Posts by tomba
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3.43 is causing pop-ups
(Message 74393)
Posted 14 Nov 2012 by tomba Post: Is it safe to accept WU's again? Me too! It's nearly my bedtime... |
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Current issues with 7+ boinc client
(Message 74354)
Posted 14 Nov 2012 by tomba Post: I've switched off Rosetta and subscribed to this thread. I do hope, when it's fixed, someone will post here... Win 7 64 bit 8 processors, GPUGRID on GTX 460 |
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Beyond newbie Q&A
(Message 73139)
Posted 22 May 2012 by tomba Post: You can force BOINC to use 4 processors and see if that is acceptable. BINGO!! That's exactly what I wanted:  I set 25% of the processors === two === and Task Manager tells me three are in use; two for Rosetta and one for GPUGRID. And there's no delay in normal work. Perfect solution! Many thanks, Tom |
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Beyond newbie Q&A
(Message 73133)
Posted 22 May 2012 by tomba Post: I stopped running Rosetta many months ago when I bought an i7. Problem was that he grabbed all eight CPUs and the fan noise was unacceptable. I did try Tthrottle but that affected all CPUs and my normal work was downgraded significantly. Is there a way to assign n CPUs to Rosetta where n = Fan Noise OK? Thanks, Tom |
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"On multiprocessors, use at most n processors"
(Message 70831)
Posted 31 Jul 2011 by tomba Post: The settings in the BOINC manager should be enough... You're right. I'm now running with all cores active, and in BOINC I've set 75% of the processors and 70% of CPU time. So I have six Rosetta threads running and the fan noise is acceptable. I also run GPUGRID, which seems to need pretty much constant access to a CPU thread. He now has two all to himself! Many thanks everybody! Tom |
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"On multiprocessors, use at most n processors"
(Message 70818)
Posted 30 Jul 2011 by tomba Post: I am curious - where are you specifying the number of CPUs to utilize - on the computing preferences web page on the Rosetta site or on the "preferences -> processor usage" frame which is a part of the BOINC manager running locally on your system? Ah! Bingo!! I did not know about preferences in the local BOINC manager. I played there and it obeyed my settings. Thank you. I also went looking for hyper-threading in the BIOS. No mention, but I found I could specify how many cores to use: All, 1 or 2. I tried 2. Sure enough, Rosetta came up using only four threads. So - I have a choice: Run only 2 of the 4 cores, or restrict BOINC to 4 threads via preferences. I chose the 1st option only because the cooling fan noise was acceptable. With the 2nd option the fan noise was unacceptable without Tthrottling. Many thanks for your help. Tom |
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"On multiprocessors, use at most n processors"
(Message 70816)
Posted 30 Jul 2011 by tomba Post: Thanks Chris & Chilean for answering. I had no idea that an i7 only had four real cores!! I played with preferences and they are currently set a "use at most 1 processor" and "use at most 0.01% of CPU time". All eight threads are churning away, oblivious of my settings!! Now I'll see if I can turn off hyper-threading in the BIOS... Tom |
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"On multiprocessors, use at most n processors"
(Message 70806)
Posted 29 Jul 2011 by tomba Post: I have eight processors. If I don't control them, the cooling fan noise is unacceptable since my PC is in our living space. I control them with Tthrottle. It works, but I would rather not have Tthrottle running when I can control the fan noise by limiting the number of processors running Rosetta. For the past five days I've been running with the preference set for five processors active. No difference. All eight processors continue active. How do I activate this processor limit option? Thanks, Tom |
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No new work
(Message 64655)
Posted 30 Dec 2009 by tomba Post: Increasing my runtime has kept this machine in work for another day So how do you do that?? |
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No new tasks for a couple days.
(Message 64382)
Posted 5 Dec 2009 by tomba Post: received some tasks today, seems to be working now. Call off the dogs. Nine WUs just downloaded. |
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No new tasks for a couple days.
(Message 64381)
Posted 5 Dec 2009 by tomba Post: received some tasks today, seems to be working now. That was nine days ago. I just ran out of WUs. Lots of these: 05/12/2009 10:09:21 rosetta@home update requested by user 05/12/2009 10:09:24 rosetta@home Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. 05/12/2009 10:09:24 rosetta@home Requesting new tasks for GPU 05/12/2009 10:09:29 rosetta@home Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks "GPU"???? |
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Blinking Icons
(Message 64371)
Posted 4 Dec 2009 by tomba Post: can you set the monitor thing to ignore 127.0.0.1? Unfortunately, you can only change the blink rate, and set it to activate at boot time or not. Tom |
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Blinking Icons
(Message 64369)
Posted 4 Dec 2009 by tomba Post: Some time ago I ditched Zonealarm because its tray icon blinked continually when BOINC was active. Seems there's some communication between BOINC components, local to a PC, that looks like outside network activity. I just installed Windows 7. Its network access tray icon has no animation as in previous versions. I found this. It behaves just like Zonealarm. If BOINC is active it flashes continually. If I exit BOINC it only responds to real network traffic. Is there a way to fix this problem? Thanks, Tom |
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Problems with Rosetta version 5.98
(Message 64043)
Posted 14 Nov 2009 by tomba Post: 3-1/4 years. It's a Dell Dimension 9100....Last june, it died. Dell fitted a refurbished MB and PS. Well, not wishing to throw it away without trying something, I focused on the RAM. I removed three 1 gig sticks and ran Rosetta with 1 gig for two days without a hiccough. Then I added a second stick and ran for two days; no problems. Then I removed the two sticks and inserted the other two of four; four days sweetness and light. Then I bit the bullet and took it to 4 gigs. All is well! Funny... Tom |
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Problems with Rosetta version 5.98
(Message 63958)
Posted 4 Nov 2009 by tomba Post: What is it about Rosetta and Einstein on my Pentium D that gives these errors? I have three other PCs happily running Rosetta... 3-1/4 years. It's a Dell Dimension 9100. It's been running BOINC 24/7 since new. Last june, a month before the warrantee expired, it died. Dell fitted a refurbished MB and PS. For a year it's been running with 4 gigs of Crucial Ballistix RAM. Tom |
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Problems with Rosetta version 5.98
(Message 63956)
Posted 4 Nov 2009 by tomba Post: XP Pro, Pentium D 3.20MHz, Rosetta and GPUGRID. Well - gave up on Rosetta and attached to Einstein. Guess what? Immediate computation errors! I attached to Climate Prediction and that is running fine. What is it about Rosetta and Einstein on my Pentium D that gives these errors? I have three other PCs happily running Rosetta... |
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Problems with Rosetta version 5.98
(Message 63943)
Posted 3 Nov 2009 by tomba Post: XP Pro, Pentium D 3.20MHz, Rosetta and GPUGRID. While the Rosetta chaos below unfolds, GPUGRID merrily rolls along. Getting lots 'n' lots of these:  My results can be seen here. I migrated to BOINC 6.10.17. No change. I detached/attached Rosetta. The first two WUs failed within a minute; computation error. Two more WUs are running right now and are at 15%, but I know they aren't gunna complete. I've no idea what else to try. |
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100% computation errors for past day+
(Message 63941)
Posted 3 Nov 2009 by tomba Post: XP Pro, Pentium D 3.20MHz, Rosetta and GPUGRID. While the Rosetta chaos below unfolds, GPUGRID merrily rolls along. Getting lots 'n' lots of these: My results can be seen here. I migrated to BOINC 6.10.17. No change. I detached/attached Rosetta. The first two WUs failed within a minute; computation error. Two more WUs are running right now and are at 15%, but I know they aren't gunna complete. I've no idea what else to try. |
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"Computation Suspended"
(Message 63925)
Posted 2 Nov 2009 by tomba Post: With a million credits, you are probably already aware of it... Aware of what?? No comprendo... The other area to check would be the amount of memory you are allowing BOINC to use. As a task gets started running it will initialize everything and allocate memory required to really get started on the study of the protein. During that first few minutes of running is when you are most likely to hit BOINC's memory limit if it is set too low. The task ends up suspended with a status of "waiting for memory". The advanced view of BOINC let's you easily see the task status and message. Sorry, but that's so much gobbledegook to me. I'm a simple soul. I know how to get BOINC running and attach projects, but that's it. Right now I have two WUs running on the duo. I tried doing an update to get more. Nothing. I guess by morning I'll be out of work, again. Tom |
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"Computation Suspended"
(Message 63919)
Posted 2 Nov 2009 by tomba Post: XP Home: That was it! I set it to "run always" and away she went!! Many thanks. How it got set to "suspend" is a mystery. Tom |
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