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JHPArizona

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Message 27126 - Posted: 7 Sep 2009, 4:21:01 UTC

System:
2.66 x4 processors
9 GB Ram

Under version 5.X boinc uses all four processors. I have tried many of the 6.x version but none of them will run all 4 processors.

Any suggestions? If you need any other information about the system, projects, software, let me know and I will post the information.

If this is a known bug, then I will continue to use version 5.

Thanks, Jim
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Message 27127 - Posted: 7 Sep 2009, 4:40:33 UTC - in response to Message 27126.  
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cc_config. if mac has one.. i'm not a mac person, the longest i've used a mac is 2 hrs and it was final cut.


<ncpus>4</ncpus>
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Les Bayliss
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Message 27129 - Posted: 7 Sep 2009, 7:46:14 UTC - in response to Message 27126.  

There was a change to the way that "number of processors" is defined in version 6, due to the increasing number of cores per cpu.
If you look at your Computing preferences in your project account, you'll see an additional setting for version 6, which uses percentages.

There's also a setting for this in your BOINC manager, under menu > Advanced > Preferences > processor usage

100% uses all processors.

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Profile Gundolf Jahn

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Message 27134 - Posted: 7 Sep 2009, 9:57:08 UTC - in response to Message 27127.  

cc_config. if mac has one.. i'm not a mac person, the longest i've used a mac is 2 hrs and it was final cut.


<ncpus>4</ncpus>

Very bad idea! That would run four tasks even on one or two cores! That option is only for debug purposes.

Gruß,
Gundolf
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JHPArizona

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Message 27146 - Posted: 8 Sep 2009, 0:49:34 UTC - in response to Message 27134.  

Thanks, for all your help :)
It turned out to be the local settings.

Thanks, Jim
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