1) Message boards : Questions and problems : How to make Boinc ignore mouse input for idling purposes (Message 54429) Posted 11 Jun 2014 by rick6 Post: Hm, i guess that's more or less what i said :P I understand what it does, i just wanted to know if there would be a way for it to ignore the mouse, even if that means adding something to the cc_config.xml file.

2) Message boards : Questions and problems : How to make Boinc ignore mouse input for idling purposes (Message 54427) Posted 11 Jun 2014 by rick6 Post: Maybe language was a barrier here. I did not express myself correctly, i'm sorry. I already unchecked "While computer is in use" for that, and as far as i know it works by detecting mouse or keyboard usage therefore suspending boinc works. I would like to know if there is any way for boinc to only acknowledge keyboard input in order to assume computer usage and ignore any mouse input.

3) Message boards : Questions and problems : How to make Boinc ignore mouse input for idling purposes (Message 54424) Posted 11 Jun 2014 by rick6 Post: Hi there. I've tried that but unfourtanely it didn't work :( Boinc sill pauses if i move or click the mouse. No chance then?

4) Message boards : Questions and problems : How to make Boinc ignore mouse input for idling purposes (Message 54421) Posted 11 Jun 2014 by rick6 Post: I've been searching but i couldn't find much, if anything at all. Is there any option or way to make boinc ignore mouse input for idling purposes? As it stands if i either mouse\click my mouse or keyboard it idles for 10 second the way i configured it, but now i would like it to only pause tasks only if the keyboard is used. Could anyone share a light on this?

5) Message boards : Questions and problems : Geforce 8400GS vs I5 750 for boinc, which would be better? (Message 54157) Posted 18 May 2014 by rick6 Post: I'm not sure if i'm doing this right but seems that my i5 750 is able to do 3,8Gflops according to this: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=7272442 While a Geforce 8400GS PCI-E does 5Gflops according to this : http://www.gpugrid.net/forum_thread.php?id=1150 What i don't understand is if that CPU rating is the maximum that my CPU can do at 100% or what it can do while at 50% (it's current state at boinc) If the rating for the cpu is at 100% then i'm only crunshing at 1,9 Gflops on my cpu (3,8/2=1,9Gflops because i'm only using half of my cpu for boinc) while with a Geforce 8400gs it would do 5Gflops. The deciding factor would be power consumption. While my CPU power consunption increases 30 to 45 watts while crunshing at 50%, i'm not sure how much power does a 8400gs consume. I've seen people saying it won't go above 25 watts while others sai it will do 71 watts. Not really sure about any of this. Any help is appreciated.

6) Message boards : Questions and problems : Geforce 8400GS vs I5 750 for boinc, which would be better? (Message 54156) Posted 18 May 2014 by rick6 Post: If i was to use boinc on either a 8400GS or a I5 750 at 3,8Ghz (using only 50%), which would be better at crunching data? I know that GPUs crunch much faster than CPUs but since it is a really old and weak GPU, would it still crunch much faster than a CPU while using less power? Thanks in advance

7) Message boards : Questions and problems : How much CPU % do you allow your BOINC app to use? (Message 54122) Posted 15 May 2014 by rick6 Post: The older computers will use more electricity to process the same tasks; newer computers are much more efficient. Yes i'm aware, still most of the ancient computers i'm using are computers at work that need to be on 8 to 9 hours a day, so i'd better put them to good use if i'm allowed. That other suggestion of yours for heating the room is interesting, i should try this later on this year. In the summer it's almost impossile as my room gets up to 25\28ºC just with regular computer usage. My i5 750 is overclocked to 3.8Ghz and along with a idling ATI 7870 pushes 97 watts when completely idle. When using boinc at 35% it can go as high as 130\145 watts so that's roughtly €1.60 more per month than if not using boinc at all. Still as little as it is, it's still a welcome help for the projects i'm in i guess.

8) Message boards : Questions and problems : How much CPU % do you allow your BOINC app to use? (Message 54115) Posted 14 May 2014 by rick6 Post: I'm sorry to only awnser now. Well i'm running this on a variety of computers, ranging from really ancient ones to reasonable ones. I tend to control as much as i can my energy costs and that is one reason why i don't do GPU computing at all. Also heat is a big concern and not all the computers in use are mine so i need to respect what i promissed to the people that agreed to help the cause. Not much too much power consumption, not too much excess heat and to impact in performance. Using any cpu at 35% and pausing the work when cpu usage exceeds 65% seems to be a sweet spot for most cpus according to my watt meter (Pentiums 4 2.8 and 3.2ghz, CULCS cpu at 1.2Ghz, AMD APU 5300 and i5 750). I also have an old Pentium 3 laptop at 550MHZ but i leave that one at 100% for other reasons. All-in-All i like to help these causes and not increase mine or anyones power bills, or heat inside the computer. If only i had a HUGE solar panel :)

9) Message boards : Questions and problems : How much CPU % do you allow your BOINC app to use? (Message 53836) Posted 29 Apr 2014 by rick6 Post: Hi there. I'm still new here and i don't intend on being a heavy number cruncher. My goal is to help some projects as SETI@home, Rosetta@home and WCG while keeping the electric bill as low as possible and still making the computer quite responsive as if it wasn't running Boinc at all. That being said all the computers i have Boinc running are only using 35% of the CPU power, and Boinc pauses when the CPU usage exceeds 65%. I stopped them at 35% because that seems to be the sweet spot for most machines when it comes to low power consumption in comparasion to not running boinc, and keeping fans RPMs as low as possible while still delivering WU in time. My question is if you think i'm doing this the wrong way and if you have a better ideia to run Boinc while still meeting all the requirements stated above. Thanks in advance

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