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Former Member
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Misunderstanding. Thought you meant the most recent.
29/11/2010 6:38:59 PM Starting BOINC client version 6.10.58 for windows_x86_64 29/11/2010 6:38:59 PM log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task 29/11/2010 6:38:59 PM Libraries: libcurl/7.19.7 OpenSSL/0.9.8l zlib/1.2.3 29/11/2010 6:38:59 PM Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC 29/11/2010 6:38:59 PM Running under account Terry 29/11/2010 6:38:59 PM Processor: 8 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 720 @ 1.60GHz [Family 6 Model 30 Stepping 5] 29/11/2010 6:38:59 PM Processor: 256.00 KB cache 29/11/2010 6:38:59 PM Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss htt tm pni ssse3 cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 nx lm vmx smx tm2 popcnt pbe 29/11/2010 6:38:59 PM OS: Microsoft Windows 7: Home Premium x64 Edition, (06.01.7600.00) 29/11/2010 6:38:59 PM Memory: 3.94 GB physical, 7.87 GB virtual 29/11/2010 6:38:59 PM Disk: 443.66 GB total, 100.28 GB free 29/11/2010 6:38:59 PM Local time is UTC +8 hours 29/11/2010 6:38:59 PM NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce 310M (driver version 18829, CUDA version 2020, compute capability 1.2, 512MB, 49 GFLOPS peak) 29/11/2010 6:39:00 PM World Community Grid URL http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/; Computer ID 1369911; resource share 100 29/11/2010 6:39:00 PM World Community Grid General prefs: from World Community Grid (last modified 01-Jan-1970 08:00:01) 29/11/2010 6:39:00 PM World Community Grid Host location: none 29/11/2010 6:39:00 PM World Community Grid General prefs: using your defaults 29/11/2010 6:39:00 PM Reading preferences override file 29/11/2010 6:39:00 PM Preferences: 29/11/2010 6:39:00 PM max memory usage when active: 120.93MB 29/11/2010 6:39:00 PM max memory usage when idle: 806.17MB 29/11/2010 6:39:01 PM max disk usage: 2.00GB 29/11/2010 6:39:01 PM don't use GPU while active 29/11/2010 6:39:01 PM suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 25 % 29/11/2010 6:39:01 PM (to change preferences, visit the web site of an attached project, or select Preferences in the Manager) 29/11/2010 6:39:01 PM Not using a proxy 29/11/2010 6:39:01 PM Suspending computation - initial delay 29/11/2010 6:40:59 PM World Community Grid Restarting task HFCC_L3_00941791_L3_0000_0 using hfcc version 611 29/11/2010 6:59:27 PM World Community Grid Restarting task faah17389_ZINC14970431_EN1md02420CTP_03_0 using faah version 607 29/11/2010 7:00:20 PM Resuming computation Hope it makes sense. regards Hoges in WA |
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Sekerob
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Band on the run... don't think few need my help spotting this
----------------------------------------9/11/2010 6:38:59 PM Memory: 3.94 GB physical, 7.87 GB virtual 29/11/2010 6:38:59 PM Disk: 443.66 GB total, 100.28 GB free versus 29/11/2010 6:39:00 PM max memory usage when active: 120.93MB 29/11/2010 6:39:00 PM max memory usage when idle: 806.17MB and why jobs keep loading and turning "waiting for memory" russsssssssh...
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In Boinc Manager, Advanced Tab, go to preferences and change -
In processor usage tab, set "While Processor usage less" set to zero In disc & MeMory tabe, set "Use at most 50% when computer in use", and "Use at most 100% when not in use" which is what mine is set to..... |
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OK, I did the two changes. But, I don't see how that helps me to reduce the number of jobs running - I now have 8 running concurrently and 5 waiting to run.
The machine is running hard and I don't think it is supposed to run at this level constantly. Why doesn't my XP machine queue up 13 jobs? It has only ever done 2+2 waiting. It's a mystery to me and I'm having trouble understanding what's going on. Hoges in WA |
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Sekerob
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One last step now that we know it's an 8 core device.
----------------------------------------29/11/2010 6:38:59 PM Processor: 8 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 720 @ 1.60GHz [Family 6 Model 30 Stepping 5] Go into the Local Preferences > Processor Usage tab and somewhere at bottom there is "On Multiprocessor systems use at most 100%". Each 12.5% reduction of that value is 1 job less concurrent, so if you only want to run 2 jobs same time set the field to 25%. It's rounded down to the nearest whole core, so 24 percent will make it 1 job 49 percent will make it 3. 74 percent will make it 5. 99 percent will make it 7.
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Terry, you have an i7-720 CPU. The CPU has 4 cores and uses Hyper Threading (HT), so it appears to have 8 cores (really threads) and is capable of running 8 WCG tasks at a time. After you reduce the number of threads used (for example, use at most 50% CPU) Boinc will reduce your cache, but existing queued tasks will remain until they are crunched.
Your system may be running hot and noisy because Turbo Boost is on. While that CPU has a frequency of 1.6GHz, with Turbo the Frequency can rise to 2.8 GHz. So as an alternative, you could just turn Turbo off. You can use a free tool called CPUZ to look at actual live frequencies and temperature of the CPU, |
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Coleslaw
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Like I said before, you could limit the cores or just limit the amount of CPU time BOINC gets. You can play with those settings or ask people what would be most beneficial while at the same time not hindering your performance and burning up your system. Also, when deciding on how many cores you use, keep in mind how much memory each project you support needs because you have 4GB divided by 8 threads and an additional 8GB Virtual (typically off of the hard drive) as well. That means running 4 CEP2 WU's at the same time will cause a tremendous amount of read/writes to the hard drive. This will strain your hard drive and create a additional heat.
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OK you lot, I think I'm getting it. Not all of it, mind you, but enough to start amending preferences.
I didn't know Turbo was on this laptop - it's on my N200 Notebook but I haven't seen it pop up here. I've got a Toshiba PC Health system onboard and I can check that to see how things are progressing., Thanks for all the help. regards Hoges in WA (as in Western Australia, not Washington) |
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