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leumas19891947
Cruncher Joined: Mar 22, 2005 Post Count: 3 Status: Offline |
Welcome
The agent on my computer only uses about 15% of my cpu even when I do not have any programs running that use cpu when I go to Windows Task Manager it shows WCGrid_Rosetta.exe with a low priority and System Idle Process 84% Commit Charge: 368M/1255M I have a Pentium[R] 4 CPU 3.00 GHz 512 of RAM Microsoft Windows XP Home Editon Service Pack 1 74.5 GB Hard Drive HP Pavilion zx5000 can anybody answer this problem? |
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Former Member
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leumas19891947 --
I am not sure what you are see as a problem here. The agent, UD.EXE running at 15 percent seems a bit high to me (perhaps you are running it with the graphic image of the current protien). WCGrid_Rosetta.exe is the actual process performing the calculations for the project. 84 percent is a bit lower than I would expect for it. My recommendation would be to run the agent without the graphic image. Then you should see the WCGrid_Rosetta.exe running at about 90 to 95 percent. |
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Former Member
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Here is a thread where one member had an underperforming Rosetta: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread?thread=1414#6944
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leumas19891947
Cruncher Joined: Mar 22, 2005 Post Count: 3 Status: Offline |
right now as of 4:43 PM
Saturaday 4/2/2005 the WCGrid_Rosettia.exe was running at 16% CPU |
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Former Member
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Please be aware that I am not computer knowledgeable. But your problem sounds familiar to me.
You appear to be saying that Rosetta performance fell from 84% cpu usage to 16% cpu usage. A friend who is also running WCG had the same kind of problem. His cpu usage didn't get near that low, but otherwise it sounds the same. It turned out to be a hot cpu problem. What is your cpu temp? Do you have a temp monitor? If so, does your mobo automatically throttle back the cpu when it exceeds the recommended temp range? One easy way to check (while being safe) is to shut your system down for 8 hours, or so. When you fire it up again, see if the cpu useage begins to slowly decline again.  |
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Former Member
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Motherboard Monitor at http://mbm.livewiredev.com/ is a free program that monitors the temperature of many computers. It is a very useful program. I think that julied's hypothesis is very likely.
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