Posts by andrewxc

1) Message boards : Questions and problems : Black screen / Win Update? BOINC not sharing nicely. (Message 103756)
Posted 30 Mar 2021 by andrewxc
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Went to 75% of cores at max. 75% capacity each.
Taking away most of the input lag issues, but still turning black occasionally. Probably has more to do with the GPU than WinUpdate.
2) Message boards : Questions and problems : Black screen / Win Update? BOINC not sharing nicely. (Message 103637)
Posted 21 Mar 2021 by andrewxc
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It happened again last night, after leaving it on for a few hours, but this time, there was no WinUpdate. I had set the Max Cores as 75%, prior to it.
I have now set Max Usage as 75%, as well. This may be more like the other incident than I had previously thought, if it is just an issue with GPU.
3) Message boards : Questions and problems : Black screen / Win Update? BOINC not sharing nicely. (Message 103592)
Posted 18 Mar 2021 by andrewxc
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I have a similar problem to this thread, but couldn't res. it: https://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_thread.php?id=13423

I am running BOINC v.7.16.11 (x64), wxWidgets v.3.0.1 on a Win10 box (fully updated).
I have been running Einstein & Rosetta for years, and have been having an issue with resource allocation since upgrading to a multi-core processor a couple of years ago.
I can't so much as run a browser window or run media without incurring skipping, despite having set priorities to favor foreground processes.

When I attempt to wiggle my mouse and wake up the computer, many times it does nothing. Ctrl+Alt+Del doesn't work. I can't see anything to try and end processes. Usually I do a hard reboot. Lately, I notice that Windows Update screens come up automatically, stating "Please wait while we get Windows ready. Do not shut down your computer."
This week, I did this 20 mins before my class (I teach) started. It was a full 35 mins before the update was completed. I was late, though I joined on mobile, so there wasn't a huge issue; I just lost a lot of functionality.
I have the settings set such that WinUpdate works at 2-3am. I suspect that BOINC projects are hoarding resources, and not relinquishing them to other higher-priority processes, including WinUpdate.

Apart from me creating a Python script to set BOINC Activity to Suspend whenever WinUpdate is triggered, is there something I can do?
4) Message boards : Questions and problems : BOINC resetting to BIOS (Message 43954)
Posted 4 May 2012 by andrewxc
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Joined on 24 April, ATI released a new driver on 25 April, after I had been to the site several times and found my "newest" driver update was 28 March.

So that's how I'm going to tell when ATI releases new drivers... X-D

Thanks, everyone.
5) Message boards : Questions and problems : BOINC resetting to BIOS (Message 43937)
Posted 3 May 2012 by andrewxc
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Another failure.
Is there any other way to tell whether it's a driver issue, other than updating drivers or rolling back to before the trouble happened?
6) Message boards : Questions and problems : BOINC resetting to BIOS (Message 43893)
Posted 30 Apr 2012 by andrewxc
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I stopped reading after the technical bit - didn't get down to the examples... Had somewhere to be Saturday.
I'll check it later today.
7) Message boards : Questions and problems : BOINC resetting to BIOS (Message 43832)
Posted 28 Apr 2012 by andrewxc
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New development: Turned off Auto-Restart and changed cc_config.xml to read:

"<cc_config>
<log_flags>
<start_delay>500.000000</start_delay>
<log_flags>
</cc_config>"

as requested. If the above code is correct, no changes in behavior, so it would be a hardware issue.

BSoD:

Bad_Pool_Header
[...]
Stop: 0x00000019 (0x00000020, 0xE49FD348, 0xE49FD418, 0x0C1A0801)
8) Message boards : Questions and problems : BOINC resetting to BIOS (Message 43827)
Posted 28 Apr 2012 by andrewxc
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Sorry, OTHER than <cc_config> and <log_flags>.
9) Message boards : Questions and problems : BOINC resetting to BIOS (Message 43826)
Posted 28 Apr 2012 by andrewxc
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Sounds good, what's the syntax?
<start_delay>500.000000</start_delay> ?

If so, are there other lines that I should also put in? <project>, <user_name>, etc?
10) Message boards : Questions and problems : BOINC resetting to BIOS (Message 43821)
Posted 28 Apr 2012 by andrewxc
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Out of curiosity, is there a way to set the default project status to "Suspended"? Otherwise, I can't react quickly enough to do it inside the application.
11) Message boards : Questions and problems : BOINC resetting to BIOS (Message 43760)
Posted 25 Apr 2012 by andrewxc
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It's not a CPU issue in the sense that I can run intensive games and the CPU / GPU are clocking 100% for hours on end. I think it's either compatibility between software or an issue with a work unit. The problem is, I can't even get close to having enough reaction time to Snooze before it resets the whole system.

Interesting alternate theory: Could it have something to do with Windows Time Service being unable to synchronize? If BOINC and my computer are at odds, could it be causing trouble?
Looking in the Event Viewer, I see only a few warnings, but a HUGE number of "Information" bubbles that mostly talk about warnings coming from ATI's Catalyst Control Center (CCC.exe).
12) Message boards : Questions and problems : BOINC resetting to BIOS (Message 43736)
Posted 24 Apr 2012 by andrewxc
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I am running WinXP-32 and started having problems on 22 April. It was very sudden; I don't think I had downloaded new BOINC software, which leads me to believe that it is a work module that's failed.
13) Message boards : Questions and problems : BOINC resetting to BIOS (Message 43735)
Posted 24 Apr 2012 by andrewxc
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When I open BOINC, it will reset my computer to BIOS. My computer has a lengthy start-up process, so I'm not happy about it.
I don't know when, exactly, but it's either resetting when the localclient connects or when the manager attempts to start work on one of the modules.
7.0.25 and I run all available resources.



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