1) Message boards : Questions and problems : Core/thread rotation while boinc runs (Message 111980) Posted 2 Jun 2023 by Neil Post: I recently noticed that, according to the Core Temp gadget, the two Boinc jobs allowed to run on my PC always run on c0 and c1. It would seem to be healthier for the CPU if they moved to different cores and threads periodically. Is this something controlled by the CPU itself? I think this is likely, but thought I would ask. Is there a programmatic way to get this to happen? Thank you! Log opening lines: 2023.06.02 7:38:40 AM | | Starting BOINC client version 7.20.2 for windows_x86_64 2023.06.02 7:38:41 AM | | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task 2023.06.02 7:38:41 AM | | Libraries: libcurl/7.84.0-DEV Schannel zlib/1.2.12 2023.06.02 7:38:41 AM | | Data directory: E:\ProgramData\BOINC 2023.06.02 7:38:41 AM | | Running under account ncarter 2023.06.02 7:38:42 AM | | CUDA: NVIDIA GPU 0: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (driver version 532.03, CUDA version 12.1, compute capability 7.5, 6144MB, 6144MB available, 5714 GFLOPS peak) 2023.06.02 7:38:42 AM | | OpenCL: NVIDIA GPU 0: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (driver version 532.03, device version OpenCL 3.0 CUDA, 6144MB, 6144MB available, 5714 GFLOPS peak) 2023.06.02 7:38:42 AM | | Windows processor group 0: 16 processors 2023.06.02 7:38:42 AM | | Host name: carter-amd5 2023.06.02 7:38:42 AM | | Processor: 16 AuthenticAMD AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor [Family 23 Model 113 Stepping 0] 2023.06.02 7:38:42 AM | | Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 htt pni ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 movebe popcnt aes f16c rdrandsyscall nx lm avx avx2 svm sse4a osvw ibs skinit wdt tce topx page1gb rdtscp fsgsbase bmi1 smep bmi2 2023.06.02 7:38:42 AM | | OS: Microsoft Windows 10: Core x64 Edition, (10.00.19045.00) 2023.06.02 7:38:42 AM | | Memory: 31.92 GB physical, 36.67 GB virtual 2023.06.02 7:38:42 AM | | Disk: 3.64 TB total, 3.32 TB free 2023.06.02 7:38:42 AM | | Local time is UTC -5 hours 2023.06.02 7:38:42 AM | | No WSL found. 2023.06.02 7:38:42 AM | | VirtualBox version: 7.0.8 2023.06.02 7:38:42 AM | | Config: GUI RPC allowed from any host 2023.06.02 7:38:42 AM | World Community Grid | General prefs: from World Community Grid (last modified 19-Feb-2022 21:06:49) 2023.06.02 7:38:42 AM | World Community Grid | Computer location: home 2023.06.02 7:38:42 AM | World Community Grid | General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults 2023.06.02 7:38:42 AM | | Reading preferences override file 2023.06.02 7:38:42 AM | | Preferences: 2023.06.02 7:38:42 AM | | max memory usage when active: 26152.86 MB 2023.06.02 7:38:42 AM | | max memory usage when idle: 29421.97 MB 2023.06.02 7:39:16 AM | | max disk usage: 200.00 GB 2023.06.02 7:39:16 AM | | max CPUs used: 2 2023.06.02 7:39:16 AM | | suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 35% 2023.06.02 7:39:16 AM | | (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager) 2023.06.02 7:39:16 AM | | Setting up project and slot directories 2023.06.02 7:39:16 AM | | Checking active tasks 2023.06.02 7:39:16 AM | Rosetta@home | URL https://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/; Computer ID 3726661; resource share 60 2023.06.02 7:39:16 AM | SiDock@home | URL https://www.sidock.si/sidock/; Computer ID 39259; resource share 100 2023.06.02 7:39:16 AM | World Community Grid | URL http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/; Computer ID 5819606; resource share 100 2023.06.02 7:39:16 AM | | Setting up GUI RPC socket 2023.06.02 7:39:16 AM | | Checking presence of 293 project files

2) Message boards : Questions and problems : Save versus Cancel in config and options type windows.... (Message 86413) Posted 1 Jun 2018 by Neil Post: Thank you for the suggestion. I will open a ticket! Neil

3) Message boards : Questions and problems : Save versus Cancel in config and options type windows.... (Message 86408) Posted 1 Jun 2018 by Neil Post: Greetings: I recently updated to 7.10.2, not sure from which version, but I try to stay up to date. One change that is really bugging me, a little thing really, but I'd like to know if others are seeing the same thing. In Windows applications, generally, when you're working in a sub-window and are ready to leave that sub-window, you can either click on OK, or Save, or something like that. Or, you can hit the Enter key. I'm used to hitting the Enter key. However, in 7.10.2, at least, the Save button is not the default highlighted button. No, it's the Cancel button. This means that when you complete whatever changes you want to make and hit the Enter key, it bails out because of the Cancel button being the highlighted selection. So, does anyone else have this issue? The bigger question, for me, is WHY has this change been made? Please fix this! Thanks!

4) Message boards : BOINC client : Feature request: free core(s) for special application/calculations (Message 69958) Posted 4 Jun 2016 by Neil Post: I think anyone running these apps knows how many cores they have and, therefore, how many they'd like to 'turn off'. Most won't want to do the math to figure out that you need to specify 88 to leave 7 of 8 running on an 8-core CPU. Just say 7. Neil

5) Message boards : BOINC client : Feature request: free core(s) for special application/calculations (Message 69659) Posted 19 May 2016 by Neil Post: Greetings: I also would love to see the ability to either manually, via BoincTray functionality, in Windows, or via the ability to specify cores allowed while certain named programs are running. I think the ability to turn off a certain number of cores when I load one of my games, as an example, as well as turn off use of the GPU (which IS possible in the current release, 7.6.22, I don't know when this capability was added), would be the most effective method. Just add the executable to the exclusion list and specify the number of cores to 'disable' while it's running. I wouldn't think that would be a big deal, but I'm not a developer. I would appreciate an actual number of cores be specified instead of the %-age method now used in Computing Preferences. Any takers?? Thanks! Neil

6) Message boards : GPUs : GPU Manufacturer Preference (Message 61607) Posted 15 Apr 2015 by Neil Post: This is their quote... "If the graphics card is not used for its specifically designed purpose of graphical processing and visual output to a display or multiple displays. Most common applications include gaming, multi-media play-back, video production & editing, and output to display or multiple displays." "Unfortunately VisionTek cannot support any cards for the use of “folding” or other unintended purposes." Their English isn't great, but... Neil

7) Message boards : GPUs : GPU Manufacturer Preference (Message 61592) Posted 14 Apr 2015 by Neil Post: Greetings: I may very well be in the market for a new GPU soon. I would like to know what manufacturers of GPUs BOINC crunchers have had the best luck with. I've recently had serious issues with an ASUS GTX-670 (3 RMAs later I still don't have a working card), so am interested in knowing whether other manufacturers, EVGA or VisionTek, as examples, are historically better able to withstand the heavy use BOINC will put them to. I have an old VisionTek Radeon HD5750 that is still crunching along fine. However, VisionTek has informed me that if their cards, which normally come with a lifetime warranty, are used for 'folding', that will void the warranty. Please note that I'm not trying to re-ignite the age-old NVidia versus ATI flame wars here. I'm looking for one manufacturer or technology approach versus another. I would like to know which manufacturer's GPUs you've had trouble with and which you've had perform flawlessly. Also, are there any specifics that should be looked for when selecting a GPU for this purpose as well as gaming? Thanks! Neil

8) Message boards : GPUs : GPU Throttle? (Message 61497) Posted 9 Apr 2015 by Neil Post: Greetings: Got my replacement card yesterday. Hooked it up and, nothing. Decided to re-arrange the PCI-E power cables and got it to work! So I'm thinking the issue was the power supply, as you suggested. I've created a ticket w/Antec to discuss with them. It's an HCG-850M, so I think it should be sufficient. However, I like the idea of limiting the temp of the GPU, so I'm continuing to play around with TThrottle. Might also look into upgrading the card to the 700 series as suggested by Richie. I've got some additional items I should mention, one in response to your later questions: a. I frequently get errors from Windows about the AMD driver stopping and recovering (I've researched this and found no working solution) b. The temps I mentioned are for the ATI, and, yes, it does have a fan on it. However, GPU-Z often reports the GPU Load as 0%, other times it will be at 100% - maybe this is normal. It's currently reporting 100% and the three GPU temps are 42.5, 43, and 44. c. Since SETI is currently out of work units, I have no GPU crunching to do on the NVidia card, so can't report on it's temperatures, other than that, at idle, it's running 33 (GPU Load 0%). Thanks all!!! Neil

9) Message boards : GPUs : GPU Throttle? (Message 61380) Posted 3 Apr 2015 by Neil Post: Greetings: Thanks for the comments! I've checked that the power supply is adequate (850 watt antec should be more than sufficient) and there appears to be no heat problem in the case. Admittedly, this is one of the goofy, in my opinion, designs that doesn't pump the heat out of the case. GPU-Z indicates that the GPU temp is on the mid 30's Celsius (this is currently an older ATI Radeon 5750), I can't recall how hot the NVidia card ran. I don't think that should be too hot. How hot is too hot? The card in question is completely stock, no overclocking, no cooling modifications. The CPUs have never seen 50 degrees Celsius. That's an AMD FX-8350 (4.0+ GHz, eight-core) with a Cooler Master Seidon 240M water cooling system. NO issues with Boinc projects there. I've downloaded TThrottle and will play with that, when I get my card replaced. Otherwise, I'll look at the AutoHotKey script. Thanks!!! Neil

10) Message boards : GPUs : GPU Throttle? (Message 61352) Posted 2 Apr 2015 by Neil Post: Greetings: I've just burned out my third GTX-670 in as many months. The only thing I can think of that might be doing this is my GPU processing for SETI. Is there a method for throttling the GPU so it uses only, say, half of the GPU processing capability? Any other suggestions? (Yes, I've been working with ASUS regarding the problem, they're stumped). Thanks! Neil

11) Message boards : Questions and problems : Red Hat/Oracle Linux required packages list (Message 58594) Posted 10 Dec 2014 by Neil Post: Great! Thanks!

12) Message boards : Questions and problems : Red Hat/Oracle Linux required packages list (Message 58592) Posted 10 Dec 2014 by Neil Post: Greetings: I'm attempting to get Boinc 7.2.42 to run on an Oracle Linux 6.6 (64) system. As it's designed for Ubuntu, the required packages are a problem for me. The PC is a Dell OptiPlex 780 w/an Intel CORE 2 Duo, 3.0 GHz, CPU and 8GB RAM. It's pretty much stock, no overclocking, etc. So far, I've not been able to get run_manager to execute, so no projects have been added and it's not registered anywhere. When I attempt to execute run_manager, it does this: # ./run_manager ./boincmgr: error while loading shared libraries: libwx_gtk2u_html-2.8.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory # I think all I need is a listing of the packages I need to install for Red Hat/Oracle Linux. Does such a listing exist? Thanks!! Neil

13) Message boards : BOINC Manager : 7.2.28 client apparently doesn't know how to sort??? (Message 51315) Posted 14 Nov 2013 by Neil Post: Well, the first Repair fixed the problem! I've been doing this for almost 14 years and never had THAT problem before, weird. Thanks, Jord!!!

14) Message boards : BOINC Manager : 7.2.28 client apparently doesn't know how to sort??? (Message 51313) Posted 14 Nov 2013 by Neil Post: They flip up and down as I click them, no change. Maybe it's just the my system...

15) Message boards : BOINC Manager : 7.2.28 client apparently doesn't know how to sort??? (Message 51311) Posted 14 Nov 2013 by Neil Post: Greetings: I recently downloaded and installed the 7.2.28 client (without VirtualBox as I use that for other projects and am already far ahead of version 4.2.16). I can't say for certain that 7.0.64 did this, I don't think so, but on my Windows machines running the new client (all of them), it appears that NONE of the sort capabilities built into the client know how to sort! I'm talking about pretty much all of the column headers. Click on one, like Projects, and the projects don't sort in any order I can think of. Am I the only one seeing this? Is there a config change that needs to be made? Thanks!

16) Message boards : Questions and problems : Why is the Messages tab removed? (Message 40159) Posted 12 Sep 2011 by Neil Post: Can we make that the default, but have an option to display as a tab???

17) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Column sorting, anyone? (Message 9906) Posted 26 Apr 2007 by Neil Post: Cool! Thanks!

18) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Column sorting, anyone? (Message 9550) Posted 13 Apr 2007 by Neil Post: Would it be a big deal to be able to sort by clicking on column headers in the BOINC Manager? I'm not a programmer, so I really have no idea. I believe it could be found useful. Thanks!

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