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Cant get boinc to work whn PC idle

BOINC is set to work always, but it works as long as I'm doing something on PC. When I stop using PC, BOINC works for about 1 minute (CPU 100%) and then CPU usage drops to idle (about 10%), it remains idle until I move mouse or something than goes back to 100% for another minute. How do i get it to work all the time? All of the options are set to work all the time

BOINC is latest version
OS Windows Vista 64 Ultimate
CPU AMD Athlon X2

BTW sorry for bad English :D

[Nov 30, 2008 9:18:37 PM]

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Re: Cant get boinc to work whn PC idle

So you want to run Always at full capacity?

If so, simply visit the BOINC Manager > Advanced View (if in Simple) > Activity menu and set to "Run Always".

Let us know if this does the trick

ciao

PS: Me bad inglese too ... does not matter ;>)

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[Nov 30, 2008 9:22:14 PM]

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Re: Cant get boinc to work whn PC idle

Thnx for fast help but I already tried that and it didn't help

[Nov 30, 2008 9:33:31 PM]

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Re: Cant get boinc to work whn PC idle

That's what we like to hear from problem reporters... the things they've tried so far.

Possibly energy conservation features of your OS/Hardware setup. It's something getting more and more popular.

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[Nov 30, 2008 9:51:44 PM]

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Re: Cant get boinc to work whn PC idle

Hmm I already disabled AMD cool&quiet in BIOS and I cant find anything important in Windows Power settings, all of those settings are 10 or more minutes untill standby. I cant remember anything else atm that could cause those pauses.

[Nov 30, 2008 10:02:49 PM]

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Re: Cant get boinc to work whn PC idle

Is boinctray.exe running? What BOINC version?

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[Nov 30, 2008 10:05:56 PM]

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Re: Cant get boinc to work whn PC idle

chubyzg, please will you post the messages from the Messages tab.

Thank you.

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Re: Cant get boinc to work whn PC idle

Possibly energy conservation features of your OS/Hardware setup. It's something getting more and more popular.

Usually that should only make the CPU clock run slower, but it should still use 100 % of that slower CPU.

With "run always" selected that does not leave much room for imagination... Let's wait for the message log.

Cheers. Jean.

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[Dec 1, 2008 12:55:28 AM]

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Re: Cant get boinc to work whn PC idle

Boinc version is 6.2.28
boinctray.exe is running

here is log:

1.12.2008 11:36:25||Starting BOINC client version 6.2.28 for windows_intelx86
1.12.2008 11:36:25||log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
1.12.2008 11:36:25||Libraries: libcurl/7.19.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8i zlib/1.2.3
1.12.2008 11:36:25||Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC
1.12.2008 11:36:25||Running under account Chuby
1.12.2008 11:36:27||Processor: 2 AuthenticAMD AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4000+ [AMD64 Family 15 Model 107 Stepping 1]
1.12.2008 11:36:27||Processor features: fpu tsc pae nx sse sse2 pni 3dnow mmx
1.12.2008 11:36:27||OS: Microsoft Windows Vista: Ultimate x64 Editon, Service Pack 1, (06.00.6001.00)
1.12.2008 11:36:27||Memory: 4.00 GB physical, 8.17 GB virtual
1.12.2008 11:36:27||Disk: 298.08 GB total, 86.24 GB free
1.12.2008 11:36:27||Local time is UTC +1 hours
1.12.2008 11:36:40|lhcathome|URL: http://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/; Computer ID: 9759979; location: (none); project prefs: default
1.12.2008 11:36:40|World Community Grid|URL: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/; Computer ID: 768344; location: (none); project prefs: default
1.12.2008 11:36:40||General prefs: from lhcathome (last modified 09-Sep-2008 21:55:55)
1.12.2008 11:36:40||Host location: none
1.12.2008 11:36:40||General prefs: using your defaults
1.12.2008 11:36:40||Reading preferences override file
1.12.2008 11:36:41||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 2046.82MB
1.12.2008 11:36:42||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 3684.28MB
1.12.2008 11:36:42||Preferences limit disk usage to 86.24GB
1.12.2008 11:39:23|World Community Grid|Restarting task X0000055350880200508172150_0 using hcc1 version 606
1.12.2008 11:39:23|World Community Grid|Restarting task faah4654_000321_MC_xMut_md06000_01_0 using faah version 606
1.12.2008 11:39:25|lhcathome|Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. Requesting 7504 seconds of work, reporting 0 completed tasks
1.12.2008 11:39:30|lhcathome|Scheduler request succeeded: got 1 new tasks
1.12.2008 11:39:32|lhcathome|Started download of wl55D00s_l55D00s__1__64.3205_59.3305__10_12__6__40_1_sixvf_boinc419967.zip
1.12.2008 11:39:37|lhcathome|Finished download of wl55D00s_l55D00s__1__64.3205_59.3305__10_12__6__40_1_sixvf_boinc419967.zip
1.12.2008 11:40:28||Suspending computation - no recent user activity
1.12.2008 11:40:54||Resuming computation
1.12.2008 11:42:34||Suspending computation - no recent user activity
1.12.2008 11:44:29||Resuming computation
1.12.2008 11:45:30||Suspending computation - no recent user activity
1.12.2008 11:46:00||Resuming computation

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[Dec 1, 2008 11:01:17 AM]

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Re: Cant get boinc to work whn PC idle

Well, chubyzg - the option that controls suspending when you are *not* using your computer is only available online. Clear your local preferences - it is confusing having settings in two places. Instead, go to http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/ms/device/viewDevices.do and change your device profile preferences.

Berkeley really got preferences wrong. Not that they will admit it.

[Dec 1, 2008 11:39:36 AM]

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