Posts by Mike

1) Message boards : Number crunching : Help us solve the 1% bug! (Message 13162) Posted 7 Apr 2006 by Mike Post: Hi All. I have a 2.4 gb pc with 256mb of ram. Running Windows XP Home with SP2. I have had no failures since I turned off all screen savers (I turn the display off) and leave unfinished WU in memory (i.e. Hard drive.) I run Rosetta,Seti and Predictor. No failures since 17/03/06.
2) Message boards : Number crunching : Miscellaneous Work Unit Errors (Message 12564) Posted 23 Mar 2006 by Mike Post: Hi. Try turning off all screen savers. I did this 6 days ago with no problems since.
3) Message boards : Number crunching : Help us solve the 1% bug! (Message 12505) Posted 22 Mar 2006 by Mike Post: Hi. Ok,I'm running Roseta,Seti& Predictor. Since I turned off all screen savers, and keeping results in memory (hard disc) I've had no further problems. PC runs 24/7. I just turn off the monitor when I away.
4) Message boards : Number crunching : Miscellaneous Work Unit Errors (Message 12327) Posted 20 Mar 2006 by Mike Post: Hi All. My first post. I need to know why 50% of my results have a client error ??
5) Message boards : Number crunching : Miscellaneous Work Unit Errors (Message 12323) Posted 20 Mar 2006 by Mike Post: Hi . My first post. Having seemingly to have got past the 1% bug. (turned off all screen savers). I have now noticed a'Client error' problem when checking my results. Almost 50% have this error. Any ideas.??
6) Message boards : Number crunching : Help us solve the 1% bug! (Message 12139) Posted 17 Mar 2006 by Mike Post: Sorry. I should have said I have disabled all screen savers.
7) Message boards : Number crunching : Help us solve the 1% bug! (Message 12135) Posted 17 Mar 2006 by Mike Post: Hi all. Since turning off the Boinc screen saver I have no problems with the 1% bug during the last 4 days.
8) Message boards : Number crunching : Help us solve the 1% bug! (Message 11977) Posted 13 Mar 2006 by Mike Post: Hi all. I'm beginning to think that this problem is caused by the BOINC screen saver. I have changed my screen saver to a windows saver and so far so good. will keep you informed.
9) Message boards : Number crunching : Help us solve the 1% bug! (Message 11858) Posted 10 Mar 2006 by Mike Post: Computer reboot solved my problem. 8 hours stuck at 1%.