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badanimal78
Cruncher Joined: Apr 28, 2006 Post Count: 40 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I have told my settings to NOT download any MCM1 tasks, yet no matter what I try it continues to keep getting them. It just does its own thing. I have told it to only use 25% of my CPU but it continues to go all-out (my 9800X3D temp goes way up with this), Workunit Cache Settings are set to only cache 0.1 days worth of units, and under Project Limits, the MCM1 is set to only 1 (lowest value) yet every time it communicates with the BOINC server, it pulls in 100+ MCM1 tasks. Why is it not honouring the settings?
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captainjack
Advanced Cruncher Joined: Apr 14, 2008 Post Count: 147 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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In Device Profiles online, there is a setting for " If there is no work available for the project(s) I have selected above, please send me work from another project.". How is that set?
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TLD
Veteran Cruncher USA Joined: Jul 22, 2005 Post Count: 856 Status: Recently Active Project Badges:
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The profile settings are not working at this point, the settings you are trying to adjust are part of those settings.
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badanimal78
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It is unticked. It was mentioned that profile settings are broken. Makes sense as it is ignoring everything I have set.
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AgrFan
Senior Cruncher USA Joined: Apr 17, 2008 Post Count: 396 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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You can get around the device profiles sync issue by setting your CPU usage and cache settings locally under Options-Computing preferences in the BOINC Manager.
----------------------------------------- Use at most x% of the CPUs and at most x% of CPU time - Store at least x.xx days and up to an additional x.xx days of work Once the sync issue is resolved you can go back to using your device profile by clicking 'Use web prefs' at the top of the Options-Computing preferences window and clicking 'Update' on the Projects tab. Clicking 'No new tasks' on the Projects tab will stop downloads entirely if that's what you want.
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badanimal78
Cruncher Joined: Apr 28, 2006 Post Count: 40 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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You can get around the device profiles sync issue by setting your CPU usage and cache settings locally under Options-Computing preferences in the BOINC Manager. - Use at most x% of the CPUs and at most x% of CPU time - Store at least x.xx days and up to an additional x.xx days of work Once the sync issue is resolved you can go back to using your device profile by clicking 'Use web prefs' at the top of the Options-Computing preferences window and clicking 'Update' on the Projects tab. Clicking 'No new tasks' on the Projects tab will stop downloads entirely if that's what you want. Not quite. While I know I can set that for XX% of CPU usage, it still doesn't honour the MCM1 tasks being stopped. It still brings them it. I need the client to recognise this setting. Main Rig: Ryzen 7 9800X3D, RoG Strix X870E-E Gaming Wifi, 32GB DDR5-6000MT/s, Powercolor 9070XT. |
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dylanht
World Community Grid Tech Joined: Jul 1, 2021 Post Count: 35 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I'll look into the device profile issue today and see if I can get it working. It appears to be an auth issue between the message broker sidecars of the BOINC database and webserver.
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AgrFan
Senior Cruncher USA Joined: Apr 17, 2008 Post Count: 396 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Not quite. While I know I can set that for XX% of CPU usage, it still doesn't honour the MCM1 tasks being stopped. It still brings them it. I need the client to recognise this setting. Your response is a bit confusing. What does 'it still doesn't honour the MCM1 tasks being stopped mean'? Do you have stuck work in the queue? I suspect you've set the MCM1 project limit to a high number (>= 16 for a 9800X3D). It's possible this setting is being stored in the client internally and when you update the value online it doesn't get synced so you keep using the original value. Project limits can't be set locally unfortunately. I would expect using local cache settings overrides project limits but maybe it does not.
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