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Former Member
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Hi. I have read many of the posts, but can't seem to find anything to help. Sorry if I have missed something previously written.
I have been using United Devices for a number of years and have had no problems at all. But recently I changed over to Boinc. I am a little confused with it. I don't know if I am using it to it's full potential. I do not use my computer much, just for emails, check websites, etc, but I always have Boinc running. When in the Advanced View, under the "Tasks" heading, as my "CPU time" increases so does the "To Completion" time. Also, the report deadline is either past already or almost at the date. For example, the task that started today has a deadline of 21/06/08 01:43:49. Is there anything I could do to help this? As I am worried my contribution isn't helping. Any help would be most appreciated. Thank you  |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Please will you go to the Messages tab, and copy the messages?
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
I wasn't sure what messages you would need, so I just copied them all.
22/06/2008 12:24:08||Starting BOINC client version 5.10.45 for windows_intelx86 22/06/2008 12:24:08||log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops 22/06/2008 12:24:08||Libraries: libcurl/7.18.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8e zlib/1.2.3 22/06/2008 12:24:08||Data directory: C:\Program Files\BOINC 22/06/2008 12:24:09||Processor: 1 AuthenticAMD Mobile AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 3000+ [x86 Family 15 Model 44 Stepping 2] 22/06/2008 12:24:09||Processor features: fpu tsc pae nx sse sse2 3dnow mmx 22/06/2008 12:24:09||OS: Microsoft Windows XP: Professional Edition, Service Pack 2, (05.01.2600.00) 22/06/2008 12:24:09||Memory: 895.36 MB physical, 2.12 GB virtual 22/06/2008 12:24:09||Disk: 51.13 GB total, 2.37 GB free 22/06/2008 12:24:09||Local time is UTC +1 hours 22/06/2008 12:24:10|World Community Grid|URL: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/; Computer ID: 615914; location: (none); project prefs: default 22/06/2008 12:24:10||General prefs: from World Community Grid (last modified 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01) 22/06/2008 12:24:10||Host location: none 22/06/2008 12:24:11||General prefs: using your defaults 22/06/2008 12:24:11||Reading preferences override file 22/06/2008 12:24:11||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 671.52MB 22/06/2008 12:24:11||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 671.52MB 22/06/2008 12:24:11||Preferences limit disk usage to 1.91GB 22/06/2008 12:24:12|World Community Grid|Task lt270_00043_5 is 1.44 days overdue. 22/06/2008 12:24:12|World Community Grid|You may not get credit for it. Consider aborting it. 22/06/2008 12:24:37|World Community Grid|Restarting task lt270_00043_5 using hpf2 version 518 |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Okay.
----------------------------------------The task is overdue, so you might as well abort it. You can do some tuning to get the best performance from your computer. Go here and select "Maximum output" (and save it). You will also have to clear your local override in BOINC Manager (Advanced -> Preferences). Keep an eye on the progress. If it still isn't making progress, we will be happy to help further. [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at Jun 22, 2008 1:11:34 PM] |
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Former Member
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Thank you. This seems to have helped. Now, when the CPU time goes up, the To completion time actually goes down! lol! Thank you again.
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JmBoullier
Former Community Advisor Normandy - France Joined: Jan 26, 2007 Post Count: 3716 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Marevana, I notice that your machine is processing an HPF2 project, which is the most demanding project nowadays in WCG. For participants who have problems with the time it takes to complete a task in their machine either because it is not very fast or because it is not switched on all day long (which is perfectly normal) I recommend to prefer the "Rice" project (NRW) for reasons given in this message , or at least to avoid HPF2 and FAAH which are less suitable for machines working in shorter sessions.
----------------------------------------Laptops which often have problems when leaving hibernation are other good candidates for this NRW project because of the frequent checkpointing. Cheers. Jean. ---------------------------------------- [Edit 1 times, last edit by JmBoullier at Jun 23, 2008 1:09:52 AM] |
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