vmx tm2 pbe fsgsbase smep
3/10/2018 2:32:06 PM | | OS: Microsoft Windows 10: Core x64 Edition, (10.00.16299.00)
3/10/2018 2:32:06 PM | | Memory: 3.87 GB physical, 10.49 GB virtual
3/10/2018 2:32:06 PM | | Disk: 464.71 GB total, 412.00 GB free
3/10/2018 2:32:06 PM | | Local time is UTC -8 hours
3/10/2018 2:32:06 PM | | VirtualBox version: 5.1.26
3/10/2018 2:32:06 PM | Asteroids@home | URL http://asteroidsathome.net/boinc/; Computer ID 521248; resource share 100
3/10/2018 2:32:06 PM | Einstein@Home | URL http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/; Computer ID 12632535; resource share 100
3/10/2018 2:32:06 PM | SETI@home | URL http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID 8477292; resource share 100
3/10/2018 2:32:06 PM | World Community Grid | URL http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/; Computer ID 4481300; resource share 100
3/10/2018 2:32:06 PM | World Community Grid | General prefs: from World Community Grid (last modified 22-Aug-2017 15:20:40)
3/10/2018 2:32:06 PM | World Community Grid | Host location: none
3/10/2018 2:32:06 PM | World Community Grid | General prefs: using your defaults
3/10/2018 2:32:06 PM | | Reading preferences override file
3/10/2018 2:32:06 PM | | Preferences:
3/10/2018 2:32:06 PM | | max memory usage when active: 1979.79 MB
3/10/2018 2:32:06 PM | | max memory usage when idle: 3959.58 MB
3/10/2018 2:32:06 PM | | max disk usage: 20.00 GB
3/10/2018 2:32:06 PM | | don't compute while active
3/10/2018 2:32:06 PM | | don't use GPU while active
3/10/2018 2:32:06 PM | | suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 25%
3/10/2018 2:32:06 PM | | (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager)
3/10/2018 2:32:06 PM | | Suspending computation - computer is in use
3/10/2018 2:32:06 PM | | Suspending network activity - computer is in use


If it matters, this should be haiwee
3/10/2018 2:32:05 PM | | Running under account haiwe

What do you mean by “disconnecting when its supposed to run”? Is the manager not connecting to the core client, or is not computing when in use or something else?

Your BOINC preferences have it set to not compute/not do network activity when in use and not compute when non-BOINC CPU use > 25%. You can change those through Options in advanced view. Given its a Pentium at 1.1GHz it probably uses more than 25% to do anything.

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MarkJ

Let's see if I can be a bit clearer. When I start Windows then open the manager I see at the bottom of the interface.that Boinc is connected to a numeric address (?) and all of my projects appear and prepare to run. I have it set for one minute of inactivity to start computations.

The first time the minute passes the boinc goes to work and the screen saver just flashes the graphics then switches to "Boinc Is Not Running". I have to Restart Windows to get it connected again until it starts to work then doesn't.

Your suggestions are excellent ones. The problem is that the mere act of opening the preference controls is all it takes to come back as Boinc disconnected

*Sound of head thumping on wall*

(As an aside, my WIFI works great on all the other sites I visit so I don't think my Laptop's WiFi would be the problem).

Oh, and I just set the screen saver to None to see if that helps but now I have to reboot to open it again. As it's late for this old boy I'll come back tomorrow and report on the last effort and to see if someone has an Epiphany. :)

Is it sleeping after 1 minute? I don't use screensavers as they use processing cycles but I don't get how its seen that 'BOINC is not running' if there is a screensaver. Setting BOINC to only run while it is idle makes BOINC not running and a screensaver events that cannot happen at the same time.