Posts by Imperator2

1) Message boards : BOINC Manager : CPU throttling in 5.4.11 ? (Message 6185)
Posted 25 Oct 2006 by Imperator2
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...Or not. It still doesn't work.

You did uninstall BES/Threadmaster?

BES isn't targeting any processes at the moment. I do not have Threadmaster installed.

And if you are testing this on Seti... you do know that Seti has problems with updating its preferences at this moment? See this thread for workarounds.

I suppose that is the problem. Thanks for the info.
2) Message boards : BOINC Manager : CPU throttling in 5.4.11 ? (Message 6183)
Posted 25 Oct 2006 by Imperator2
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...Or not. It still doesn't work.
3) Message boards : BOINC Manager : CPU throttling in 5.4.11 ? (Message 6180)
Posted 24 Oct 2006 by Imperator2
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It's available in 5.6.x, which is soon available.

Any word on approximately how soon?

It's abandoned but available from http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php.

Wonderful. I can throttle my CPU with the 5.6.5 in the meantime until 5.8.x comes out. Thanks for the link.
4) Message boards : BOINC Manager : CPU throttling in 5.4.11 ? (Message 6160)
Posted 24 Oct 2006 by Imperator2
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It's available in 5.6.x, which is soon available.

Any word on approximately how soon? I'd love to run BOINC projects on my notebook, but it overheats after a while at 100% CPU usage.

Also, the BES software that the BOINC site recommends does not automatically start and control processes when Windows starts, necessitating that I open up the BES program and select each BOINC process I run every time I restart my computer. I can see how that would be perfectly acceptable when you're running your BOINC projects on a server, but it doesn't seem very practical for a home user. Maybe there are some settings I'm missing. But I digress.

I would really love to run BOINC on my notebook and I would imagine others would as well. If only there were a few more working customizable options to accommodate those who aren't as confident in their machines' cooling power. So naturally I am looking forward to 5.6.x.
5) Message boards : Web interfaces : Problems with general BOINC preferences (Message 6085)
Posted 18 Oct 2006 by Imperator2
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Thanks for the quick replies.


'Approximately 30 seconds after the restart you should see that the climate change program will be using the limit you specified. (BOINC manager will say that the project is using 100% resources but if you check in task manager it will only be using the amount you specified.)'

I wonder whether this is the case with your computer?

Nope, task manager said my CPU was running at 100% in all instances.

To improve air flow and cooling we advise climate crunchers using laptops to raise the entire machine slightly above the table surface - not just the little feet at the back. I'd say that the same applies to crunchers of any project.

Thanks. I have a docking station for my notebook which gives it a good 3/4" of clearance, so I'm pretty sure airflow is as good as it's going to get without any additional cooling devices such as a fan base, which I've heard don't make much difference anyway.


The Use maximum CPU percentage is a future option, for the next update of BOINC. It's on some sites, so the Alpha testers can check how that option works with regular projects. I can say it works fine. :)

It's only available in versions 5.6.x and above. Since 5.6.x is abandoned in favor of 5.8.x, which will also have a new GUI. So there's still a little waiting to do before it is publicly available.

That makes sense then. Definitely looking forward to the next release. I'll have to look into Threadmaster in the meantime.
6) Message boards : Web interfaces : Problems with general BOINC preferences (Message 6076)
Posted 18 Oct 2006 by Imperator2
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I installed BOINC a few days ago, running SETI and Rosetta. Initially, I was able to run it so that it did work only when my computer is idle. After about a day though, it became clear that running it at 100% CPU usage wasn't going to work with my notebook with a Pentium M at 2.0ghz. I was experiencing windows crashes and sudden rebooting, so heat was evidently becoming a problem. I tried to reduce the percentage of the CPU BOINC used, but to no avail. I tried 80%, 50%, 10%, you name it, and it still ran at a constant 100% when the computer went idle.

After uninstalling and reinstalling BOINC to see if that helped, I am no longer even able to limit BOINC to processing when the computer is idle, let alone reduce its CPU usage.

Either I'm doing something wrong or there's something wrong with the software. If anyone has any pointers, I'd love to hear them. I'm enthusiastic about contributing my spare processing power on my notebook and my other computers, but not at the cost of burning out their processors or mobos.



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