Pentium ?

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[B^S] Mike Schuller Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 23 Feb 03 Posts: 22 Credit: 166,577 RAC: 0	Message 88673 - Posted: 21 Mar 2005, 0:37:24 UTC I was given an old HP8140. Has an Intel pentium ? processor, and 32MB ram. Is it worth it to install BOINC and attempt to crunch for seti, CPDN, or Einstein? Or should I gut it and start anew? <img border="0" src="http://boinc.mundayweb.com/one/stats.php?userID=1171&trans=off" /> ID: 88673 ·

Keck_Komputers Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 1575 Credit: 4,152,111 RAC: 1	Message 88675 - Posted: 21 Mar 2005, 1:03:28 UTC Currently all BOINC projects require at least 64mb of ram reported to the OS. So you would need another 33mb to get any work. This may change in the future. BOINC WIKI BOINCing since 2002/12/8 ID: 88675 ·

Toby Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Oct 00 Posts: 1005 Credit: 6,366,949 RAC: 0	Message 88683 - Posted: 21 Mar 2005, 1:26:00 UTC Start over. If it has 32 MB of RAM, chances are it isn't over a 266 MHz. That will get you one seti work unit every 1.5-2 days at best. I seriously doubt it would finish a CPDN model in the 9 or 10 months they give you. Einstein would probably be 3+ days. Not worth the power consumed IMHO. A member of The Knights Who Say NI! For rankings, history graphs and more, check out: My BOINC stats site ID: 88683 ·

William Send message Joined: 14 May 02 Posts: 6 Credit: 38,825 RAC: 0	Message 88691 - Posted: 21 Mar 2005, 1:44:53 UTC "Intel pentium ? processor" The HP Pavilion 8140 has a 200Mhz MMX uP I would start over (IMHO). Anyone have the min spec's to run BOINC? Linux command line version from floppy with 256Meg SRAM perhaps??? <br> <img border="0" src="http://boinc.mundayweb.com/one/stats.php?userID=1059&prj=1" /> <P>SETI@home classic CPU time as of <BR>March 15 2005 (88,566 hours)</P> ID: 88691 ·

keeleysam Send message Joined: 17 Dec 03 Posts: 133 Credit: 60,478,373 RAC: 0	Message 88704 - Posted: 21 Mar 2005, 2:11:43 UTC - in response to Message 88691. > "Intel pentium ? processor" The HP Pavilion 8140 has a 200Mhz MMX uP > > I would start over (IMHO). > > Anyone have the min spec's to run BOINC? Linux command line version from > floppy with 256Meg SRAM perhaps??? > That will be fine... 256 is kinda overkill for linux command line and boinc. ID: 88704 ·

dcappello Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 261 Credit: 170,969,320 RAC: 0	Message 88763 - Posted: 21 Mar 2005, 4:38:13 UTC How about a client that runs under puppy liunx (boot off a usb flash stick) pre-configured with your client... http://www.goosee.com/puppy/ ID: 88763 ·

[B^S] Mike Schuller Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 23 Feb 03 Posts: 22 Credit: 166,577 RAC: 0	Message 88982 - Posted: 22 Mar 2005, 2:00:01 UTC Thanks all. I guess since it was a free b it wont kill me to plop in a new MB and CPU. Was always partial to AMD anyway. Guess an ASUS MB and Athlon xp64 3200+ should do just fine for <img border="0" src="http://boinc.mundayweb.com/one/stats.php?userID=1171&trans=off" /> ID: 88982 ·

MattDavis Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 11 Nov 99 Posts: 919 Credit: 934,161 RAC: 0	Message 88995 - Posted: 22 Mar 2005, 2:37:33 UTC LHC runs fine on my laptop with 32 megs of ram. Slowly, but fine. ----- ID: 88995 ·

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