I am suddenly getting a screensaver crash, is any one else?
The symptoms are
a) the screensaver comes up in at a lower resolution than it has previously and
b) after some time the screen completly messes up and I cannot get back into the machine, which still appears to be running.

I am the only one suffering, or is this a known problem?

One of the main problems is that I suspect most dedicated crunchers do not use the screensaver....it takes valuable CPU cycles away from the scientific tasks......

[b]"I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me[/b]

I keep all of these in memory and run the graphics screen saver for 1 hour before going to a blank screen.

I keep all of these in memory and run the graphics screen saver for 1 hour before going to a blank screen.

And it runs each project for 60 minutes? This sounds like a Rosetta bug.

I run only Rosetta and have only tested the screensaver for short periods. If you change your General Preferences to run each project for more than an hour will the screensaver run longer? (Trying to determine if Rosetta's screensaver won't let it change to the next project as it should.) Is Predictor always the next project in rotation?

This will require the attention of someone from development. Help!

Measured floating point speed 1012.66 million ops/sec
Measured integer speed 2066.42 million ops/sec

System Properties. (Start > My Computer > System > Advanced tab) and click on Settings in the Performance section.

* On the Visual Effects tab I run "Adjust for best performance."

* Click on the Advanced Tab and put a dot by Programs in both Processor scheduling and Memory usage.

* Under Virtual memory, click on Change to see how you are running. I suggest running "System managed size" although I have run "no paging file." (I have 512MB of RAM and watch my available memory.) I have seen recommendations to run the paging file in a Backup partition, but Microsoft flatly state(s) that paging files should not be run in this manner. My results at PC PitStop indicate that my data transfer to the backup file is faster, so I don't know who to believe. It is a fact that if you have a second hard drive, that you should run the virtual memory on that drive, the one which does not have the operating system on it, to improve performance. A reference: Virtual Memory in Windows XP.

Power Options. (Start > Control Panel > Power Options)

* If you are running a laptop, set your Power Options to Home/Office Desk. I know that a Dell Inspiron 8100 with Intel 1GHz processor will only run at about 775MHz if not run as a desktop.

* I run "Always On," Never, Never, and Never. You may desire to turn off your monitor, but going into standby will stop the running of Find-a-Drug.

* Click on the Hibernate tab and ensure that hibernation is not enabled. If you have an UPS, check your settings on the UPS tab.

Screen Saver. Go to Display Properties (right click Desktop > Properties) and click on the Screen Saver tab.

* I run Blank because it does not consume CPU cycles as others do. I do not recommend running None with any display, although some people do, especially LCD.

* While we are here, click on the Settings tab and click on the Advanced button. Click on the Monitor tab. Put a check mark in the "Hide modes that this monitor cannot display" block. If you have a flicker in your display, run a Screen refresh rate of something other than the frequency of your electricity supply, usually 50 or 60 HZ. I am running 75Hz, but if you have migraines, you may want to try 85 or 100Hz.

Network connection. Go to Start > Connect to > Show all connections (or Start > Control Panel > Network Connections).

* Right click on the connection to your ISP (the one you are using) and click on Properties.
Click on the Options tab.

* Do these two things: Check "redial if line is dropped" and from the drop down menu of "Idle time before hanging up:" be aware of your choice. I have DSL and can use "never".

I am suddenly getting a screensaver crash, is any one else?
The symptoms are
a) the screensaver comes up in at a lower resolution than it has previously and
b) after some time the screen completly messes up and I cannot get back into the machine, which still appears to be running.

I am the only one suffering, or is this a known problem?

The driver ati2dvag for the display device DeviceVideo0 got stuck in an infinite loop. This usually indicates a problem with the device itself or with the device driver programming the hardware incorrectly. Please check with your hardware device vendor for any driver updates.

I know that I have heard reports of general problems with boinc graphics on ATI Radeon cards. I will try to find out more details.

ATI cards are nortorious for trashing WUs over on Einstein. This may be due to the outdated science app.