Posts by noodles

1) Questions and Answers : Windows : Problems with Screensaver not freeing ressources (Message 56284) Posted 7 Oct 2008 by noodles Post: Hi, something to add: I switched to default settings to see wheter it would be better but same problem. It seems to work but after a while it does not react to any commands. I can open Boinc manager and change settings but minirosetta does not work anymore. I first realized that because the progress of my assigned tasks does not go on although minirosetta consumes CPU time. When I look at the processes I can see that Boinc.exe has three minirosetta child processes. When I kill these and restart Boinc it starts working normally again. So it does not matter which settings I try it doesn't run stable on my system. It seems I have to remove it from my PC. Perhaps i'll give it a try later. Thanks for your time. Regards /noodles
2) Questions and Answers : Windows : Problems with Screensaver not freeing ressources (Message 56283) Posted 7 Oct 2008 by noodles Post: Thanks for your answer. What BOINC version are you running? 6.2.19 Have you tried running without BOINC as your screensaver? Yes, without using the scr it is better but does not work reliable. Sometimes when I move the mouse or use the keyboard the minirosetta process stops using the CPU sometimes it does not and I have to kill the process because it is consuming 100%. Furthermore I configured Boinc not to use more than 60% of the processor time but my fans are running on full power - quite noisy after a while. BOINC runs at the lowest priority possible. So if it is getting 100% of the CPU, it means your CPU has absolutely nothing else to do. Most machines can run BOINC all the time without noticible impact to using the computer. Especially when plenty of memory is available, as with your machine. This does work better when I allow computing while PC is in use but I prefer to run Boinc when my computer is idle. Thanks Regards /noodles
3) Questions and Answers : Windows : Problems with Screensaver not freeing ressources (Message 56273) Posted 7 Oct 2008 by noodles Post: Hi, I wanted to take part and installed Boinc, uptodate version yesterday. My system: Athlon64 3500+ 2 GB DDR2 Ram 250GB STA2 HDD Win XP Home SP3 I set it to start when the system is idle for 5 minutes. Seems to work... The screensaver starts after 7 minutes, too. The problem is, when I start using my PC again (after the screensaver)CPU time is not given back. The CPU stays at 100% with minirosetta_1.3 as a child of Boinc. The only option to end this is to kill the process or the process tree. Any help would e appreciated. Thanks /noodles