Posts by Ariser

1) Message boards : Questions and problems : Boinc drains battery faster than charger can supply. How to resolve? (Message 89780)
Posted 24 Jan 2019 by Ariser
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In my case I think the power supply is a little bit damaged due to ageing, but it is not uncommon for chargers not performing optimal e.g. when using a travel adapter and a different AC voltage etc.

I swept through the forum on github and found, there's already a long term feature request. Hence I have to wait.

https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/issues/1758

it is queued here:
https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/milestone/14
2) Message boards : Questions and problems : Boinc drains battery faster than charger can supply. How to resolve? (Message 89774)
Posted 24 Jan 2019 by Ariser
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On my powerbook (17" late 2011) BOINC uses more power than the charger can deliver.
In the end even though the computer is connected to the charger, battery level will fall until MacOS shuts down.

I know, the charger might be a little bit weak, nevertheless it is a general problem with high performance laptops, there are some which can't charge as fast as their peak performance would demand.

So my question is: Where's the button or setting to prevent BOINC operation below a certain battery level like on any android device? Is there any? And if not, why? On mobile phones there is such a setting.

My current workaround is to reduce CPU time and core count to a percentage where my battery isn't drained. Drawback is, this usually works only for a single project as power consumption seems to vary vastly depending on algorithms.



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